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by Buddies
on August 3rd, 2021
in Youth Elders Podcast
Zaddies? Elders? Hot mamas? A roundtable of five queers discuss desire, race, (in)visibility, and access as they age. Co-hosts leZlie lee kam and Rhoma Spencer are joined by Debbie Douglas, Canute Lawrence and Carol Thames for a lively discussion about …
by Buddies
on July 27th, 2021
in Youth Elders Podcast
This episode includes two separate conversations about queerness across geographies, with a focus on folks who’ve come to Toronto from different places.
by Buddies
on July 12th, 2021
in Youth Elders Podcast
“Nothing has changed and everything has changed.” Rania El Mugammar For this episode of The Youth/Elders Podcast, Naomi Bain and Rhoma Spencer are joined by artists and educators Rania El Mugammar and LeRoi Newbold to talk about what’s changed (and …
by Buddies
on July 6th, 2021
in Youth Elders Podcast
Co-hosts leZlie and Ty delve into a topic that’s close to both of their hearts – mixed race – with the help of artists Aria Evans and kumari. They talk about their own searches for identity and belonging, the problem …
by Buddies
on June 29th, 2021
in Youth Elders Podcast
In this episode, host Bear Bergman sits down with Kai, a trans man and therapist living in the States, to talk about how he’s navigated coming out (or not) in various situations, and how he’s he’s found agency in deciding …
by Buddies
on June 22nd, 2021
in Youth Elders Podcast
What does accountability look like on both a personal and an institutional level? Co-hosts Naomi Bain and Ty Sloane talk with Adam Benn and Ravyn Wngz about the often fraught relationship between communities and institutions, the potential they see for …
by Ajahnis Charley
on June 16th, 2021
in Emerging Creators Unit 2021
I’m a procrastinator. I probably got my 10 000 hours down, so consider me an expert. Putting off developing my arts practice is my arts practice. Okay, hi again, melodrama. Listen.
by Buddies
on June 15th, 2021
in Youth Elders Podcast
In the first episode of our second season, co-hosts Naomi Bain, leZlie lee kam, Rhoma Spencer have a round table discussion about “lost years” – times in their lives where they haven’t been able to live out and openly as …
by Janis Mayers
on June 9th, 2021
in Emerging Creators Unit 2021
What interests me the most as an artist is the shared human experience and stories from people who are often overlooked or completely ignored. Some of the themes I’m working with in my writing have been addiction, classism, gentrification and social economic health.
by Patricia Wilson
on May 12th, 2021
in Uncategorized
for there is no one on earth like the true shepherd and there is nothing in heaven like the suffering of real life. Patti Smith, Rockaway Beach, from Year of the Monkey.Sep. 24, 2019 Glenn Dwyer died on Saturday May 8, 2021 in …