# Lezlie Lee Kam

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Seniors Day Land Acknowledgement with leZlie lee kam

On our Seniors Day land acknowledgement, leZlie lee kam speaks to the land that is now to referred to as Toronto and Ontario. "I am a world majority, brown, trini, Carib, Indo, Chinese, callaloo, differently-abled, queer DYKE elder/senior...67 years young..I live my life from an anti-oppression, an…

Catholics in Recovery with leZlie lee kam and Lila Pine

In this episode, Brigitte speaks with facilitator and storyteller, leZlie lee kam, and academic and artist, Lila Pine, two elders and dear friends who came to know each other through a performance in the Youth Elders Project at Buddies in Bad Times in Toronto. Describing their shared experiences of…

Q & C Part 21 Lezlie Lee Kam: Being a Differently Abled Senior During A Pandemic

In this episode of Quarantine & Chill, I invite my friend and differently abled queer senior, Lezlie Lee Kam back on to explain her experiences as a queer senior person during Covid19, and how her differently-abled identity plays a role in all that. We have a frank conversation about isolation, co…

Episode 169 - "I'm Differently Abled" - Lezlie Lee Kam

On this episode, I sit down with community activist and queer senior Lezlie Lee Kam. She shares with us why she refers to herself as "differently abled" and why that is important to her. She also shares her experience becoming disabled and re-learning what access really means. Lastly, she tells us …

Becoming an Elder in the Trans Community with Activist Susan Gapka

Today, I get to speak with the legendary Susan Gapka, who has fought long and hard for trans rights in Canada. With her characteristic wit and humour, Susan discusses her upbringing, early refusal of organized religion and the status quo, and her process of coming out and coming to trans politics i…

We're Here, We're Queer, and... It's Complicated

This episode delves into histories of queer activism in Toronto and beyond, with stories of the Toronto and Montreal bathhouse raids, New York’s early Pride parades, and a discussion of the sometimes rocky relationship between the Toronto Police and Toronto’s queer communities. Hosted by Vanessa Du…

In the Sheets and on the Streets

In the first episode of this intergenerational queer podcast, we delve into notions of identity and community, teasing apart the community acronym and its various incarnations – 2SLGBTQIA* - who decides what’s included, and for whose benefit? Hosted by Vanessa Dunn. Opening poem created and perform…

Home for the Holi-Gays

We tackle ideas of home and belonging - from the challenges of being separated from your culture and family, to the possibility of creating new traditions with chosen kin. In the second act, we're joined by Toronto-St Paul's MPP Jill Andrews for a discussion of navigating the holiday season as a qu…

Putting Queer Seniors to the Front and Fighting Ford's Sanction of Religious-Based Homophobia with MPP Jill Andrew

Today, on the podcast we have the great honour of hearing from Dr. Jill Andrew, the MPP from Toronto-St Paul’s, and in this episode she describes her fight against the profit model in long term care homes, the issues facing queer seniors, and opposing the homophobia and transphobia that so housed w…

Bonus Episode: 'Fighting the Good Fight 45 Years Later' with LeZlie Lee Kam

Today in our first unofficial episode of the series, LeZlie Lee Kam, community organizer and founder of Out of the Closet Lecture Series, joined to speak about why this project matters, how queer seniors' experiences are marginalized within 2SLGBTQ+ conversations and the invisibilized impacts of CO…