My Dad Stole My Limelight

Connect with MDSML: -Join the FREE mailing list for queer joy! hilaurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod to say hi or share a limelight-stealing story! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -2SLGBTQIA+ resources Rogue (they/them) is an iconic Sagittarius and is Vancouver's premier non-binary Jewish drag artist and event producer. Rogue started their drag journey "with a synthetic Amazon blonde wig a...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the FREE mailing list for queer joy! hilaurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod to say hi or share a limelight-stealing story! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -2SLGBTQIA+ resources Karlie Hart (they/them) was one of my fabulous guests for my first-ever live show and it was beautiful, wonderful, chaotic and a total blur! Also, spoiler, the recording didn't work so we ha...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the FREE mailing list for queer joy! hilaurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod to say hi or share a limelight-stealing story! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -2SLGBTQIA+ resources In true queer fashion, even if I say so myself, this episode has been a long time coming and well worth the wait. This week I get to chat with Neut King (they/them) who I met through the mag...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the FREE mailing list for queer joy! hilaurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod to say hi or share a limelight-stealing story! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -2SLGBTQIA+ resources My guest this week is talented with words, wool, paint and more. Tracy O'Brien (she/her) is the silver lining we all need in our days and comes to share that with us in this week's episode....

Connect with MDSML: -Join the FREE mailing list for queer joy! hilaurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod to say hi or share a limelight-stealing story! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -2SLGBTQIA+ resources Am I delighted about this episode? Yes indeedy! This week I got to sit and chat with the wonderfully kind and talented Trevor Campbell, who is a writer and the host of the (very awesome) pod...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources Listeners! I have my first couple double-interview! I am so very grateful to my guests, Taj Ruler (she/they) and Kelsey Cramer (she/her), for sharing their stories of discovering their love — which...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources I am (once again) very excited about my guest this week! We were having such a rad chat and I was like "I need to hit record!". I am pleased to welcome improviser, Shea Roberts Gyllen (they/them)!...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources Since recording this episode, SAG-AFTRA has gone on strike. If you want to find out more information about the strikes and ways you can help support them, here are some links to the pages Jason rec...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources This week's guest writes one of my favourite substacks – Unravelling Daydreams – it is poetic and the imagery is beautiful and I have FOR SURE CRIED with hope and then giggled with her wit while re...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources Oh my goodness, I am so excited! In this episode, I got to sit with Lee Hulme (it/its) and it was an honour and a delight. You know when you meet someone on the internet and then you feel like you...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources OH, BABY! Another dream guest this week! Is this my life for realsies that these humans sit and chat with me? What a delight! So excited to welcome Andrew Johnston (he/him/they/them) onto the pod!...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources I LOVE THIS EPISODE! This week I got to sit with Sara Mitchell (she/her) who is the one and only person from my old big girl job that I felt I could truly be myself with. She is effortlessly cool a...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources This week's guest is hilarious comedian, Adrienne Fish (she/her). I had the pleasure of meeting her back in my first year of Canadian life. She has been making me laugh with every chat since — it w...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources This week's guest is the host of Atlantic Canada's longest-running talk show,  InTalksicated ! Sarah MacLellan (she/her) is kind, hilarious, thoughtful, and talented and it was so exciting for me t...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources This is the most nervous I have ever been to record an episode, y'all. It's because my guest is a true idol of mine. Since I met Julia (she/her) in our early twenties and she and her other roommate...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources This week I am DELIGHTED to be joined by Amy Grindhouse (she/her)! Amy is self-described as stupid and empowered (iconic). She's one of my favourite people to experience the joy of watching on stag...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources   This week it is my pleasure to be joined by actor, comedian and writer Amanda Michelle (she/they)! In this episode, (having been brought together by the powers of creative community and supporter...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources This week I am joined by comedian (Just For Laughs Vancouver, Queer FM), and IMO karaoke legend Jenny Russell (she/her/they/them)! Jenny has been on my wish list for a while and I am so glad I fina...

Connect with MDSML: -Join the mailing list for weekly queer joy! mdsml.substack.com -Connect with Lauren! laurendeborah.substack.com   -Email the pod! mydadstolemylimelight@gmail.com -LGBTQIA+ resources This week I am joined by singer, songwriter, dancer, and all-around spectacular performer and entertainer Jasey Fox (he/they). Jasey self-describes as a brave but stupid ginger, has worked at Disne...

I have some exciting news! I am taking this journey from seasons into ongoing episodes! Isn't that awesome? Each week you'll hear from a brand new guest about their coming out journey and each week as a result, we discover more about our authentic selves. With no breaks! The dream!  Listen wherever you get yout podcasts or on 604podnetwork.com and be sure to sign up for FREE to our mailing list fo...

Ella is BACK! I am so excited to welcome my wonderful niece onto the pod yet again to share the journey she has been on since the last time I sat down with her. Ella wants to help people feel better if they're a little in the middle like she says she is. In this episode: - We cry at reality TV! And we love that for us! - Jake Peralta is a queer icon and helped Ella with her journey!  - Ella is a f...

I am delighted to welcome Tony on to the podcast, who you first met in Alexi's episode . But today we deep dive into Tony's own journey and story, with Alexi along for the ride! Yay! TL;DR? Cool hair, cool swords, cool person. Identity for Tony means they don't care too much about labels, they say "I am me", and that works best for them. Sword fighting, which paralleled their gender and sexuality...

Kacy is a writer, director, producer, and host of The Stories We Tell Podcast . In part two of this two-part episode, we talk about Kacy's realisations during lockdowns that very quickly made huge and amazing changes in his life. The moment he was locked into his house it was very apparent very quickly that his world had changed forever. This was the first time in his life he had ever lived alone...

Kacy is a writer, director, producer, and host of The Stories We Tell Podcast . When he is not busy doing all that, he lights up zoom rooms all across the LWS world which is where I had the pleasure of meeting him. In part one of this two-part episode, we hear much about Kacy's childhood and adolescence. I am really grateful for his openness in sharing the involuntary conformity he encountered, be...

Listening back to this episode was like a dream, both because my post-covid brain was real (sorry for the rambling) and also because this week's guest is A DREAM! I am delighted to welcome to the pod writer, artist, amazingly talented comedian, and self-proclaimed nature nerd, LiLi K. Bright! LiLi and I met through London Writers' Salon . The first time I got to meet them (as opposed to being in a...