Julie Podmore
Julie Podmore is an urban socio-cultural geographer, Professor of Geosciences at John Abbott College and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Geography, Planning & Environment at Concordia University in Montreal, co-author of "Queerburbia" on LGBTQ2S suburban place-making.
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Aug 19, 2026
Alison BainGUEST
And this in large part, I think, was a product of a real national push for affirmation and reconciliation that Extended from the centers of cities right out to the suburbs.
Julie PodmoreGUEST
The other really important bits of work that happen is the kind of vernacular creativity of LGBTQ people.
Julie PodmoreGUEST
to as individuals and groups that are working on pride, which in most suburbs is the center of all of their activism.
Julie PodmoreGUEST
And they use pride basically to celebrate local communities and cultures, to exchange information and build interpersonal relationships.
Julie PodmoreGUEST
And one of the things we really noticed is that in each suburb, if you could get to the pride, you could see the profile of each suburb.
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Alison BainGUEST
And that's why the remaking was so vibrant and such a fun time in our field research.