Hey strangers, did you miss us? It's been a busy time for us Alberta queers but we're here today talking about activism.

Jacob's back, you get to meet our new staff Toby, Kelsey has new pronouns, and we actually talk about sports?! There's so much going on!

Our friend Coco LaQueer is on the big queer couch talking about drag as art, entertainment, and activism. Plus, how do performers keep their wigs on when they're dancing so hard?

Busy times at Outloud, sorry we've been away! Today we're talking about the foster system in Alberta with returning guest Maël

Content Warnings: Foster system, as well as mentions of substance use, opioid poisonings, and deaths in care

For info and resources, check out the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Albertahttps://www.ocya.alberta.ca/

Today we're talking about two Canadian Supreme Court decisions that led to the expansion of 2SLGBTQ rights (mostly because of how rightfully mad people were about the decisions). Also, Kelsey furthers Bekah's belief that New Brunswick is not real.

Welcome to a little bite sized history episode about Canada's queer purge of the civil service. Learn the super scientific criteria the RCMP used to confirm a suspect's queerness.

Have you ever had someone perform an exorcism over you while you were having a seizure? Our guest has. Let's talk about disability and queerness with Maël.

Masculinity doesn't have to be toxic, and this Ken understands that patriarchy hurts men too. So let's talk to our guest Jacob about what healthy masculinity can look like and how you too can be a double agent deradicalizing your bros.

Be gay do crime is more than a catchy slogan. Some people, like Julie D'Aubigny, took it very seriously.

Join me and our new friends Bee and Shannon from the Red Deer Native Friendship Society as we talk about tolerance, acceptance, and uncomfortable allyship

Check out more of their work on their socials:

YouTube: @rdnfs4844

Instagram: RDNFS (reddeerfriendship)

TikTok: @reddeerrnfs

Facebook: Red Deer Native Friendship Society- RDNFS

Twitter: @RDNFStwt

Content Warning: Substance Use Talk

Welcome back for another week of fun guests! This time it's the lovely Finn and Sammy here to discuss their research on substance use within the Queer and Trans community.

Check out their work with QTHC at https://ourhealthyeg.ca/ or on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ourhealthyeg/

Our friend Evan Westfal is here to talk about making "deliciously gay" music and all things queer joy.

For more of Evan check out his instagram @evanwestfal and his very joyful Gay Pirates music video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHwhHr1n1xs

This week we're talking about Montreal's Morality Squad, talking to teens like the young adults they are, and a solid tangent about the military.

Content warning: a few mentions of sexual assault within the military starting around the 20 minute mark

Stephanie is back this week to talk about libraries, banned books, and intellectual freedom. Also her love of Valentine's Day.

We've talked before about allyship from our perspective, so here's some advice from an excellent ally. Our friend is super cool and is here to talk about growing in your allyship and how it's ok if your son wants to wear pink. Also, Bekah wants to apologize for how much they say "like" this episode.

Here friends, have a fun convo about things the transphobes ruin with their tears.

Sometimes you can't separate the art from the artist. Sometimes they're still making bags of money and handing those money bags to anti-trans lobbyists.

Sorry we're late, it's been a busy week. So here's a convo about whether Sunday is the first day of the week, the realization that if the Purge was real Paige would be an assassin, and Bekah's life goal of becoming The Mountain Witch.

Hey look, it's Lily Kazimiera, star of I Hate People, People Hate Me! She's here to talk about representation in media, filming in the cold, and the importance of self care. Also, if you here bumps in the background, those are her adorable cats Mona and Ivy.

Let's talk New Year's resolutions! Specifically weight loss and the fatphobia that surrounds so much of our society.

Holidays are for rants apparently, so let's talk missionaries, white saviours, and the Pope's deadname. Content Warning: Death of a missionary, mentions of deaths of children in care

Our rant-y-est episode to date! Let's talk about the use of poverty chic to make rich people feel better about themselves.

Today we're talking about drugs! Specifically harm reduction and decriminalization. Also fun fact, the chaotic cat you hear with Paige is named Gutters. He's ridiculous and we love him.

Content Warning: Discussion of the death of Paige's foster sibling around 11 minutes in.

How do you feel about the holidays? Have you been wondering what Kelsey's big secret Queer Joy was? Join us on the big queer couch!

Get your lover's attention by throwing bricks, be so wonderfully gender nonconforming that the straights place bets on the London Stock Exchange, learn Macedonian so you can go back in time and ask Alexander the Great his sexuality. Join Bekah and Paige as they talk about the Chevalièr d’Éon and King Neferkare.

We have our very first author joining us this week! We talk to Eli Cohen about "The Body Hair Experiment" and what pushing back against the Man Box has meant to him. You can check out Eli's work at @spacioushuman on Insta

How do I handle my queer kid having sleepovers? I think my kid is going to come out, how do I react? What are Kelsey's thoughts on poptarts? This is parental FAQ's round 2

Lucky you, it's all three of you faves on the big queer couch talking about trans people in Greek mythology plus one Roman emperor who is considered by many to have been trans.

We've got a lot going on this week and we wanted to do something fun and different. So Paige and Bekah decided to bring back something from our very first episode.

Coehn's back! And we're learning about astrology, Bekah's big scorpio energy, and Outloud's haunted doll that's currently missing.

The book Coehn mentions is Postcolonial Astrology: Reading the Planets through Capital, Power, and Labor by Alice Sparkly Kat

Outloud's resident ex-Mormon Paige is here to talk about the things they learned about gender and sex while a member of the Mormon church.

For pretty much as long as humans have worn clothes they've been tools for both reinforcing and fighting the status quo. This week we're talking to fashion student Shelton about the interplay of gender and fashion.

See more of Shelton @luvurboyyy on Instagram

We sit down with our friend Michael Phair, one of the founders of the AIDS Network of Edmonton to talk about what it was like in the midst of the 80s/90s crisis and how the community came together to take care of one another.

I'm going to be honest this ones a little all over the place, but we're talking about the Queen and how Canada should leave the Commonwealth while the royals are distracted.

We're back talking about some of the first bottom surgeries. Plus you get to meet our practicum student Paige who is wonderful!

Have you ever been told you're "too political" when you're just living your life? It's ok to not make yourself more palatable to fit in. This conversation has a little bit of everything and we hope you have as much fun listening to it as we had recording it.

Kelsey's away this week but that's alright because Bekah is joined by absolute ray of sunshine Chantelle from HIV Edmonton. This week we're talking about the history of the AIDS epidemic, the current reality, and addressing stigma.

Find out more about Chantelle's work at https://hivedmonton.com/

Our new friend Adebayo joins us to discuss coming to Canada as a refugee, giving back to the community, and his new EP.

You can support Adebayo's and Rarica's work @raricanow on Instagram

And you can check out his music here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNP98v1izYGaLrUmVkia63fGEyPWCtlXk

Content Warnings: Police Brutality, Violence against Trans People, Suicidal Ideation

We get asked a lot about the difference between gender, sex, and sexuality. So let's talk about it!

Kelsey and Bekah each chose a queer person from history to tell the other about and both chose from the roaring 20's. Join us and learn about Lucy Hicks Anderson and Josephine Baker.

This week we decided to talk about something fun that we're passionate about and took that prompt in two very different directions Content warning: mention of sexual assault in the first half

Content warnings: Abortion, brief mentions of domestic violence and school shootings

Alright y'all let's talk about abortion in Canada, both its history, and present day.

Canadians can find their member of Parliament here https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en and if you can attend one of the marches or donate that's even better.

Join us and Alberta's MLGay Janis Irwin as we talk about how she realized she was gay, what it's like to be the one and only (jk she was super humble), and lots more. You can find Janis on Instagram @janis.irwin or email her office at edmonton.highlandsnorwood@assembly.ab.ca

Our friend Rin joins us to talk about his love of teaching and how policy is cool actually. Check out Rin's work at @rinlawrence8 on Instagram