Name: Queer Rep in Mainstream Media
Start: 2026-08-15T12:00:00-0600
End: 2026-08-15T13:15:00-0600

A Festival for Writers, Readers, and Fans

Saturday August 15, 2026 12:00pm - 1:15pm MDT

A panel featuring queer authors discussing LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream media. Focused on diverse perspectives from queer writers.

Moderators

Danny Ramadan is a Syrian-Canadian author and LGBTQ+ refugees’ advocate.

His memoir Crooked Teeth received raving reviews and was nominated for the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction. His latest novel, The Foghorn Echoes, won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction and

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Tanya MacIntosh

Tanya MacIntosh is a queer author of speculative fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry with a BA in Creative Writing & Religious Studies from York University. In 2025, she received the Brenda Strathern Award and placed first in the War of the Words competition. You can find her... Read More →

Adriaan Brae

BraeVitae

Adriaan Brae is not sure whether they truly love writing or if story ideas simply bully them until they produce words? This trauma is made lighter by an understanding wife who shares a similar affliction, and a daughter who loves them even though they are weird, like, all the time... Read More →

Saturday August 15, 2026 12:00pm - 1:15pm MDT
Hyatt Regency Calgary - Herald

Panel

When Words Collide 2026

Sarah L. Pratt

Danny Ramadan

Tanya MacIntosh

Adriaan Brae

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When Words Collide 2026

Sarah L. Pratt

Danny Ramadan

Tanya MacIntosh

Adriaan Brae

Attendees (8)

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