''Super Queeroes'' is a Canadian multimedia web project, which launched in 2019 on
CBC Arts
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. Created as a
Pride Month
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project to mark the 50th anniversary of the
Stonewall Riots
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, the project featured
LGBTQ
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The LGBT term is a ...
Canadians creating short video, essay or art projects in tribute to another influential LGBTQ Canadian trailblazer. It was conceived by writer and producer
Peter Knegt
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Knegt began his career as ...
.
The project selected a total of 69 honorees because Stonewall had taken place in 1969; seven of the honorees were duos or groups, but were counted as a single honoree because they were being named collectively rather than as individuals.
The project won the
Canadian Screen Award
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for Best Interactive Production at the
8th Canadian Screen Awards
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Brandon Ash-Mohammed
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, Wayne Baerwaldt,
Billy-Ray Belcourt
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Paul Bellini
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Bif Naked
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Heather Bishop
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Meryn Cadell
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Brent Carver
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Douglas Coupland
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Susan G. Cole
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Toller Cranston
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Amber Dawn
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Stephen Dunn
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Ali Eisner
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Brendan Fernandes
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Ferron
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Brad Fraser
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Christopher Gillis
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Early life and career
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son o ...
iskwē
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Personal life
Originally from Winnipeg, M ...
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Adam Garnet Jones
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Of Cree and Métis ancestry, Jones grew up in Alberta and British C ...
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Chase Joynt
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Ladyfag
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Background
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Ashley MacIsaac
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Norman McLaren
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Rick Mercer
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Louis Negin
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Born in London, England, and raised in Toronto, Ontari ...
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Charles Pachter
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Casey Plett
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Personal life
Plett was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in a Menno ...
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David Rakoff
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, Tedd Robinson, Walter K. Scott,
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, Rowan Sky,
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Critical writings have invoked references to Jean Genet, William S. Burroughs, Jack Pie ...
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CBC Arts
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