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QTcast

17 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago -

The official podcast of the Queer and Trans Research Lab at the Bonham Centre, University of Toronto. The QTcast explores the experimental projects created by academics, artists and community leaders in the lab and beyond.

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Episodes

Dead Name Theatre with Lee Stone

May 24, 2023 16:23 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MB

In this special community spotlight episode, Elliott sits down with Lee Stone, founder of Dead Name Theatre, and producer/director of the upcoming concert production of Into The Woods, running June 2nd - June 11th.    Get your tickets now at:  https://ca.patronbase.com/_TheatrePasseMuraille/Productions/4Q/Performances   More about Dead Name Theatre: https://deadnametheatre.weebly.com/    

TDOV Flash Cast

April 05, 2023 19:07 - 23 minutes - 31.8 MB

Students and faculty of the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies send messages of support for the Rally for Trans Rights in Toronto on March 31st.     

Undergraduate Roundtable

March 22, 2023 16:33 - 1 hour - 83.8 MB

For this special QTcast episode, hosts Ezra and Henry delve into what it’s like working at the QTRL alongside fellow Undergraduate Research Assistants Annisa, Luna, and Zoe! Join them as they explore their initiation into the lab, their experiences thus far working with their supervisors, and their future aspirations for their personal research endeavours. 

Grad Student Spotlight (Part 2)

February 16, 2023 17:31 - 37 minutes - 51.2 MB

In this episode, Elliot sits down with Dissertation Completion Award Recipients Anna Kozak and Camille Rogers to talk about the completion of their dissertations at the Queer and Trans Research Lab. Camille discusses what it’s like to do their dissertation in the artistic field, and Anna explores the impossibility of the autobiography genre. They also discuss their entrance into the lab, how their work at the QTRL has informed their own work, and glean insight into their writing processes. ...

Grad Student Spotlight (Part 1)

February 09, 2023 16:50 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB

QTRL Graduate Research Assistants Elio Colavito and Kanika Lawton discuss how their time at the Queer and Trans Research Lab has informed their own work and lives; Elio reflects on how their work has influenced their perspective on navigating a neurotypical world, and Kanika unpacks how working on Asian-American studies has augmented their research in Trans and Queer of Color theory and Ornamentalism. They also discuss their research processes, the complicated interplay between trans and dis...

Jade Elektra

December 02, 2022 21:05 - 57 minutes - 1.4 GB Video

In this special video interview, community leader in resident Jade Elektra stops by the lab to share updates on her community work and chat about her iconic career.   Jade Elektra is a Toronto-based "out" HIV+ Queer African-American Drag Entertainer, Recording Artist/Live Singer, Film/Stage/Television Actor and AIDS Activist originally from Tampa, Florida via New York City and finally found a home in Toronto in 2010. After being diagnosed in 1990 (but infected in 1989) Jade dreamed of leav...

Shana Ye’s Queer Chimerica

November 29, 2022 19:56 - 57 minutes - 79 MB

Dr. Shana Ye shares how her research thus far has led her to the creation of her manuscript, Queer Chimerica: A Speculative Autoethnography of the Cool Child, which is a mix between autoethnography, science fiction, and queer theory.  In addition, Shana discusses with Elliott her thoughts on the relationship between queer fluidity and the fluidity of capital and labour, the development of queer theory in China, the relationship between queerness and physics, and much, much more!    Stay t...

Introducing the 2022-2023 QTRL Cohort

October 04, 2022 19:43 - 1 hour - 87.7 MB

Tune in to meet this year's cohort at the Queer and Trans Research Lab! Find out what amazing things the scholars, students, artists, and community leaders are doing, and follow the links below to find out how to get involved.    Full cohort & bios: https://sds.utoronto.ca/qtrl-cohort-2022-23/   About the lab: https://sds.utoronto.ca/queer-and-trans-research-lab/   Episode transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cRH6DjclqxWWzV7B8bCVEr5NpcidLcg68MJW3nUW58M/edit?usp=sharing   T...

Meet the Little Mis(s)gender Team (audio only version)

August 25, 2022 17:10 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MB

Tune in to artist in residence Teiya Kasahara's operatic journey 'Little Mis(s)gender' and hear the creative team discuss their experience producing this genre-defying work. Catch sneak-peek clips from their invite-only live performance which took place June 2022.   Link to full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QSIpIdg3nwHcK468xS6EIdP8uKq8Gvvu/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100315417846659805771&rtpof=true&sd=true   Little Mis(s)gender by Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 Workshop Presentation...

Meet the Little Mis(s)gender Team

August 25, 2022 17:05 - 29 minutes - 1.45 GB Video

Tune in to artist in residence Teiya Kasahara's operatic journey 'Little Mis(s)gender' and hear the creative team discuss their experience producing this genre-defying work. Catch sneak-peek clips from their invite-only live performance which took place June 2022.   Link to full transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QSIpIdg3nwHcK468xS6EIdP8uKq8Gvvu/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100315417846659805771&rtpof=true&sd=true   Little Mis(s)gender by Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 Workshop Presentation...

Dr. Jordache Ellapen

May 05, 2022 18:09 - 48 minutes - 2.91 GB Video

Elliott sits down with Dr. Jordache Ellapen, one of our Martha LA McCain Faculty Research Fellows here at the lab. The pair discuss Dr. Ellapen's upcoming book project, tentatively titled Against Afronormativity: Afro-Indian Intimacies and the Queer Aesthetics of Race in South Africa, which examines Afro-Indian intimacies and the shifting nature of South African Blackness through a queer studies lens.    You can reach us at [email protected], and follow us on social media at qtcast_   L...

Dr. Andrea Allen

March 31, 2022 22:24 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MB

Elliott sits down with Dr. Andrea Allen, one of the our Martha McCain Faculty Research Fellows at the lab. Stay tuned to hear Dr. Allen discuss her current book project about LGBT evangelical Brazilians, race, religious identity, and sexual subjectivity, and to get the inside scoop on Dr. Allen's time in the field conducting this research.   As always, you can reach us at [email protected] , and follow us on social media at qtcast_   Link to full episode transcript: https://drive.google...

Rings & Tingz (audio only)

February 04, 2022 12:52 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MB

"Transcending Love: Rings & Tingz" is a community-led project seeking to examine the experiences of African, Caribbean, and Black Transwomen in Canada who are Single, Dating, or Married. Tune in to catch up with project lead Tatiana Ferguson, project research assistant Jade Nelson, and project community consultants Eva Simone and Vanessa Carter.    https://blackqueeryouthcollective.org/   Link to project survey (closes March 15, 2022) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Rings_Tingz   https://...

Rings & Tingz

February 04, 2022 01:11 - 40 minutes - 753 MB Video

"Transcending Love: Rings & Tingz" is a community-led project seeking to examine the experiences of African, Caribbean, and Black Transwomen in Canada who are Single, Dating, or Married. Tune in to catch up with project lead Tatiana Ferguson, project research assistant Jade Nelson, and project community consultants Eva Simone and Vanessa Carter.    https://blackqueeryouthcollective.org/   Link to project survey (closes March 15, 2022) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Rings_Tingz   https://...

At the Studio with Abdi (audio only)

December 15, 2021 17:01 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MB

Link to watch video: https://qtcast.podbean.com/e/at-the-studio-with-abdi/ In episode 2 of the QTcast, Elliott visits Abdi Osman at his studio. Abdi is one of the community leadership residents at the Queer and Trans Research Lab, and a Somali-Canadian multidisciplinary artist. Abdi discusses how he explores black queer Muslim identity, gay cruising in Toronto, respectability politics, and more.    Link to audio for Abdi Osman's Shadowboxing: https://www.trinitysquarevideo.com/exhibition-...

At the Studio with Abdi

December 06, 2021 21:21 - 31 minutes - 1.2 GB Video

In episode 2 of the QTcast, Elliott visits Abdi Osman at his studio. Abdi is one of the community leadership residents at the Queer and Trans Research Lab, and a Somali-Canadian multidisciplinary artist. Abdi discusses how he explores Black queer Muslim identity, gay cruising in Toronto, respectability politics, and more.    Link to audio for Abdi Osman's Shadowboxing: https://www.trinitysquarevideo.com/exhibition-shadowboxing/ Link to Shadowboxing panel:  Shadowboxing Panel - Artist Abd...

Meet the QTRL

November 01, 2021 18:01 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MB

Welcome to the QTcast! In our introductory episode, you'll get a rundown of who we are and what we do at the Queer and Trans Research Lab (QTRL). Learn about the guiding ethics at the lab, meet the team, and find out what you can expect from the future of the QTRL.    Follow us @Qtcast_  Email us at [email protected]