EPISODE ONE – Genesis

“Without heartbreak how can we know joy, without protest how can we know celebration.”

Playwright, performer and content producer at Pink Triangle Press, Daniel MacIvor, leads us through the journey of creating the inaugural PTP Pink Awards, an LGBTQ+ Activist Award Ceremony and Toronto Awards Ceremony celebrating LGBTQ Advocacy.

We re-visit moment-making highlights of the night with MC’s Drag Race Royalty Queen Priyanka and Virgin Radio’s Shannon Burns. In part two2, Daniel’s guest is queer business leader Sara Fromstein from Pink Awards presenting sponsor Deciem. Sara talks about Deciem’s unorthodox approach to corporate advocacy engagement and the personal and holistic way that model came to be, and how the holistic partnership with Deciem and PTP came together for this LGBTQ event.

Queer Joy is a seven part podcast celebrating the 2024 Pink Triangle Press Pink Awards.

The PTP Pink Awards are a national pay-it-forward celebration of queer excellence where community champions choose changemaking charities from the queer community to uplift and amplify. In 2024 we celebrated champions writer/actor/producer Elliot Page, musician/composer Jeremy Dutcher, activist Latoya Nugent, athlete Marie-Philip Poulin, musician/composer Rufus Wainwright and our legacy award winner philanthropist Salah Bachir. Join host Daniel MacIvor where he shares unforgettable moments from the awards and interviews where he sits down for honest and insightful conversations with our Champions and their chosen charities. Experience Queer Joy with Daniel MacIvor, some true queer Champions and our PTP Pink Awards with host Queen Priyanka

Pink Triangle Press formed in 1971 as a collective to publish The Body Politic – a monthly newspaper that is regarded today as a game-changer in the queer media landscape. And in 1984 as an offshoot of The Body Politic PTP formed Xtra Magazine, more focused on social life and culture, lighter fare, available free in bars. And when The Body Politic closed its operation in 1987 Xtra took over as PTP’s main publication mixing arts and culture coverage with harder news stories. There were print editions published out of Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa. In 2015 Xtra moved entirely online where it continues the legacy of the original publication with award-winning journalism that strives to be – as its banner proudly states – queering the conversation. Check them out at xtramagazine.com.

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