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It's been such a memorable year, for so many reasons, both painful, and others joyful. Eddie and Justin are joined by Lucio for 2020’s final episode of The Queer Talk Show. They share their insights about what it means to gift yourself the present of presence this holiday season, to yourself, and to the people that mean most to you! Check out JedNorth.com And when you check out, use our Queer Network Promotional Code: QNetwork20 Lucio Nieto | Conscious Creator Lucio is an eclectic creative artist. From acting to directing for both stage and screen, multi-media photography + design, and experience as a national coach for aspiring youth in the creative arts, his alignment within the work addresses both the human and spiritual journey. Within two decades of his artistic pursuits, he’s acquired both certifications in ministry and Reiki energy healing, serving as an ordained minister and Reiki practitioner in our communities. Nieto hosts the podcast “Light Talk With Lucio” to continue bridging the gap betwe

So you wanna open your relationship? Before you do, watch our Queer Conversation with Social Worker Rahim Thawer as we discuss the intricacies and nuance of being in, or even just talking about and Open Relationship! Take the Opening Up Test https://openingup.net/resources/free-downloads-from-opening-up/ Read Opening Up by Tristan Taormino https://www.amazon.com/Opening-Up-Creating-Sustaining-Relationships/dp/157344295X http://tristantaormino.com/ Follow Rahim @ladyativan Rahim Thawer | Queer Mental Health Expert Lead Consultant & Psychotherapist | AffectiveConsult.ca | MSW, RSW Rahim Thawer is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist based in Toronto. His work focuses on the intersections of marginalization and mental health with an ongoing interest around innovation in queer relationships. You can follow his work here: https://allmylinks.com/ladyativan

Life Skills Coach @tracy_hutchinson joins @momentswitheddie and @JustinGerhard for a riveting #QueerConversation about #SEX, and why getting clear about your motivation is so important!

Stage Mother is now available on streaming platforms everywhere, (and a sprinkling of theatres across that nation) spreading a message of unconditional love, transformation, and a willingness to accept people as they are. #jackiweaver and #lucyliu team up with the amazing #thomfitzgerald and a gaggle of fabulous drag queens including #allistermacdonald and #oscarmoreno, who have zoomed in for a Queer Conversation about the film and it’s powerful message. @StageMotherTheMovie https://www.facebook.com/stagemother2020/ @ThomFitzgerald - Thom Fitzgerald | Director @Totesom - Oscar Moreno | Tequila @AllisterMacD - Allister MacDonald | Joan

Can the concept of COMING OUT apply to more than just sexuality? Through her new book, "COME OUT COME OUT WHOEVER YOU ARE", UCLA Gender Studies Professor Abigail Saguy uncovers the ways in which other communities of people including the fat community, undocumented youth, and even Mormon Fundamentalist Polygamists, are using the term coming out to own their own truth. Buy the book to learn more! https://www.amazon.com/Come-Out-Whoever-You-Are/dp/0190931663

Justin Gerhard is joined by writer, director, composer and editor of the movie Lover Boy, Steven McKenna (@drvnpictures), alongside Jamie Belton (@j_bizzler), who plays the lead in the film. Lover Boy is about intimacy, and the way masculinity has been poisoned by shame and guilt. Follow the cast of Lover Boy online! Steven McKenna: @drvnpictures DOP: @alexrileydp Jamie Belton: @j_bizzler Amy Gallagher: @gallagheramy7 Abe Smyth: @abesmyth

Model and Trans Activist, Nykita Veone, and best friend, lesbian youtube star, Stephanie Frosch take to the mic to discuss a project that they are working on to raise awareness about the trans experience. #WearingHisCloset began as an editorial campaign created by Nykita as a way of share the impact men have had on her life as a trans woman. Go to NykitaVeone.com to see the full editorial. Steph and Nykita are creating a documentary about the making of Wearing His Closet in hopes of spreading the message far a wide. Keep up with these trailblazers by following them online: @Nykitaaaaa @ellosteph If you want to reach out to Nykita and Steph, you can also use this email address: management@nykitaveone.com Watch @Nykitaaaaa 's solo interview with @JustinGerhard as they deep dive into the conversation about creating #wearinghiscloset. https://youtu.be/pdJeKB5COAM QUEER NETWORK PAGES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queernetwork Twitter: https://twitter.com/queernetwork Instagram: https://www.instag

Nykita Veone is a Fashion Model living in NYC. She recently launched a new campaign/editorial on her website called WEARING HIS CLOSET, which portrays her wearing articles of clothing left by men she has been impacted by as a trans woman in a cis dominated world. Her stories are personal, raw and shed light on an issue that has far to long been swept aside. Nyki is using her platform to explain how easy it would be for trans people to be more accepted into main stream society if more of the men who dated them would actually stand up for them. Listen to the full interview to hear more of what Nyki has to say! Follow Nyki’s Story! @Nykitaaaaa www.NykitaVeone.com

@JustinGerhard is joined by his partner Alex, to talk about their first hand experience having COVID 19, what it felt like, and all the opportunities the pandemic has presented us to reframe the ways in which we were living our lives before this all happened. What is the new normal after all of this resolves? Waking Up Meditation App: Sam Harris Click the link below for a free month! https://share.wakingup.com/a8328f If after your first month you still can’t afford the subscription, email: support@wakingup.com Support the people who are on the front lines of this pandemic, we clap for everyone at 7pm each night!

Eddie and Justin talk about Queer Labels. The Queer Network sees Queer as umbrella term used to include everyone within the LGBTQ community as well as honouring it's original definition of people who are different, strange, and even weird. Queer is for everyone. It is openness, unconditional love, freedom, acceptance, pride in who you are, standing up for equality, and belief that love is love is love is love. The queer community thrives because of it’s diversity, and because of this we thought it could be helpful to talk about some of the old and new labels we are using in the 21st century to accurately express ourselves. It’s a list that continues to evolve because we are constantly working towards using language that people agree upon, enjoy using, and that they feel represents them. This video is our first attempt at uncovering and understanding the diversity of the labels used within the queer community. For a comprehensive list of labels, visit the website below: http://itspronouncedmetrosex

What does it take to start a clothing company? This weeks episode features the owner and founder of online clothing companies Jed North and JJ Malibu. Jed discusses what it took to get these two companies off the ground, and how it's become a social platform for him to share his story as a successful gay male entrepreneur in a business still very dominated by white straight men. Jed North is a functional athletic and leisure clothing line made for men and women, while JJ Malibu is where Jed and his creative team go all out. It features crazy prints, new crop cuts, mesh everything, funky underwear and shorts, and splashy tank tops. Its your one stop shop for everything fabulous and fun! Visit JJ Malibu and Jed North and use our Queer Network 20% off Discount Code: Queer20 www.jjmalibu.com www.jednorth.com Follow JJ Malibu online: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jjmalibu https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR8eUn8G7Mckfjy5hz6UB7Q Follow Jed North online: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jed_nor

Justin sits down with Reverend Brent Hawkes, former Senior Pastor of MCC church in Toronto, and globally known LGBTQ activist, to talk more about an exciting and powerful project he’s working on called The Rainbow Faith and Freedom Movement whose soul purpose is to confront religious based homophobia. Email the follow address to learn more and join the movement: RainbowFaithandFreedom@gmail.com We will be checking in with Brent throughout the process of setting up this organization, so stayed tuned for more ways to help get involved.

Newly appointed pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, Jeff Rock, sits down to talk about building a new kind of church, one that is inclusive, creates community, acceptance, and is a place to find support and connection. Find out more about MCC, and if there is a congregation near you MCC: https://www.mccchurch.org/ MCC Toronto: https://www.mcctoronto.com/ Find a Queer Affirming Church near you at: www.gaychurch.org

A group of gay men share their insights about everything from safe sex, dating, hooking up, PrEP, open relationships, and how they continue to deal with people who don’t understand or accept them in 2019. All this and more in our full episode of Gay Men Queer Talk on The Queer Network Podcasts Follow the Cast! Twysted: @mrmapleleaf Gregory: @gregory.Eadie Max: @maxclaude Ed: @sharingfrom Brandon: @brandie_heart Justin: @JustinGerhard

THADDEUS is American Eagles 1st Queer, Black, Plus size model, and he is breaking down all of the stereotypes, one by one. Check out his website https://www.hippypotter.com/halotop Follow THADDEUS @hippypotter

We sat down with resident NYC drag queen extraordinaire, Marti Gould Cummings to talk about his recent political agenda, and how he over turned the oldest Democrat Club in NYC, then becoming president of the newly formed Hells Kitchen Democrats. Follow Marti Gould Cummings Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martigcummings Hells Kitchen Democrats Info: http://www.hkems.org More Articles on Marti: - https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/nyregion/mcmanus-midtown-democratic-club.html - http://www.newnownext.com/11-drag-queen-who-are-making-the-world-a-better-place/08/2017/

Have you watched Vertical Lines on The Queer Network yet? This very special Queer from the Couch episode is a follow up to the challenging subject matter of suicide that is the focus of the film, co-written and co-staring Nick Neon and Kyle Reaume. Both creators sat down to sift through the comments shared, to shed more light on how this project came about, and how it’s being used as a conversation starter to discuss the difficult subject of suicide. Watch Vertical Lines (2019) | LGBTQ Gay Short Film Kyle Reaume Nick Neon https://youtu.be/j0toaMuQO6c Follow Kyle and Nicks Journey online: IG https://www.instagram.com/nickyneon IG https://www.instagram.com/k.reaume Watch more of Nick & Kyles work: ECSTASY (2016) | LGBTQ Gay Short Film by Kyle Reaume https://youtu.be/ET48VKYClsI What About Shelley (2017) | LGBTQ Gay Short Film by Kyle Reaume https://youtu.be/RL0XxJPxyT8 Zero One by Nick Neon https://www.nickyneon.com/zero-one QUEER NETWORK PAGES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queernetwork Twit

Vertical Lines is a short film that deals with the difficult subject of Suicide, and it’s writers told a story that is based upon their own life experience. The comments we received we so powerful we wanted to do a follow up video in which Kyle and Nick sifted through the comments, answering questions, and clarify choices made while making the short film. During that interview we also captured them both talking about their own personal journey with suicide. Thank you for being so vulnerable and sharing such intimate details about your journey in hopes it will help others with their own struggle. Watch Vertical Lines (2019) | LGBTQ Gay Short Film Kyle Reaume Nick Neon https://youtu.be/j0toaMuQO6c Follow Kyle and Nicks Journey online: IG https://www.instagram.com/nickyneon IG https://www.instagram.com/k.reaume Watch more of Nick & Kyles work: ECSTASY (2016) | LGBTQ Gay Short Film by Kyle Reaume https://youtu.be/ET48VKYClsI What About Shelley (2017) | LGBTQ Gay Short Film by Kyle Reaume https://yout

Noam Ash is the creator and star of My Gay Roommate on Youtube, and it’s about to get a face lift right onto TV. Noam is in talks with several streaming services that want to adapt his web series into a full sit-com. Justin sat down with Noam to discuss how it all started and what lies ahead for My Gay Roommate. Follow Noam! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrnoamash Watch My Gay Roommate on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Vr9v-PUA3bOKLtqhax0wQ

Matthew Puccini is a writer and director living in NYC. His recent short Film LAVENDER, was selected to play at Sundance and is now available via Fox Searchlights Vimeo and Youtube Streaming services. Matthew joins Justin Gerhard for an episode of Queer from the Couch to discuss the nuance of telling the story of an open relationship in a way that is real, honest and of the 21st century. Click on the link below to watch the full short: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOtPQVij8g Follow Matthew! http://matthewpuccini.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matthewpuccini