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Alena Papayanis & Lauren Hogarth
Dear Queer,
Society & Culture
Comedy
English
A Podcast for your queer stories, questions & advice you wish your younger self had or you need right now. Hosted by Alena Papayanis and Produced by Lauren Hogarth
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53
27 November 2025
Understanding Anger with Robin Lacambra
On this week's episode, we learn all about our anger. What is it?What's going on in our bodies when we're experiencing anger?What can we do to get in touch with our anger before it gets out of hand?What are some physical/somatic things we can do for ourselves to expel or manage anger?Robin Lacambra (she/they) is a queer Filipinx creative, speaker, and facilitator. Drawing from somatic relational...
23 min
13 November 2025
Sorry, Not sorry? Robin Lacambra on How to Truly Apologize
Welcome to season two of Dear Queer. We will have episodes coming out every other Thursday. Please enjoy this episode with our favourite apologizer and relational psychotherapist, Robin Lacambra. This weeks Topics include:Why is it hard to apologize How do we apologizeHow to best set yourself up to get the apology you're hoping forRobin Lacambra (she/they) is a queer Filipinx creative, speaker,...
29 min
27 October 2025
Season 2 Home Opener: Is baseball queer culture? One Blue Jays fan tries to convince us that it is
Welcome to season two of Dear Queer. We are coming to you on a Monday for a very special opening-season episode because, well, the Blue Jays are in the World Series, and apparently that's a big deal. This week, Marco, tries to convince us that yes, the Blue Jays are in fact queer culture and we do need to pay attention. Todays topics include: Bandwagons, superstition in sports, baseball and...
32 min
17 July 2025
Queer Ultimatum: Our Recap and Spoilers
Dev Matthews and Hailey Froese are back to talk reality TV with Alena and Lauren, and this time it's all about the Queer Ultimatum Season 2 with all our hot and cold takes! They give their definitive answers on what sex is, so if you are our parents.. "Go Away!" SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS!Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic
34 min
26 June 2025
Gay and Dating
Our unsolicited advice about your dating life with Alena and Lauren, Happy Pride! _ _ _SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS!Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic
12 min
05 June 2025
Pride and Wedding Season
We're back! Weddings and Pride and what to wear on this episode of dear Queer with Alena and Lauren_ _ _ Show some queer Orginizations some love this month if you can:Rainbow RailroadThe 519 _ _ _SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS!Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic
15 min
10 April 2025
Late Bloomer Autism Edition
Alena talks about their later-in-life Autism diagnosis and what it's like to be queer and neurodiverse. _ _ _ READUnmasking AutismDiscovering the New Faces of NeurodiversityBy Devon Price, PhDLINKGreat resource for newly diagnosed people:https://awnnetwork.org/resource-library/WATCH5 TEDx Talks from Women with Autismhttps://www.myautism.org/news-features/5-tedx-talks-from-women-with-autism_ _...
29 min
14 March 2025
A conversation about Trump and his anti-trans policies
_ _ _Alena and Lauren talk about fear-mongering, moral panic, gender-affirming care, and how you can show up in these times. _ _ _ If you need support, check out these organizations:Trans lifelinehttps://translifeline.org/The 519https://www.the519.org/Rainbow Railroadhttps://www.rainbowrailroad.org/Find us on Instagram @dear.queer.podcast _ _ _SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS!Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan...
21 min
28 February 2025
GO VOTE! Ontario Provincial Elections are February 27th
Ontario Provincial Elections are today! It is February 27th and it's time to Vote. Head on over to www.elections.on.ca for all the info you could ever need. It's so simple, just grab a piece of ID and look up your voting location. You got this Queers and Allies!See you in two weeks!
1 min
13 February 2025
Single? You can be our Valentine!
Be our Valentine! Today we talk about Valentine's Day as a concept, explore how basically we both feel about it, and give some ideas for what to do if you're single this Valentine's Day. _ _ _Find us on Instagram @dear.queer.podcast _ _ _SEND US YOUR QUESTIONS!Music By: Sean Patrick Brennan @ayeayeayemusic
19 min