on traditional indigenous lands
our stories, our way
our stories, our way
19 minEllery Luague (he/him) is a Toronto-based architect. We met in Scarborough in the winter of 2021 to talk about leaving home, family, and faith and sexuality. I Knew I was Different Early On I think I was three- or…
15 minSamira Banihashemi (she/her) is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary theatre designer with a focus on sound, set and lighting design. We met in Kensington Market during the winter of 2021 to chat about identity, immigration and finding somewhere to belong. Categorizing…
17 minCatherine Caza (she/her) is a social worker based in Toronto. We met in the fall of 2021 to talk about identity, trauma, rediscovering cultures, and helping others. Content warning: suicide, trauma, adoption, residential schools, racist slurs, abuse, drug use.…
12 minCharlie Cho (they/them) is based in Toronto. We met in the fall of 2021 to talk about test driving pronouns, language barriers with parents, and realizing that we’re not white. Raised by the Internet I’ve always been chronically online,…
< 1 minHello friends, The response Queer of Colour has received to date is overwhelming to say the least. I’m thrilled that so many people have read and connected with the stories shared by our brave Storytellers. I hope that…
20 minDai Alvarez (he/him) is a rap artist based in Toronto. We met in the fall of 2020 and chatted about demisexuality and asexuality, being mixed race and coming to terms with our cultural identity, and cultural appropriation. Dai’s mom…
13 minAgnes Teodoro (they/them) is a creative with a background in theatre, and film and TV, based in Brampton, ON. We met during the fall of 2020 in Brampton and spoke about the challenges of growing up with two first…
15 minAW (she/her) is a film and television student at Humber College in Toronto. We met at the University of Toronto during the fall of 2020. We spoke about diversity in the film industry, living in between Eastern and Western…
8 minDenim Blù (he/him) is an emerging Toronto-based singer-songwriter. I met him in the autumn of 2020 at Hart House Circle Park not far from the University of Toronto where he studied music. We talked about his multi-continent journey from…
15 minJeff Ho (he/him) is a theatre actor, playwright, and dramaturge based in Toronto. I met with him in the summer of 2020 at Riverdale Park East. We talked about theatre, about activism, about being Chinese immigrants who grew up…
4 minThe first time I heard the name Jackie Shane was in October 2019. I was at a community event at The 519 Community Centre in Toronto and Shane was introduced as a soulful R&B singer who was popular in…
2 minAn important first task for the Queer of Colour platform is to acknowledge the land upon which I live and work. Land acknowledgements began appearing at the beginning of events and gatherings in Canada a few years ago. They…
2 minStories are powerful. They educate, illuminate, inspire. They give us windows into worlds we’ve never known. They reflect our own experiences and identities back to us and help us feel seen. But whose stories get our attention? For a…