Oct 14, 2026 · 56 min · 12 segments
October is 2SLGBTQI+ History Month. Today on the show, the panel will talk about historic moments of the queer community in N.L.: from the grassroots advocates who reshaped the law and won basic human…
Jamie FitzpatrickHostTree WalshGuestAshley BrawilerGuestAnd people think that that happened in the past and we're so far removed from that.
But Quadrangle just put out the report earlier this year about what the health outcomes currently look like for queer and trans folks in Newfoundland and Labrador.
And from those surveyed, 73.7% reported needing more mental health supports when we talk about access to education for medical professionals, and that only 44.4% stated that they had to go find their own training, that it isn't something currently offered at anyone going through medical school here in Newfoundland and Labrador, and that providers said they had less than half felt comfortable being able to provide health care services for gender affirming care for trans and queer individuals and gender diverse individuals right here in our own province.
So like when we think about the history and queer history, we always usually think about it from this like it happened all the way back then.
When we're thinking about what elder care looks like for queer individuals who are aging into going into homes and whether or not they would be allowed to stay with their partners, these are the histories and the lived realities of queer and trans and gender diverse individuals in our province today, not this for long history that we get to look through history books to find out about.
Well, and I think about the movement, the like anti-SOGI and all of these movements against inclusive education.
And so much of it echoes the, even the experience of teachers in the 80s and 90s who could just be fired and had all of the slander kind of against them just for being simply being quietly out as queer or trans.
And I think that we see so much of that, unfortunately, kind of backsliding a little bit with these movements, and we have to be really careful.
And I think that's where remembering the history becomes so important, because You know, we've often kind of forgot how to advocate a little bit, I found, over the years as we've gotten kind of comfortable.
But as these rights continue to be threatened, I mean, I think of Alberta where they're banning books.
And our federal government hasn't federally said that they are going to continue to support queer-serving organizations across the country.
So what happens to folks when funding is no longer allocated to the research, to the programs and services that are supposed to be provided? Where do we go?
But, you know, even having these conversations, I think, is so empowering when you're trying to do that kind of advocacy because you're not...
There are people who have experienced these intercommunity conflicts, who've experienced the rise in hate and know what they're doing.
And people think that that happened in the past and we're so far removed from that.
But Quadrangle just put out the report earlier this year about what the health outcomes currently look like for queer and trans folks in Newfoundland and Labrador.
And from those surveyed, 73.7% reported needing more mental health supports when we talk about access to education for medical professionals, and that only 44.4% stated that they had to go find their own training, that it isn't something currently offered at anyone going through medical school here in Newfoundland and Labrador, and that providers said they had less than half felt comfortable being able to provide health care services for gender affirming care for trans and queer individuals and gender diverse individuals right here in our own province.
So like when we think about the history and queer history, we always usually think about it from this like it happened all the way back then.
When we're thinking about what elder care looks like for queer individuals who are aging into going into homes and whether or not they would be allowed to stay with their partners, these are the histories and the lived realities of queer and trans and gender diverse individuals in our province today, not this for long history that we get to look through history books to find out about.
Well, and I think about the movement, the like anti-SOGI and all of these movements against inclusive education.
And so much of it echoes the, even the experience of teachers in the 80s and 90s who could just be fired and had all of the slander kind of against them just for being simply being quietly out as queer or trans.
And I think that we see so much of that, unfortunately, kind of backsliding a little bit with these movements, and we have to be really careful.
And I think that's where remembering the history becomes so important, because You know, we've often kind of forgot how to advocate a little bit, I found, over the years as we've gotten kind of comfortable.
But as these rights continue to be threatened, I mean, I think of Alberta where they're banning books.
And our federal government hasn't federally said that they are going to continue to support queer-serving organizations across the country.
So what happens to folks when funding is no longer allocated to the research, to the programs and services that are supposed to be provided? Where do we go?
But, you know, even having these conversations, I think, is so empowering when you're trying to do that kind of advocacy because you're not...
There are people who have experienced these intercommunity conflicts, who've experienced the rise in hate and know what they're doing.
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