Peak Speaks Podcast: Queer history in Canada

Welcome back to the Peak Speaks Podcast! This segment’s episode is about PRIDE! MAIN SOURCE DOCUMENT: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VErrMrWcT-Q6j3BO1W1zS53EGELvP6XsI_u7kJtnUB0/edit [CAPTIONS AVAILABLE] CONTENT WARNINGS: Discussions and mentions of... (non-graphic) - 2SLGBTQIA+ discrimination, violence and hate crimes - sexual topics and themes - colonialism - conversion therapy - military, police institutions, and the RCMP - Palestinian genocide - Indigenous genocide - brief mention of child pornography - brief mention of sexual violence TIMESTAMPS (with content warnings): 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - What does pride mean to you? 7:20 - Queer censorship 14:40 - CW: brief mention of sexual violence 15:01 - CW: brief mention of child pornography 19:24 - "The Indomitable Act of Buggery" 23:05 - "The Purge" 26:24 - Queer RCMP 32:13 - Homonationalism 45:32 - CW: colonialism, Indigenous genocide 46:35 - CW: genocide in Palestine, violence and hate crimes against 2SLGBTQIA+, and military 48:42 - Pinkwashing (rainbow washing) and Israel 50:10 - "Queers Against Israeli Apartheid" 53:00: Queer liberation's connection to Palestine and Black liberation 55:06 - Pride is a protest 57:15 - CW: brief mention of conversion therapy 59:16 - 2SLGBTQIA+ issues are still prevalent today 1:02:00 - Celebrating queer joy! 1:02:20 - Quinn's current favourite pride media 1:03:59 - C's current favourite pride media 1:05:50 - Happy Pride! and outro CREDITS: Music: SoundSnap Featuring and researched by ‪@quinnmasselink8321‬, Assistant Multimedia Editor and C Icart, Humour Editor Filmed and edited by ‪@EmmaCiprianMedia‬, Multimedia Editor Fact-checked by Karly Burns, Fact Checker Filmed in the CJSF Studio Produced by The Peak's multimedia team

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