NORTH OF QUEER
EVENING PROGRAM
We are so excited to welcome you to the premiere of North of Queer! Tonight is a celebration of queer stories, history, and community in Northern BC, and we are thrilled to share this special evening with you.
We've put together this program to help you follow along with tonight's festivities. Below, you'll find the evening's schedule, along with bios of the incredible people who have helped bring this film and celebration to life.
Thank you for joining us, for supporting this project, and for being part of a night that celebrates our community and the stories that deserve to be told.
Enjoy the show!
SCHEDULE
6:00 P.M. Doors Open & Premiere Reception
7:00 P.M. Welcome & Opening Remarks
7:15 P.M. North of Queer Premiere Screening
7:45 P.M. Drag Performance - IRIS
7:50 P.M. Drag Performance
7:55 P.M. INTERMISSION
8:10 P.M. Behind-the-Scenes Panel with Q&A
8:45 P.M. Drag Performance
8:50 P.M. Drag Performance
8:55 P.M Curtain Call
Meet the Cast
Theresa Healy (she/her)
Theresa Healy packed up her life in Vancouver and landed in Prince George in 1994 to teach at the University of Northern British Columbia. She never left.
Over the decades since, she's taught queer history, helped rewrite national legislation, and worked shoulder to shoulder with the northern queer community to build a 2SLGBTQIA+ identity that belongs to the North.
Jean Baptiste (they/them)
Jean Baptiste grew up in the foster care system, with roots in Wet'suwet'en Territory and a childhood spent in Prince George. Necessity made them a leader early.
They've racked up a long list of firsts in the Northern Queer Community, from high school through university and right into their career building trans healthcare, specifically building the medical options that rural communities need and too often go without.
Iris (she/her)
Iris started out as a bedroom Queen in Houston, BC, a small conservative town where she always knew she was different. When she moved to Prince George for university, things opened up. With the internet, good friends, and a growing set of queer initiatives behind her, she's found a new way to express herself at every stage of life.
Now she carries that energy onto the stage through drag, fully aware of the giants she's standing on. She sees it as her duty to show the pride, vibrancy, and joy within the Northern Queer Community.
the Director
Daniel Stark
I have spent a lifetime exploring stories in Northern BC, each project learning more and more about the place I call home. When Laura and the Northern BC Queer Connection Society approached me about making a doc about queer history in Northern BC, I was excited but did not take the task lightly.
The Society had already started some incredibly interesting work, archiving history, testimonials, and collecting media but meeting Laura, Tess, Jean, and Iris, I knew we had the team to make something special. There was far more than could fit into this short doc. But, I hope it encourages the viewers to celebrate the fact that positive change starts from small actions even in small places, and cascades from generation to generation, community to community, and beyond.
