GenderQueeries

8:01 pm - CA - Pukka Orchestra - Cherry Beach Express
8:06 pm - CA Jotika Chaudhary - Trying Pain Held Tight
8:10 pm - 🔊 Jai Sallay-Carrington (they/them ) - Vancouver East Side Culture Crawl
8:15 pm - 🔊Niki Singleton (she/her) - Vancouver East Side Culture Crawl
8:29 pm - 🔊Vilayvanh he_him - The Little Gallery Presents Vilayvanh and others at Cross and Crows Bookstore
8:31pm - Brian Kimmel [USA] - Faith In Love
8:44pm - Dido [USA] - No Freedom
8:47 pm - 🔊Nicola Hare (shey/they), River Shannon (she/her) - Name Change Ban MLA Toolkit and Snack & Act on November 25th

November 13th, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:03 pm - 🇨🇦 Pukka Orchestra - Cherry Beach Express
8:07 pm - 🇨🇦 Dani Cooper - let’s pretend
8:12 pm - 🇨🇦 Forrest Mortifee - Heal My Anxious Attachment
8:19 pm - 🇨🇦 Kimmortal - Sad Femme Club
8:22 pm - 🔊 Liam Murley (she/they ) - TDOR Concert and Vigil
8:32 pm - 🇨🇦 Libra Baby - Forgive Me
8:35 pm - 🔊 Ky Sargeant (she/they) - Qmunity TDOR
8:44 pm - 🔊 Oliver Day (he/they) - In Our Own Voices Langley Pride TDOR Event
8:50 pm - 🔊 Rachel Sanderson (she/her) - No Straight Lines Collective, A new Fraser Valley 2SLGBTQIA+ Networking & Community Group

Next Event: Nov 18th 6-8pm, Sidekick Brewing in Chilliwack

8:57 pm - 🇨🇦 Kimmortal - Stop Business As Usual

Aron MacDonald (they/them) and Lindsey Lind (she/hers) recorded a great interview about Comedy in the Afternoon, but tickets sold out before we aired.

You're missing out on seeing;

Andrea Feltrin

Arya Afshar

Marlene Swidzinski

D Fretter

Debbie Courchene

Lindsey Lind

Aron MacDonald

Catch them next time in January 2026!

Events

November 14, 5:30–6:30 PM - Policing and Public Health Panel: Lenses of Safety in Police News Reporting

Gallery Gachet 9 W Hastings St, Vancouver

November 25th, 12pm - ‪Snack And Act

West Coast LEAF‬ invites youto to help advocate for human rights this Transgender Awareness Week

Join advocates from around the province online for a brainstorming session on the next steps in challenging the changes to the Name Act!

Help repeal this harmful law. RSVP today: westcoastleaf.org/snack-and-act

Weekly News

The Trans Day of Remembrance is next week - check out our list of Lower Mainland TDOR events.
November 12th was the first day of the Vancouver budget city council meeting, with over 600 people registering to speak against significant budget cuts.

One speaker: A city city staffer in the morning suggested that baby changetables and menstrual hygiene dispensers will be removed from public washrooms because of vandalism/cost concerns

Significant cuts to many services have been proposed, yet there is a planned increase in the funding of the Vancouver Police.

Speaking about policing budgets, local poet, writer and organizer Jane Shi spoke said "Cops kill disabled autistic people like me" to which "Vancouver" City Counsellor Brian Montague (currently living in Kelowna, formerly North Vancouver) scoffed, Vancouver City Counsellor Sean Orr commented on Montague's behaviour "Several community leaders have killed themselves. Blatant disregard for people."

November 12th was also the 3rd anniversary of the murder of Dani Cooper by North Vancouver RCMP.

In 2018, Dani wrote an article for the online publication the Volcano, arguing that including police on emergency mental health teams is a harmful practice.

"This bloated funding of police is a trend across Canada, where police are being used to deal with social issues,

including homelessness, the overdose crisis, and now issues of mental health."

Jen St. Denis "Changed rules will shut a trans bodybuilder out of competition, after a Canadian organization changed its rules to follow an American sports body's policy."
Celeste Trianon reports that Alberta's Gender Affirming Care ban is expected to be tabled in the legislature on Monday, November 17th - the bill remains on the Order Paper

Alberta was set to introduce this bill on November 6th, but appears to have held back. CBC reports the Federal and Alberta governments are in high-stakes negotiations for a formal Memorandum Of Understanding to reset their toxic relationship, with a goal of agreeing to the MOU by the Grey Cup on November 16th.

November 6th, 2025

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8:02 pm - 🇨🇦 Pukka Orchestra - Cherry Beach Express
8:05 pm - 🇨🇦 Taylor Abrahamse - Ain't Got No Cure For Love
8:11 pm - 🔊 🇨🇦 Taylor Abrahamse (he/she) - Fredathon - November 23rd - 9am PST

Fredathon is an epic livestream concert of almost every Queen & Freddie Mercury song, performed by talents from all over the world.

All proceeds go to fight for transgender rights with Point Of Pride - Donation Link

Want to perform? Pick a song and check out details on www.fredathon.com today!

Video Submissions are required NO LATER than Sunday November 16th.

8:33pm - 🔊 🇨🇦 Jade Weekes (she/they) - Level Up

Ready to take your band to the next level?

Want to learn how to tour beyond Canada? Curious about grants, or how to grow your audience — and actually keep them coming back for more?

It’s time to LEVEL UP!

Support The Scene presents a special Music Industry Seminar featuring some of Vancouver’s leading voices in the scene. Get real-world advice and answers to your questions about turning a 20-person bar show into a sold-out night at the legendary Rickshaw Theatre.

Keynote Speakers:

🎸 Chris Osterman (Iron Kingdom)

🎤 Abelardo Mayoral-Fierros (The Invisible Orange)

🤘 Jade Weekes (Support The Scene)

📆 November 16th

📍 Location: 552 Clark Drive

🕑 Doors: 2:00 PM

🎙️ Seminar: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM

💬 Mix & Mingle: 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM

💵 Cover: $10 (to help cover venue and event costs)

Save the Date!

Qmunity ID Clinic

November 18th 9:30 am to 3 pm at 312 Main Street, Vancouver.

QMUNITY’s Legal Clinic, in partnership with ICBC, is hosting a special event to support 2SLGBTQIA+ community members with updating their BC identification. At this clinic, you can change your name and/or gender marker on your BC Driver’s Licence or BC Service Card. We will contact all attendees to ensure they are eligible and make a specific appointment for each person on November 18th. Skip the line at ICBC and sign up to update your ID with QMUNITY.

October 30th, 2025

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8:02 pm - 🇨🇦 Pukka Orchestra - Cherry Beach Express
8:05 pm - Transfeminine Subjects, Transfeminine Historians

Myra Billund -Phibbs, Chanathip (Esther) Suwannanon, Alex Melody Burnett

October 23rd, 2025

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8:10 pm - 🔊 Natalie Scarsbrook (She/Her) - Why We Pride - Blatella Films

Natalie talks about filming "Why We Pride" a short filming covering the history of LGBT rights and prides in the UK Southend On Sea, screening at the New West Film Fest on 2pm October 25th

8:18 pm - Evan Vipond - Building Digital Resilience

Oliver Haimson - Trans Technologies

Danielle Lefebvre - (mis) Representation: Discourses Around Gender Affirming Care in Canadian Media

October 16th, 2025

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8:05pm - 🔊 Jax Creatrix (she/her) A Cozy Queer Affair - November 15th and 16th
8:12pm - Laurie Marhoefer Trans Berlin: Making the Modern Transgender World in Jazz Age Germany.

October 9th, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:02 pm - 🇨🇦 Pukka Orchestra - Cherry Beach Express
BC Legislature Weekly Roundup

This legislative week had more anti trans rhetoric than we have seen in the last several years.

- - On Monday, October 6th, OneBC MLA Tara Armstrong of Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream argues against a motion condemning the Association for Reformed Political Action, a political action group that lobbies for anti-LGBTQ, anti transition, anti abortion, anti divorce laws. Armstrong decries "division" stating "What the member for Burnaby East is doing is trying to divide British Columbians that are perfectly happy coexisting with one another into baskets labelled as good and bad"
  - BC Conservatives are ordered to flee the legislature to avoid voting on a bill condemning
  - BC Conservative Leader John Rustad admits in a radio interview that "Some [BC] Conservative MLAs don't believe in democracy"
  - MLA Tara Armstrong, who 49 hours prior called for "happy coexistence" introduced the "Protecting Minors from Gender Transition Act", an anti trans bill that would strip trans people under the age of 19 from access to any transition treatments, allow parents to sue doctors for 25 years after their child has transitioned, etc - if passed, this bill would have been wildly unconstitutional, so they wrote it to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause.
  - The "Protecting Minors from Gender Transition Act" failed vote for first reading 48-40.
    - See this sheet for a breakdown of how MLA's voted
    - Both "OneBC" MLAs, Independent MLA Jordan Kealy (Peace River North) and all BC Conservatives present voted for the bill. The following BC Conservatives were not in the chamber for the vote.
      - MLA Amelia Boultbee (Penticton-Summerland)
      - MLA Brent Chapman (Surrey South)
      - MLA Á'a:líya Warbus (Chilliwack-Cultus Lake)
  - Attorney General Niki Sharma responded to OneBC's statements in the legislature, calling them "conspiracy theories" and apologizes for 2SLGBTQIA+ people in BC who see this kind of hatred in the legislature.
8:27 pm - Jaylene Tyme speaks about Truth and Reconciliation Day
8:28 pm - 🇨🇦 Shawnee Talbot - Music is Medicine
8:46 pm - 🇨🇦 ?NUMB?DAME? - 8hrs on the Floor
8:50 pm - 🇨🇦 ?NUMB?DAME? - P L S
8:53 pm - 🇨🇦 Snotty Nose Rez Kids - I'm Good
8:56 pm - 🇨🇦 Kimmortal - Sunniest of Days ft. Shad & FRANKY

October 9th, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:02 pm - 🇨🇦 Pukka Orchestra - Cherry Beach Express
BC Legislature Weekly Roundup

This legislative week had more anti trans rhetoric than we have seen in the last several years.

- - On Monday, October 6th, OneBC MLA Tara Armstrong of Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream argues against a motion condemning the Association for Reformed Political Action, a political action group that lobbies for anti-LGBTQ, anti transition, anti abortion, anti divorce laws. Armstrong decries "division" stating "What the member for Burnaby East is doing is trying to divide British Columbians that are perfectly happy coexisting with one another into baskets labelled as good and bad"
  - BC Conservatives are ordered to flee the legislature to avoid voting on a bill condemning
  - BC Conservative Leader John Rustad admits in a radio interview that "Some [BC] Conservative MLAs don't believe in democracy"
  - MLA Tara Armstrong, who 49 hours prior called for "happy coexistence" introduced the "Protecting Minors from Gender Transition Act", an anti trans bill that would strip trans people under the age of 19 from access to any transition treatments, allow parents to sue doctors for 25 years after their child has transitioned, etc - if passed, this bill would have been wildly unconstitutional, so they wrote it to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause.
  - The "Protecting Minors from Gender Transition Act" failed vote for first reading 48-40.
    - See this sheet for a breakdown of how MLA's voted
    - Both "OneBC" MLAs, Independent MLA Jordan Kealy (Peace River North) and all BC Conservatives present voted for the bill. The following BC Conservatives were not in the chamber for the vote.
      - MLA Amelia Boultbee (Penticton-Summerland)
      - MLA Brent Chapman (Surrey South)
      - MLA Á'a:líya Warbus (Chilliwack-Cultus Lake)
  - Attorney General Niki Sharma responded to OneBC's statements in the legislature, calling them "conspiracy theories" and apologizes for 2SLGBTQIA+ people in BC who see this kind of hatred in the legislature.
8:27 pm - Jaylene Tyme speaks about Truth and Reconciliation Day
8:28 pm - 🇨🇦 Shawnee Talbot - Music is Medicine
8:46 pm - 🇨🇦 ?NUMB?DAME? - 8hrs on the Floor
8:50 pm - 🇨🇦 ?NUMB?DAME? - P L S
8:53 pm - 🇨🇦 Snotty Nose Rez Kids - I'm Good
8:56 pm - 🇨🇦 Kimmortal - Sunniest of Days ft. Shad & FRANKY

October 9th, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:02 pm - 🇨🇦 Pukka Orchestra - Cherry Beach Express
BC Legislature Weekly Roundup

This legislative week had more anti trans rhetoric than we have seen in the last several years.

- - On Monday, October 6th, OneBC MLA Tara Armstrong of Kelowna–Lake Country–Coldstream argues against a motion condemning the Association for Reformed Political Action, a political action group that lobbies for anti-LGBTQ, anti transition, anti abortion, anti divorce laws. Armstrong decries "division" stating "What the member for Burnaby East is doing is trying to divide British Columbians that are perfectly happy coexisting with one another into baskets labelled as good and bad"
  - BC Conservatives are ordered to flee the legislature to avoid voting on a bill condemning
  - BC Conservative Leader John Rustad admits in a radio interview that "Some [BC] Conservative MLAs don't believe in democracy"
  - MLA Tara Armstrong, who 49 hours prior called for "happy coexistence" introduced the "Protecting Minors from Gender Transition Act", an anti trans bill that would strip trans people under the age of 19 from access to any transition treatments, allow parents to sue doctors for 25 years after their child has transitioned, etc - if passed, this bill would have been wildly unconstitutional, so they wrote it to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause.
  - The "Protecting Minors from Gender Transition Act" failed vote for first reading 48-40.
    - See this sheet for a breakdown of how MLA's voted
    - Both "OneBC" MLAs, Independent MLA Jordan Kealy (Peace River North) and all BC Conservatives present voted for the bill. The following BC Conservatives were not in the chamber for the vote.
      - MLA Amelia Boultbee (Penticton-Summerland)
      - MLA Brent Chapman (Surrey South)
      - MLA Á'a:líya Warbus (Chilliwack-Cultus Lake)
  - Attorney General Niki Sharma responded to OneBC's statements in the legislature, calling them "conspiracy theories" and apologizes for 2SLGBTQIA+ people in BC who see this kind of hatred in the legislature.
8:27 pm - Jaylene Tyme speaks about Truth and Reconciliation Day
8:28 pm - 🇨🇦 Shawnee Talbot - Music is Medicine
8:46 pm - 🇨🇦 ?NUMB?DAME? - 8hrs on the Floor
8:50 pm - 🇨🇦 ?NUMB?DAME? - P L S
8:53 pm - 🇨🇦 Snotty Nose Rez Kids - I'm Good
8:56 pm - 🇨🇦 Kimmortal - Sunniest of Days ft. Shad & FRANKY

October 2nd, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:03 pm - Canadian Metis artist Amanda Rheaume - #44

A song for Truth and Reconciliation Week about how First Nations youth were ripped from their families and sent to residential schools where they were banned from using their names and were referred to only by numbers.

8:08 pm - 🔊 Kai (they/them) - Alberta Trans Rights Student Walk Out - Info Sheet
8:14 pm - 🔊 Bryce Hodgson - Director of "Thanks to the Hard Work of the Elephants" a Canadian film about "Troubled Teen" camps debuting at the Vancouver International Film Festival

Screenings:

Saturday October 4th - 8:45 pm w/ Q&As at SFU Woodwards

Sunday October 5th - 1:00 pm w/ Q&As at International Village 7

8:29 pm - Canadian Queer artist Ashley Adams - Blue Collar Blues
8:33 pm - 🔊Dale (they/them), Taco (they/them) - Marpole Queer Curling
- Queer Social Brunch

Starts most Saturdays at 10:30 AM in our 60's style diner Menu varies but most items are around $12 or lower. Fresh food, cooked fresh. Also, check out our lounge available upstairs; Bar opens at 11:00 AM and we have many non-alcoholic options. This is a great opportunity to build our community by meeting new people, and socialize with old friends!

- Queer Curling

Starts most Saturdays at 11:30 AM and goes to around 1:30 PM (arrive by 11:15 AM please).

Drop-in curling: cost $5 a person (until Nov 8th, $10 after that). Costs are discounted (regularly $20) for a limited time thanks to sponsors like the Pacific Rim Curling League. All levels of curler experience are welcome! Pre-registration strongly recommended. limited walk-in spaces will be available, first come first served.

- Learn to Curl Clinics - 7 spots open for this Saturday Oct 4th! Register on the website.
8:45 pm - 🔊 Debra Parkes (she/her) - Centre for Feminist Legal Studies @ Peter A. Allard School of Law

Tuesday October 7th 12:30 pm on Zoom "The BC Legal System And Gender-Based Violence: A Roadmap For Systemic Change"

Other Events

Saturday, October 4th - 1:30 PM @ Red Gate - 1965 Main Steet - Tango for Abby

A day of activism and celebration through music and dance.

Sunday, Oct 5th 12-3pm @ Elysian Coffee - 1100 Burrard Street - Queer Brew

A low pressure way to meet new people in Vancouver.

Saturday October 4th - 12:00 pm - VIFF Cinema - & - Sunday October 5th - 2:30 pm - International Village 8

Edhi Alice: Take at the Vancouver International Film Festival

Kim Ilrhan’s documentary takes an unconventional form, as befits a work about two brave souls defying convention. The first section focuses on Alice, a trans woman who works as a lighting director on films (including, in a self-reflexive twist, this one). Alice is a dedicated craftswoman, and she pushes her tenacity further in pursuit of her real dream: to become a dancer. Eventually, the focus switches to Edhi, a counsellor who is preparing for gender-affirming surgery. Facing down skepticism from others as well as internal trepidation, Edhi undergoes the procedure, and Kim documents her post-operation life in which she feels, as she puts it, “lighter”.

Besides its gentleness and obvious affection for its two subjects, what gives Edhi Alice: Take its distinction is Kim’s attention to detail, both physical and psychological. From the specifics of post-op dilation to the pain of repression, she explores trans identity with curiosity and deep respect. Her subjects repay that respect, disclosing their thoughts and feelings with commendable honesty.

Oct 4 & 5: Q&A with the filmmaking team

Use discount code VF25EDAL5O for $5 OFF adult tickets

2025 Vancouver International Film Festival 2SLGBTQIA+ Films

Oct 2 & 10

Night Stage dir Filipe Matzembacher, Marcio Reolon (Brazil) | Canadian Premiere | Altered States

Matias (Gabriel Faryas) is a queer Black actor on the rise. When he enters into an intensely physical relationship with Rafael (Cirillo Luna) — a wealthy, white mayoral candidate — the pair discover a mutual fetish for public sex, putting their professional lives into jeopardy. Directors Marcio Reolon and Felipe Matzembacher construct a steamy, slow-burn erotic thriller that presents queer love as a dangerous act of defiance, bursting out from the nightclubs and into the neon soaked streets of Porto Alegre.

https://viff.org/whats-on/viff25-night-stage/

Oct 3 & 11

Daria's Night Flower گل‌های شب ِدریا dir Maryam Tafakory (Iran/UK/France) | Modes

Daria has written her first manuscript about falling in love with a mysterious girl called Blue. The night flowers in her garden hide the secrets of a country that has turned love stories into routine crime scenes.

https://viff.org/whats-on/viff25-darias-night-flower/

Oct 3 & 11

Lloyd Wong, Unfinished dir Lesley Loksi Chan (Canada) | Modes

Thirty years after his passing, filmmaker Lesley Chan re-examines Lloyd Wong’s uncompleted video art project about living with HIV.

https://viff.org/whats-on/viff25-lloyd-wong-unfinished/

Oct 3 & 11

Rezbotanik dir Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro (Portugal/Brazil/Spain) | North American Premiere

After a night partying, Rezmorah sobers up in the botanical gardens of Lisbon, pondering what the plants can teach us about queerness.

https://viff.org/whats-on/viff25-rezbotanik/

Oct 4 & 5

Thanks to the Hard Work of the Elephants dir Bryce Hodgson (Canada) - World Premiere

High on LSD and eager to break from confinement, two teenage boys steal a van and make their escape from the youth treatment centre that has kept them under lock and key. Four-hundred kilometres later, broken down in the parking lot of a Valu-Mart and wracked with PTSD, the next stage of their trip begins. Bryce Hodgson's film attacks the multi-billion-dollar "troubled teen" industry, which preys helpless parents and vulnerable, queer youth. An emotionally potent rendering of young minds lost to trauma.

https://viff.org/whats-on/viff25-thanks-hard-work-elephants/

Oct 4 & 5: Q&A

Edhi Alice dir Ilrhan Kim (Korea, Republic of) | Canadian Premiere | Spectrum

Kim Ilrhan’s documentary takes an unconventional form, as befits a work about two brave souls defying convention. The first section focuses on Alice, a trans woman who works as a lighting director on films (including this one) while pursuing her dream of becoming a dancer. Next, the focus switches to Edhi, a counsellor preparing for gender reassignment surgery. Kim shows a superb attention to detail, both physical and psychological, and she explores trans identity with curiosity and deep respect.

https://viff.org/whats-on/viff25-edhi-alice-take/

Oct 6 & 7: Q&A

3670 dir Joonho Park (South Korea) ) | Canadian Premiere | Portraits

From Park Joon-ho comes a fascinating, deeply poignant coming-of-age story. An escapee from North Korea, Cheol-jun (Cho You-hyun) is having trouble adjusting to life in Seoul. Shy, socially awkward, and deep in the closet, Cheol-jun is advised to join a social group for young gay men, but the subculture of open homosexuality is defined by customs he struggles to understand. Park’s film walks a fine line: the writer-director is humane enough to avoid cynicism and honest enough to reject false uplift.

https://viff.org/whats-on/viff25-3670/

Oct 6 & 7

I Am Revathi (India) FOCUS: | International Premiere | Once, There Is a City

I Am Revathi traces the journey of trans woman, writer, activist, and theater artist A. Revathi, exploring her transformation into a prominent voice for trans rights in India. The film depicts the lived experiences of transgender people, shedding light on their struggles, power, and ongoing fight for visibility, dignity, and inclusion. Through the documentary, director P. Abhijith aims to highlight the broader realities of transgender lives in India.

https://viff.org/whats-on/viff25-i-am-revathi/

Oct 10 & 11

Skin of Youth Ồn ào tuổi trẻ dir Ash Mayfair (Vietnam/Singapore/Japan) | Canadian Premiere

Ash Mayfair’s romance tells the story of San (Trân Quân) and Nam (Võ Diên Gia Huy), lovers in a dangerous situation. San is a dancer saving up for gender reassignment surgery; Nam is her boyfriend, a professional fighter with a quick temper. Together they negotiate financial need, transphobia, and mortal danger, doing their utmost to succeed in a society in which the odds

https://viff.org/whats-on/viff25-skin-of-youth/

Oct 11 & 12

Assembly dir Rashaad Newsome, Johnny Symons (USA) | Portraits

In 2022, interdisciplinary artist Rashaad Newsome created his most groundbreaking and visionary exhibition yet with Assembly, a multimedia extravaganza of sculpture, dance, collage, spoken word, artificial intelligence, and participatory workshops exploring Black and Queer cultures. This vibrant documentary explores the inner workings of Newsome’s imagination as he took the project from a simple idea to a profound collaboration with dozens of other artists to create an immersive space of empowerment.

https://viff.org/whats-on/viff25-assembly/

September 25th, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:06 pm - Andrea Gibson - When Death Came to Visit
8:11 pm - 🔊 Celeste Trianon (she/her)- State of Trans Rights in Canada
8:42 pm - 🔊 Jen Marchbank (she/her) - Telling Our Stories Surrey Video Project

"Surrey Pride is creating a video archive of people connected to Surrey who identify as part of our great Rainbow community.

If you are 19 or over, connected to Surrey somehow (maybe you grew up here but now live in Edmonton) and would like to contribute send an email to TellingOurStories1@gmail.com

We are interested in all kinds of stories, they will become publicly available through the City of Surrey Archives Youtube channel. We can pay you $10 for travel costs and an honoraria of $100. Location is Central City."

8:48 pm - Trans headliner Lucas Silvera of The Cliks - Dirty King
8:52 pm - Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club
8:56 pm - Canadian nonbinary artist Connor Roff (he/they) - Big Love

September 18th, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:07 pm - 🔊 Monica Helms (she/her) - Creator of the trans flag leaves USA, moves to Costa Rica
8:28 pm - Canadian Trans Artist Rae Spoon - If I Hold On
8:32 pm - 🔊 Piper Fawkes (they/them) - Operations Manager of Out on Screen
8:44 pm - 🔊 barbara findlay (she/her) - Human rights obligations for businesses
8:51 pm - Canadian Trans Artists Disaster In A Dress - Hometown Hero
8:56 pm - Richard Sumerbell - Words to Break the Spell - recorded in 1979 by Linda Fraser on the "Coming Out!" radio show at CFRO!

September 11th, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:07 pm - The Parkland Institute - The Parental Rights Movement

September 4th, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:05 pm - Stop Bill C-2!

August 28th, 2025

Full Episode Download

Stop Bill C-2

Bill C-2, Mark Carney’s so-called “Strong Borders” Act, is cruel, useless and dangerous. Experts are calling it the most anti-privacy legislation since Harper’s C-51, and comparable to - and in some ways, even worse than - the Trump administration's anti-migrant and refugee measures. The Government and the bill’s supporters say we need strong borders to protect our safety; but the truth is that C-2’s flagrant attacks on our rights are so broad, it will make all of us less safe. Yet unless we mobilize in force now, Bill C-2 will likely pass into law this fall.

This webinar will cover the essentials you need to know to understand what’s wrong with Bill C-2, and the “elbows down” political context that’s driving Carney’s proposal.

You’ll be able to:

*ask privacy and migrant rights experts your questions about the details of the bill;

*leave with a full toolset to make your voice heard and help stop this harmful and dangerous legislation.

Speakers will include some of Canada’s leading civil society voices on humanitarian issues and your rights:

*Adam Sadinsky, Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers

*Kate Roberston, Citizen Lab

*Sarom Rho, Migrant Rights Network

*Matt Hatfield, OpenMedia

Moderator: Tim McSorley, International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group

August 21st, 2025

Full Episode Download

Dr. Avery Everhart - Geographic Access to Gender-Affirming Care

"The Switch Work. Love. Mortal Danger"

Episode 4 of drops 9 AM Pacific Time, Friday August 22nd! Follow the world's first trans sitcom releasing to Creative Commons one episode a week!

August 14th, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:06 pm - 🔊 Harmony Bongat - Surrey Dyke March - Fundraiser Link
8:15 pm - 2025 Trans March Speakers
8:36 pm - 2025 Downtown East Side Pride Speakers

"The Switch Work. Love. Mortal Danger"

Episode 3 of drops 9 AM Pacific Time, Friday August 15th! Follow the world's first trans sitcom releasing to Creative Commons one episode a week!

August 7th, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:01 pm - 🔊 Oliver Day (they/he) - Langley Pride 2025

Family Friendly, Daytime Events

11:00 to 11:30AM Flag Raising

11:00 to 4:30PM Community Booths & Artist Market

12:00 to 3:00 PM Face Painting

12:00 to 2:00PM By Donation BBQ Lunch

1:00 to 2:00PM Drag Bingo with Scarlett Rosé and Justin Abit

2:30 to 3:15PM "No More Pink Washing" film screening

3:25 to 4:00 PM Vancouver Queer History with Glenn Tkach

4:00 to 4:45PM "No More Pink Washing" second screening

Also dance performers and a speaker's circle through the day!

19+ Evening Show 5:30 to 10:00PM

The fun continues into the evening for a 19+ evening of Musical Entertainment featuring Queer As Funk. Tickets for the evening event are available for sale via Eventbrite.

Evening entertainment includes:

Get your tickets at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/langley-pride-day-tickets-1325740979959

8:06 pm - 🔊 April Sumter (they/she) - The City of Vancouver's Trans, Gender Diverse, 2 Spirit (TGD2S) Survey

The City of Vancouver is renewing its transgender, gender diverse and Two-Spirit (TGD2S) plan with a stronger focus on making sure TGD2S communities feel safe and included.

Share your thoughts on how the City can make Vancouver safer and more inclusive for

transgender, gender diverse and Two-Spirit people!

This survey will take about 10 minutes to complete.

Questions? Would you like a paper copy? email TGD2S@vancouver.ca
The TGD2S Survey is open until Sunday August 10th, 2025

Re-air from last week as it was cut off due to a technical error at the station.

8:18 pm - 🔊 Sabrina Symington (she/her) - Buff Aunt Bria's Real Ultimate Queer & Trans Karate Club
8:39 pm - 🔊 Jane Thirkwa (she/her) - United Church of Canada's Apology to 2SLGBTQIA+ people

Streaming August 8th at 8 am Pacific Time at https://www.youtube.com/unitedchurchofcanada

8:42 pm - 🔊 Beau Wheeler (they/he )- "Trans" Album and TransFest
8:55 pm - Music: Beau Wheeler - Trans

"The Switch Work. Love. Mortal Danger"

Episode 2 of drops 9 AM Pacific Time, Friday August 8th! Follow the world's first trans sitcom releasing to Creative Commons one episode a week!

July 31st, 2025

Full Episode Download (This episode's FM broadcast was cut off early, above link has the full episode)

8:02 pm - Canadian group Pukka Orchestra - Cherry Beach Express
8:07 pm - K!MMORTAL (they/them) - Sunniest of Days ft. Shad & FRANKY
8:10 pm - 🔊 Amy Fox (they/she) - The Switch - the first trans sitcom - is being released into the Creative Commons (free to watch, pirating encouraged!)

What do you get when you mix gender identity, the American Dream, the Canadian Reality, and ecological contract killing? You get The Switch!

Sü was at the top of her coding game, and came to Canada to start life over. She’s suddenly out as trans, suddenly unemployed and sudenly crashing with her ex… a dumpster-diving eco-assassin.

Chris introduces her to a whole new world—full of sketchy employment, a community that’s way more alternative than she expected, and people more like her than she wants to admit. She’s determined to get back on the ladder to success, but she’s also drawn to protect and help her new weird little community.

Episodes of "The Switch will be released 9AM on Fridays at https://welovetheswitch.com/

8:27 pm - Taz Solace (they/them) - Pain and Pleasure
8:31 pm - Taz Solace (they/them) - Plastic World
8:34 pm - 🔊 April Sumter (they/she) - The City of Vancouver's Trans, Gender Diverse, 2 Spirit (TGD2S) Survey

The City of Vancouver is renewing its transgender, gender diverse and Two-Spirit (TGD2S) plan with a stronger focus on making sure TGD2S communities feel safe and included.

Share your thoughts on how the City can make Vancouver safer and more inclusive for

transgender, gender diverse and Two-Spirit people!

This survey will take about 10 minutes to complete.

Questions? Would you like a paper copy? email tgd2s@vancouver.ca
The TGD2S Survey is open until Sunday August 10th, 2025

July 25th, 2025

Repeat of July 17th show.

July 17th, 2025

Full Episode Download

8:02 pm - Canadian group Pukka Orchestra - Cherry Beach Express
8:15 pm - 🔊 Nazanin Moghadami (she/her/all) - Nabat Health Clinic
8:44 pm - 🔊 Scott Marsden (he/him) - Richmond Public Library - Parade Queer Acts of Love & Resistance film screening