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Mainstreet HalifaxHear from a Rainbow Railroad representative on what 2024 was like for LGBTQ+ refugeesLatoya Nugent is head of engagement with Rainbow Railroad. She shares the details of the organizations annual report, 'Understanding the state of Global LGBTQI+ Persecution'.2025-06-2011 min
Mission Critical with Lance ChungLatoya Nugent (Head of Engagement, Rainbow Railroad): Fighting for the Future of Queer RefugeesPride is more than a celebration—it’s a call to action. And in a world where LGBTQ+ lives are still under threat, that call has never been more urgent.In this powerful episode, Lance sits down with Latoya Nugent, Head of Engagement at Rainbow Railroad, an international organization helping LGBTQI+ individuals escape state-sponsored violence and persecution. Latoya speaks not only as a leader, but as a survivor—she was forced to flee Jamaica after being targeted for her identity, and found safety in Canada through Rainbow Railroad’s life-saving work.Now...2025-06-111h 16
Queer Joy with Daniel MacIvorLegacyEPISODE SEVEN – Legacy“It’s a hundred and fifty dollars more than we had this morning.”To close this season, we re-visit more hilarious and heartbreaking moments from the inaugural 2024 Pink Award, Canada’s LGBTQ+ advocacys and LGBTQ+ activist award ceremony celebrating queer icons making a difference. Daniel speaks with our first Legacy Award winner, philanthropist, activist, art collector, bon vivant, and First To Leave The Party author Salah Bachir. The importance of Salah’s work and his legacy is reframed in an animated conversation with Daniel and director/producer Michelle Mama, who hol...2025-02-1125 min
Queer Joy with Daniel MacIvorElliot Page and Skipping StoneEPISODE TWO – Elliot Page and Skipping Stone“Thank you for being the light under the door.” In part one, Daniel talks with fellow East Coaster and LGBTQ icon Elliot Page about the success of Elliot’s New York Times Bestselling memoir Page Boy. They speak about what Elliot learned from the process and how the book’s themes resound with notions of home. Later, we spend some time at the Pink Awards, the LGBTQ+ Toronto Awards Ceremony, where Elliot shared hisin the moving moment of Elliot’s speech celebrating his charity, Skipping Ston...2025-02-1120 min
Queer Joy with Daniel MacIvorRufus Wainwright and pflag CanadaEPISODE SIX – Rufus Wainwright and pflag Canada“A new kind of family.”Anchoring this episode is Rufus’ breathtaking performance of his song “Going to a Town” at the PTP Pink Awards, a Toronto awards ceremony celebrating Canada’s LGBTQ+ Advocacy and LGBTQ icons and LGBTQ+ celebrities. In a heartfelt and personal interview from Rufus’ LA home, Daniel speaks with Rufus and his husband, Jorn Weisbrodt, about parenting (and step-parenting) their daughter Viva, about Rufus’ relationship withto his own mother – iconic folk legend Kate McGarrigle – and building a new kind of family. In par...2025-02-1124 min
Queer Joy with Daniel MacIvorMarie-Philip Poulin and You Can PlayEPISODE FIVE – Marie-Philip Poulin and You Can Play“If you can play, you can play.”One of the world’s greatest hockey players, Marie-Philip Poulin, joins us in a break from practice a few weeks before the LGBTQ+ advocacy awards, to share her inspiring story on how she came to lead the top team in the PWHL. To experience her humility and team spirit is to understand the value of sport and play in the development of our youth. And in part two, we meet Mandy Cronin and David Palumbo from You Can Pl...2025-02-1120 min
Queer Joy with Daniel MacIvorLatoya Nugent and Among FriendsEPISODE FOUR – Latoya Nugent and Among Friends“An incredible friendship, an incredible pride.”This episode’s Pink Award Champion from the LGBTQ+ activist award ceremony Pink Awards and LGBTQ icon is activist Latoya Nugent. Daniel speaks with Latoya in her office at Toronto’s Rainbow Railroad and discusses her work with the 2SLGBTQIA+ refugee advocacy organization and her personal story of activism in Jamaica that led to her needing to escape her home as a refugee herself in Canada. In part two, we meet Lisa Duplessis, the director of Among Friends, Latoya’s nomi...2025-02-1121 min
Queer Joy with Daniel MacIvorJeremy Dutcher and 2 Spirited People of the 1st NationsEPISODE THREE – Jeremy Dutcher and 2 Spirited People of the 1st Nations“The Indigenous Renaissance has begun.” In part one, Daniel speaks with warm and wonderful composer/musician Jeremy Dutcher from Jeremy’s home in Montreal a few weeks before the Pink Awards, Canada’s top LGBTQ+ Activist Award Ceremony. Jeremy talks about where his queer and Indigenous identities intersect, and how that opens up a conversation about middle people that the entire 2SLGBTQ+ community can participate in. Part two features a conversation with Keith McCrady and...2025-02-1121 min
Queer Joy with Daniel MacIvorGenesisEPISODE 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 p...2025-02-1118 min
Queer Joy with Daniel MacIvorTrailer: Celebrating the Champions and Changemakers of the 2024 PTP Pink AwardsQueer Joy with Daniel MacIvor Season 1: Celebrating the Champions and Changemakers of the 2024 PTP Pink AwardsQueer 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 sh...2025-02-0602 min
Queer Collective PodcastI Was Forced to ‘Prove’ I’m Queer To The Government ft. Latoya Nugent of Rainbow RailroadWhat happens when your home turns hostile? We dive deep into the raw realities of LGBTQI+ refugees with activist Latoya Nugent, who fled Jamaica with the help of Rainbow Railroad. From persecution to queer liberation, learn about the global trends in anti-LGBTQI+ violence, how resettlement systems are failing refugees, and what it’s like to ‘prove’ you’re queer enough to escape.
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Out Chicago (Featured Interviews)WCPT 820 Interview: Latoya NugentLatoya Nugent, head of engagement at Rainbow Railroad, talks to "Out Chicago," 7/7/24. Catch “Out Chicago” Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/programs/out-chicago). Support the show: https://heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820/schedule/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2024-07-0712 min
Happy to See Me with Erika CasupananWhy we need to remember queer refugees this Pride with Rainbow RailroadIn this Pride Month special, we’re putting the spotlight on the not-for-profit Rainbow Railroad and its work to help at-risk LGBTQI+ people around the globe. Warning: mentions of violence throughout the episode. Latoya Nugent, Head of Engagement at Rainbow Railroad, joins the podcast to talk about why we need to remember queer refugees during our Pride Month celebrations. Latoya talks about why queer people are still facing persecution abroad, how relocation efforts save lives and she tells her personal story of moving from Jamaica to Canada using Rainbow Railroad’s services.
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Happy to See Me with Erika Casupanan64. Why we need to remember queer refugees this Pride with Rainbow RailroadIn this Pride Month special, we're putting the spotlight on Rainbow Railroad and its work to help at-risk LGBTQI+ people around the globe. Warning: mentions of violence throughout the episode. Latoya Nugent, Head of Engagement at Rainbow Railroad, joins the podcast to talk about why we need to remember queer refugees during our Pride Month celebrations. Latoya talks about why queer people are still facing persecution abroad, how relocation efforts save lives and she tells her personal story of moving from Jamaica to Canada using Rainbow Railroad's services.Learn more about Rainbow Railroad: https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/2024-06-2148 min
The Adventure Calls PodcastActivism to Action: Latoya Nugent and Rainbow Railroad’s Crucial WorkHappy Pride, y'all! It's important to remember that Pride is a protest, first and foremost. In this powerful episode, Latoya Nugent shares her emotional journey from renown LGBTQ+ advocacy in Jamaica to finding safety in Canada through Rainbow Railroad. (Latoya's interview starts at 9:59). Latoya Nugent is the Head of Engagement at Rainbow Railroad. Originally from Jamaica and currently residing in Toronto, Canada, Latoya was relocated from her home country due to the threatening environment created by her queer, feminist activism. In Jamaica, the legislative framework and societal attitudes lead to widespread violence, persecution, and discrimination against the LG...2024-06-1158 min
Yardie Skeptics (Ep. 13) LGBT Advocacy in JamaicaThe team of Yardie Skeptics Radio will tackles the issue of LGBT advocacy in Jamaica head on and iry to answer the question of whether Jamaican LGBT advocacy has a guiding philosophy and how well that guiding philosophy is being adhered to. Have there been any major achievements in Jamaican LGBT advocacy and what have been the draw-backs? Is there tension between the radical and conservative advocates? Which of the two is better for Jamaica?
In the first half of the show we are joined by Latoya Nugent, research consultant for JFLAG, blogger, and a "newbie' in the business of...2013-09-012h 04