Queer Legends Pod
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I'm Shawn Dearn. Co-founder at SecretAgents.ca; award-winning podcaster & broadcaster; host of Queer Legends: An Oral History Podcast; 🏳️🌈 husband & wiener-dog’s human.
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High school educators can now teach their students about Canada's LGBT Purge, from WWI to the present day!
Using podcast clips, federal documents & engaging activities, students can explore this significant period in Canadian history.🌈🎓
Download: lgbtpurge.ca/educators-to...
High school educators can now teach their students about Canada's LGBT Purge, from WWI to the present day!
Using podcast clips, federal documents & engaging activities, students can explore this significant period in Canadian history.🌈🎓
Download: lgbtpurge.ca/educators-to...
I'm producing a new podcast series & requested old CBC audio from Library and Archives Canada.
Sigh. It is ridiculous that I should need a license to use audio from a 1960s CBC newscast no one will ever hear again.
Also, $21 per second with a 30 sec min. for only a 5yr license is also ridiculous
Sigh. It is ridiculous that I should need a license to use audio from a 1960s CBC newscast no one will ever hear again.
Also, $21 per second with a 30 sec min. for only a 5yr license is also ridiculous
a man in a suit and tie is saying " this sounds wrong to me "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying " this sounds wrong to me "
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm producing a new podcast series & requested old CBC audio from Library and Archives Canada.
Sigh. It is ridiculous that I should need a license to use audio from a 1960s CBC newscast no one will ever hear again.
Also, $21 per second with a 30 sec min. for only a 5yr license is also ridiculous
Sigh. It is ridiculous that I should need a license to use audio from a 1960s CBC newscast no one will ever hear again.
Also, $21 per second with a 30 sec min. for only a 5yr license is also ridiculous
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This is the dystopian bullshit so many of us feared. It's not coming, it's here.
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is the dystopian bullshit so many of us feared. It's not coming, it's here.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Right now, it's comedians mocking Trump. How long before they move to target any depictions on TV of trans people, gay couples, and interracial couples? That's how this start. And once they ban depictions, it's much easier for them to make people disappear.
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Right now, it's comedians mocking Trump. How long before they move to target any depictions on TV of trans people, gay couples, and interracial couples? That's how this start. And once they ban depictions, it's much easier for them to make people disappear.
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"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams at us the loudest."
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
May 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams at us the loudest."
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
-Mon Mothma (Andor)
The pettiness of Florida’s homophobia faces backlash in the streets…literally.
2. A war over crosswalks is erupting in Florida. After statewide efforts to erase Pride crosswalks began this week, communities have resisted—repainting them, fighting attempts to strip them, and in some cases, restoring rainbow colors overnight.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/orlando-ci...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/orlando-ci...
Orlando Citizens Defy DeSantis, Re-Color Pulse Memorial Sidewalk In Rainbow Colors
Trump and DeSantis admins ordered rainbow crosswalks removed, and the Pulse Memorial crosswalk was among the first painted over. Now, citizens are fighting back.
www.erininthemorning.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The pettiness of Florida’s homophobia faces backlash in the streets…literally.
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The successfully completed search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for two victims of a convicted serial killer cost $18 million — less than one-tenth of the original worst-case estimate, Premier Wab Kinew revealed Wednesday.
Landfill search for Indigenous women cost $18M, one-tenth of original estimate: Kinew
The successfully completed search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for two victims of a convicted serial killer cost $18 million — less than one-tenth of the original worst-case estimate, Premier Wab Kinew revealed Wednesday.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The successfully completed search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for two victims of a convicted serial killer cost $18 million — less than one-tenth of the original worst-case estimate, Premier Wab Kinew revealed Wednesday.
Spotted in Montreal.
August 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Spotted in Montreal.
This is also another attack on the global Queer community & developing nations.
mRNA technology & research offers the best shot at creating a vaccine or cure for HIV.
Republicans hate LGBTQ people & folks living with HIV SO MUCH that they'd rather see them suffer, than cure global pandemics.
mRNA technology & research offers the best shot at creating a vaccine or cure for HIV.
Republicans hate LGBTQ people & folks living with HIV SO MUCH that they'd rather see them suffer, than cure global pandemics.
Nobel Prize winning science being cancelled by a vaccine denier.
RFK Jr cancels $500m in mRNA vaccine development in the US
Since taking office, the vaccine sceptic has made a number of changes to how vaccines are regulated.
www.bbc.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is also another attack on the global Queer community & developing nations.
mRNA technology & research offers the best shot at creating a vaccine or cure for HIV.
Republicans hate LGBTQ people & folks living with HIV SO MUCH that they'd rather see them suffer, than cure global pandemics.
mRNA technology & research offers the best shot at creating a vaccine or cure for HIV.
Republicans hate LGBTQ people & folks living with HIV SO MUCH that they'd rather see them suffer, than cure global pandemics.
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Damning.
A new report is exposing hundreds of Canadian arms shipments to Israel.
I’ll be covering this today. The press conference should be starting any minute now.
armsembargonow.ca/report/
A new report is exposing hundreds of Canadian arms shipments to Israel.
I’ll be covering this today. The press conference should be starting any minute now.
armsembargonow.ca/report/
Arms Embargo Now!
Canada’s secret arms trade with Israel, exposed: This hard-hitting report exposes the damning data—hundreds of shipments, hundreds of thousands of bullets—and the Canadian government’s web of lies tha...
armsembargonow.ca
July 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Damning.
A new report is exposing hundreds of Canadian arms shipments to Israel.
I’ll be covering this today. The press conference should be starting any minute now.
armsembargonow.ca/report/
A new report is exposing hundreds of Canadian arms shipments to Israel.
I’ll be covering this today. The press conference should be starting any minute now.
armsembargonow.ca/report/
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There's a group of Albertans who are counting on America's help to break apart Canada.
We travelled to a town outside Red Deer to find out just how organized they are…
pressprogress.ca/the-albertan...
We travelled to a town outside Red Deer to find out just how organized they are…
pressprogress.ca/the-albertan...
The Albertans Counting on America to Help Break Apart Canada
Fed up with finding a constitutional path to separation, the leaders of the Alberta Prosperity Project are looking for other means
pressprogress.ca
July 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
There's a group of Albertans who are counting on America's help to break apart Canada.
We travelled to a town outside Red Deer to find out just how organized they are…
pressprogress.ca/the-albertan...
We travelled to a town outside Red Deer to find out just how organized they are…
pressprogress.ca/the-albertan...
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🚨‼️Stay away from the USA ‼️🚨
"Chavarria, who .. has held U.S. citizenship since 2018, was reentering the U.S. using the expedited Global Entry process .. Despite having used the pre-approved Global Entry process many times before, CPB agents .. subjected him to five hours of questioning"
"Chavarria, who .. has held U.S. citizenship since 2018, was reentering the U.S. using the expedited Global Entry process .. Despite having used the pre-approved Global Entry process many times before, CPB agents .. subjected him to five hours of questioning"
Gay educator & U.S. citizen detained for hours at border: “The definition of psychological terror” www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/gay-...
Gay educator & U.S. citizen detained for hours at border: "The definition of psychological terror" - LGBTQ Nation
"We are furious," said out Vermont Rep. Becca Balint (D) about the incident.
www.lgbtqnation.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🚨‼️Stay away from the USA ‼️🚨
"Chavarria, who .. has held U.S. citizenship since 2018, was reentering the U.S. using the expedited Global Entry process .. Despite having used the pre-approved Global Entry process many times before, CPB agents .. subjected him to five hours of questioning"
"Chavarria, who .. has held U.S. citizenship since 2018, was reentering the U.S. using the expedited Global Entry process .. Despite having used the pre-approved Global Entry process many times before, CPB agents .. subjected him to five hours of questioning"
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It will never not blow my mind how many dudes out there will bend over backwards to defend hockey players doing abjectly heinous shit simply because they know how to put pucks in nets
July 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It will never not blow my mind how many dudes out there will bend over backwards to defend hockey players doing abjectly heinous shit simply because they know how to put pucks in nets
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This is how full-on Nazism starts. Arresting nonviolent citizens whose circumstances displease the fascist aesthetic of the Dear Leader and permanently caging them—no cause or process—so the streets are clear for the Leader’s motorcade as he’s driven past.
ACLU Condemns Trump Executive Order Targeting Disabled and Unhoused People | American Civil Liberties Union
WASHINGTON – President Trump signed an executive order today directing states to criminalize unhoused people and institutionalize people with mental...
www.aclu.org
July 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is how full-on Nazism starts. Arresting nonviolent citizens whose circumstances displease the fascist aesthetic of the Dear Leader and permanently caging them—no cause or process—so the streets are clear for the Leader’s motorcade as he’s driven past.
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This thread kinda makes CBC's reporting look like it was written in crayon by comparison.
Follow CAHN, they're amazing.
Follow CAHN, they're amazing.
🧵 Last week, CBC released an article on Active Clubs and Second Sons in the Hamilton area, as well as this video investigation.
We are glad they’re covering this important topic, building on our years of work exposing these groups and their activities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66x...
We are glad they’re covering this important topic, building on our years of work exposing these groups and their activities.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66x...
Exposing fascist fight clubs training for 'race war' in Canada
YouTube video by CBC News
www.youtube.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This thread kinda makes CBC's reporting look like it was written in crayon by comparison.
Follow CAHN, they're amazing.
Follow CAHN, they're amazing.
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Ask yourselves this question daily and the answer becomes very apparent!!
Ask yourselves this question daily and the answer becomes very apparent!!
July 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ask yourselves this question daily and the answer becomes very apparent!!
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Earlier this year, @wendylrouse.bsky.social was one of the first to sound the alarm about federal censorship of historical work. Today at #AHAPerspectives, she writes about what happened with her own article on the NPS website and the longer history of LGBTQ+ erasure. 🗃️
Confronting the Rainbow Panic
The erasure of LGBTQ+ stories from the National Park Service and other government websites has a long history.
www.historians.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Earlier this year, @wendylrouse.bsky.social was one of the first to sound the alarm about federal censorship of historical work. Today at #AHAPerspectives, she writes about what happened with her own article on the NPS website and the longer history of LGBTQ+ erasure. 🗃️
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GOOD NEWS: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has cleared the way for the state to permanently implement its existing ban on so-called “conversion therapy.”
We will continue to fight for LGBTQ+ youth’s ability to live as their true selves and to THRIVE while doing so. apnews.com/article/wisc...
We will continue to fight for LGBTQ+ youth’s ability to live as their true selves and to THRIVE while doing so. apnews.com/article/wisc...
Wisconsin Supreme Court clears the way for a conversion therapy ban to be made permanent
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has cleared the way for the state to permanently enact a ban on conversion therapy.
apnews.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
GOOD NEWS: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has cleared the way for the state to permanently implement its existing ban on so-called “conversion therapy.”
We will continue to fight for LGBTQ+ youth’s ability to live as their true selves and to THRIVE while doing so. apnews.com/article/wisc...
We will continue to fight for LGBTQ+ youth’s ability to live as their true selves and to THRIVE while doing so. apnews.com/article/wisc...
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Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
Pride is and always will be Political.
Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and fines to participate in the annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed by a law passed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing governing party.
Around 100,000 march in Budapest Pride event in defiance of Hungary's ban
Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and fines to participate in the annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed by a law passed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing governing party.
n.pr
June 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Pride is and always will be Political.
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Alright everyone, one last push.
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.
trvr.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Alright everyone, one last push.
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
Great news out of Alberta, for a change.
I suspect this will go all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The question is whether Premier Smith will use the Notwithstanding Clause of the Constitution to take away rights of Trans Canadians.
globalnews.ca/news/1126530...
I suspect this will go all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The question is whether Premier Smith will use the Notwithstanding Clause of the Constitution to take away rights of Trans Canadians.
globalnews.ca/news/1126530...
Judge grants injunction request blocking Alberta’s gender-affirming care legislation | Globalnews.ca
The organizations filed documents to seek the injunction with the Court of King's Bench of Alberta late last year.
globalnews.ca
June 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Great news out of Alberta, for a change.
I suspect this will go all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The question is whether Premier Smith will use the Notwithstanding Clause of the Constitution to take away rights of Trans Canadians.
globalnews.ca/news/1126530...
I suspect this will go all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The question is whether Premier Smith will use the Notwithstanding Clause of the Constitution to take away rights of Trans Canadians.
globalnews.ca/news/1126530...
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Yes, this is bad for porn.
But porn famously has no clear legal definition. As such:
This is a direct path to censoring anything the GOP wants to censor and can argue is “adult” - info on birth control, queer identity, anything about trans people or gender diversity or safe sex or HIV or drag or
But porn famously has no clear legal definition. As such:
This is a direct path to censoring anything the GOP wants to censor and can argue is “adult” - info on birth control, queer identity, anything about trans people or gender diversity or safe sex or HIV or drag or
BREAKING: SCOTUS upholds Texas' age verification law that requires ID to access adult websites
June 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yes, this is bad for porn.
But porn famously has no clear legal definition. As such:
This is a direct path to censoring anything the GOP wants to censor and can argue is “adult” - info on birth control, queer identity, anything about trans people or gender diversity or safe sex or HIV or drag or
But porn famously has no clear legal definition. As such:
This is a direct path to censoring anything the GOP wants to censor and can argue is “adult” - info on birth control, queer identity, anything about trans people or gender diversity or safe sex or HIV or drag or