SEASON 5 OPENER! Wed Sep 26th, Workshop 430-6pm Glad Day Books, Show sign up open mic & slam Buddies 730, show 8pm feat JANICE LEE!
Hot Damn It's A Queer Slam is the only 2SLGBTQPIA+ Poetry Slam Series in the world. We travel our show to cities all over Southern Ontario and the winner of our circuit gets to travel to Capturing Fire the International Queer Summit & Slam in Washington DC. There is always an open mic and anyone can sign up to be on our stages, no matter if it's your first time or your zillionith. There will be judges to score this poetry slam but always there is an audience cheering you on. Write about anything under the sun. Read your poetry off a screen or page or have it memorized, it does not matter for competition. Be Brave! We have a wonderful stage. Hosted by Charlie Petch. Mardi Gras beads are available for anyone not wanting to be photographed.
Meet our incredible feature! Janice Jo Lee (she/her), aka Sing Hey, is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist. She is a second generation Korean folk musician, spoken word poet, and theatre artist hailing from Kitchener, on Haldimand Treaty territory. She is passionate about building flourishing communities based in justice and joy through art. Lee is a hard femme queer radical and on stage is known for being disarmingly hilarious, off-the-cuff and fearlessly honest. This year will see the release of Lee’s third studio album “Ancestor Song,” and the Toronto debut of her one-woman musical satire “Will You Be My Friend” at Theatre Passe Muraille Oct-Nov, produced by Green Light Arts.
The training that has most influenced her artistic practice are: devised theatre with Fadhel Jaibi of Tunisian National Theatre, bouffon with Adam Lazarus and spoken word with d’bi young anitafrika. In 2016, Lee and filmmaker Becca Redden toured Canada and interviewed queer, trans, and people of colour spoken word poets and created the documusical “The Legend of Sing Hey.” She is honoured to perform for the first time at Hot Damn It’s a Queer Slam!
Meet our incredible feature! Janice Jo Lee (she/her), aka Sing Hey, is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist. She is a second generation Korean folk musician, spoken word poet, and theatre artist hailing from Kitchener, on Haldimand Treaty territory. She is passionate about building flourishing communities based in justice and joy through art. Lee is a hard femme queer radical and on stage is known for being disarmingly hilarious, off-the-cuff and fearlessly honest. This year will see the release of Lee’s third studio album “Ancestor Song,” and the Toronto debut of her one-woman musical satire “Will You Be My Friend” at Theatre Passe Muraille Oct-Nov, produced by Green Light Arts.
The training that has most influenced her artistic practice are: devised theatre with Fadhel Jaibi of Tunisian National Theatre, bouffon with Adam Lazarus and spoken word with d’bi young anitafrika. In 2016, Lee and filmmaker Becca Redden toured Canada and interviewed queer, trans, and people of colour spoken word poets and created the documusical “The Legend of Sing Hey.” She is honoured to perform for the first time at Hot Damn It’s a Queer Slam!
Welcome to our same day workshop series with Hot Damn It's A Queer Slam. Big thanks to Toronto Arts Council and Glad Day for hosting us. We aim to bring you workshops by each of our featured artists. We are very honoured to host Janice Lee and her incredible and necessary workshop:
Workshop: Responding to Microaggressions
Your colleague interrupts you. A male superior calls you sweetie. A white person asks a person of colour “Where you are from?” These are all examples of microaggressions. A microaggression is when someone says or does a seemingly small and casual act of oppression. These small acts accumulate and function as part of an ideological system that maintain systemic oppression. This practical scenario-based workshop will have you up on your feet practicing how to respond to microaggressions. Scenarios will vary from when you are in a position of power, when you are a bystander, and when you are in a vulnerable position. Participants are expected to enter the workshop with a general understanding of systemic oppression in a Canadian context.
Season 4 Shows - Winner D'Scribe!
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Past Shows Season 3 - 2016/2017 - Winner - D'Scribe!
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Past Shows Season Two - winner Kay Kessirer
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HOT DAMN AT TORONTO PRIDE!!!
Trans and Gender Non Binary Stage (North Stage) Sun June 28th 2:30-4pm
We are so proud to be a part of this year's Pride Weekend in Toronto! Come find us at the North Stage, There will be an open mic sign up and a head to head competition and a showcase moment for the winner! Come cheer and join in the show, we cannot wait!! Catch some of the best voices in Queer Slam like Kay Kassirer, Ki Notshenorhe, KT Job and more!
Past Shows of Season One - Winner Beth Murch!
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