Rob Easton is a Canadian media personality best known for co-hosting the gay television series '' Don't Quit Your Gay Job'' (DQYGJ), that was launched in 2009 on

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. In the series, he competes with his friend and co-host

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to master stereotypical gay and non-gay jobs. Each episode features Easton and Horlor competing to see who can be the most successful at a given job.IMDb: The Internet Movie Database
/ref> The first season of the show (2009) had six episodes about jobs as

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, modelling and drag. The second season featured

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and extreme wrestling. Prior to DQYGJ, Easton took part in

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's ''The Early Edition'', in

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's '' Téléjournal Colombie-Britannique'', and wrote for ''

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'' and ''

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'', and in 2011 was a story editor for

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's ''

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''. He worked as cinematographer for '' How Far Will You Go?'' a documentary about gay modeling. He also worked with

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in the Montreal drag club ''Cabaret Mado'' and is part of the

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Personal life

Easton grew up on

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in Campbell River, which he tries to visit as often as he can. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the

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and a Diploma of Technology in broadcast journalism from

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(BCIT).

References

External links

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Biography on ''Don't Quit Your Gay Job'' page on OUTtv website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Easton, Rob Living people Canadian television hosts Canadian LGBT entertainers Canadian LGBT broadcasters University of Victoria alumni British Columbia Institute of Technology alumni People from Campbell River, British Columbia Year of birth missing (living people)