In support of Pride this year, we have taken our celebrations online!
Your Sheridan Pride Club has put together a list of awesome entertainment and content that highlights and celebrates the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
PODCASTS
Nancy
“Nancy is hosted by BFFs Kathy Tu and Tobin Low, who are super queer, super fun and ready to take over your podcast feed. They ask listeners to join them for provocative stories and frank conversations about the LGBTQ experience today - because everyone’s a little bit gay.”
The Lesbian Romantic
This podcast was created to make you smile, blush or keep you on the edge of your seat. You’re encouraged to listen with headphones to immerse yourself fully. The Lesbian Romantic is hosted by Sigrid Dufraimont, and features lesbian romance stories, with a new chapter every Tuesday. This show is for mature audiences only.
Queery
“QUEERY explores individual stories of identity, personality and the shifting cultural matrix around gender, sexuality and civil rights. The hour-long podcast is hosted by standup comic, Cameron Esposito, and features conversations with some of the brightest luminaries in the LGBTQ+ family.”
MUSICALS
Fun Home
Fun Home is a Tony Award winning musical adapted by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori from Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name. The story focuses on Bechdel's discovery of her own sexuality, her relationship with her gay father, and her attempts to unlock the mysteries surrounding his life.
Kinky Boots
This musical is based on the 2005 British film Kinky Boots, written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth and is mostly inspired by true events. It tells the story of Charlie Price, who, after inheriting a shoe factory from his father, forms an unlikely partnership with cabaret performer and drag queen Lola. Together they produce a line of high-heeled boots and save the business. In the process, Charlie and Lola discover that they are not so different after all. Kinky Boots features music and lyrics from Cyndi Lauper.
Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a rock musical about a fictional rock and roll band, the Angry Inch, fronted by Hedwig - a transgender woman and “internationally ignored song stylist” from East Berlin. The show’s music features the androgynous 1970s glam rock style of David Bowie, as well as the work of John Lennon and early punk performers Lou Reed and Iggy Pop.
TV SHOWS
Queer Eye
More than a decade after the original series went off the air, Netflix rebooted the "Queer Eye" franchise with a new Fab Five, Antoni Porowski, food and wine expert; Tan France, fashion expert; Karamo Brown, culture expert; Bobby Berk, design expert; and Jonathan Van Ness, grooming expert. Each episode features an emotionally charged makeover and heartfelt reveal, that definitely brings out all the feels.
Available on Netflix.
Feel Good
Feel Good is a British comedy-drama, about a recovering addict and comedian named Mae, who tries to control the addictive behaviours and intense romanticism that permeate her life. Her efforts are complicated by a new and all-consuming relationship with her new girlfriend, George.
Available on Netflix.
Sense 8
Sense8 is from the creators of "The Matrix" and "Babylon 5”, and is a series in which eight people can telepathically experience each other's lives. These eight strangers are from different cultures, with very different views on sexuality. The eight eventually discover they now form a cluster of "sensates": human beings who are mentally and emotionally linked.
Available on Netflix.
What entertainment made you proud this year? Let us know in the comment section below ⬇️
featured artist
Kent Monkman
Monkman is an Indigenous artist, who has become one of Canada’s most celebrated contemporary artists for his paintings, films, installations and performances. His work is part of collections in the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Smithsonian, among many others venues.
Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, the artist’s two-spirited alter ego is a recurring character in his work and a campy conduit for Monkman’s social satire which he uses to draw people into his art.
