JP Larocque is a Canadian screenwriter, producer, and journalist. They are best known for their work on the television series ''
Sort Of
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'', for which they were nominated for Best Writing in a Comedy Series at the
11th Canadian Screen Awards
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in 2023. In 2024, they were nominated for a Canadian Screen Award as a co-executive producer of the
Family Channel series ''Home Sweet Rome''.
They are creator and executive producer of the web series ''Gay Nerds'', which ran from 2012 to 2015 and was distributed by OutTV. They have also written for ''
Another Life'', ''
Slasher
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'', ''
Jann'', ''
Popularity Papers'', ''
SkyMed
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'', ''
Coroner
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'' and ''
Diggstown
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''.
In 2022, they wrote and produced a
Heritage Minute
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on pioneering transgender American soul and rhythm and blues singer
Jackie Shane, and developed the ''
Murdoch Mysteries
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'' spin-off series ''Macy Murdoch'' for
CBC Gem
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with Jessica Meya.
In 2014, they were a regular panelist on the MTV Canada series ''
1 Girl 5 Gays
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''.
"TV therapy"
''IN Magazine'', October 2013.
References
Canadian television writers
Canadian television producers
Canadian newspaper journalists
Canadian magazine journalists
Canadian non-binary writers
Canadian television personalities
Canadian LGBT screenwriters
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Canadian LGBT people
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