Aug 14, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min · 21 segments
In episode 20 of the I DO the bending podcast, host Camille speaks with the content creating Toronto lesbian Zhané. They discuss dating in Toronto vs. NYC, being a stud, and what it means to do the…
What is it like being a Black lesbian living and existing in Toronto? Because I don't know nothing about that, so you need to let us know.
Yeah, I mean, it's really fun.
It's fun at times.
It's not fun sometimes just because...
I like to compare to New York to Toronto way of you guys for every 100 lesbians you have in New York-
Mm-hmm
... there's one lesbian in Toronto.
And for every-
Oh
... 100 lesbians in New York, when I come here it feels like probably 40% of them are Black lesbians, so that means maybe out of the one lesbian you see in Toronto Every 40th time, you'll see a Black one.
Really?
And the Black lesbian population in Toronto is small because the lesbian population in Toronto is small just because Canada is a smaller populized country.
Yeah, it's not as dense.
It's really, exactly.
Yeah, it's not as densely populated.
US has 300 million people, here we have 30.
Yeah.
Wow.
So it really is, like, every 100.
I guess I didn't put it in that perspective like that.
I would have expected Toronto to be, like, this big, like, ah, ah, you know? [laughs]
[laughs] Toronto's very diverse.
Like-
Yeah
... there's lots of different cultures and backgrounds, which is amazing.
What is it like being a Black lesbian living and existing in Toronto? Because I don't know nothing about that, so you need to let us know.
Yeah, I mean, it's really fun.
It's fun at times.
It's not fun sometimes just because...
I like to compare to New York to Toronto way of you guys for every 100 lesbians you have in New York-
Mm-hmm
... there's one lesbian in Toronto.
And for every-
Oh
... 100 lesbians in New York, when I come here it feels like probably 40% of them are Black lesbians, so that means maybe out of the one lesbian you see in Toronto Every 40th time, you'll see a Black one.
Really?
And the Black lesbian population in Toronto is small because the lesbian population in Toronto is small just because Canada is a smaller populized country.
Yeah, it's not as dense.
It's really, exactly.
Yeah, it's not as densely populated.
US has 300 million people, here we have 30.
Yeah.
Wow.
So it really is, like, every 100.
I guess I didn't put it in that perspective like that.
I would have expected Toronto to be, like, this big, like, ah, ah, you know? [laughs]
[laughs] Toronto's very diverse.
Like-
Yeah
... there's lots of different cultures and backgrounds, which is amazing.
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