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Welcome to Gailey Road Audio. Gailey Road is a place where “research meets theatre and theatre meets research”. Gailey Road Audio produces the podcast Gender. Sexuality. School. and has begun producing audio-plays. Our first audio-play Out at School (2021) was created from excerpts from interviews undertaken with 37 LGBTQ families about their experiences in Ontario schools between 2014 and 2020. Our second audio-play, The Love Booth and Other Plays (coming in 2023) is a set of seven short plays about queer and trans activism and care in the 1970s and early 1980s. Listen to Scene 1 of The Love Booth here.

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    Home of Her Heart Author's Note

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 4:40


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 40:53


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 18:17


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 16:28


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 4

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 16:28


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 5

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 21:39


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 6

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 30:48


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 7

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2024 20:07


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 8

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 19:25


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 9

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 23:58


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 10

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 22:01


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 11

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 16:58


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 12

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 24:41


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 13

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 26:39


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 14

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 20:59


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 15

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 12:32


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 16

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2024 14:20


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 17

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2024 34:19


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 18

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 18:11


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 19

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 36:07


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 20

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 16:23


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 21

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 17:58


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 22

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 33:56


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 23

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2024 21:29


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Chapter 24

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 28:30


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    Home of Her Heart Epilogue

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 28:30


    Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence, search for family and a place to call home.A novel for anyone who has ever left “home,” has experienced belonging in different communities, or simply has an interest for what makes a “home” for us and our loved ones.

    The Love Booth and Six Companion Plays: Introduction-Love Booth and Six Companion Plays

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 1:08


    Narrator: Playwright Tara GoldsteinDirector: Jenny SalisburyMusician: Kael ReidOur FundersSocial Science and Humanities Research Council Connections GrantJackman Humanities Institute Arts Program Grant, University of TorontoNew College Initiatives Fund, University of Toronto

    The Love Booth and Six Companion Plays: - The Love Booth

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 40:14


    Narrator: Playwright Tara GoldsteinDirector: Jenny SalisburyBarbara Gittings: Moynan KingKay Tobin Lahusen: Mary Ellen MacLeanDr. Anonymous: Ty WalklandMusician, singer: Kael ReidOur FundersSocial Science and Humanities Research Council Connections GrantJackman Humanities Institute Arts Program Grant, University of TorontoNew College Initiatives Fund, University of Toronto

    The Love Booth and Six Companion Plays: Play 1 - Chisholm and the Advance Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 7:00


    Narrator: Playwright Tara GoldsteinDirector: Jenny SalisburyShirley Chisholm: Lashae WatsonThe Advance Men: Ryan Singh, Ty WalklandMusician, singer: Kael ReidOur FundersSocial Science and Humanities Research Council Connections GrantJackman Humanities Institute Arts Program Grant, University of TorontoNew College Initiatives Fund, University of Toronto

    The Love Booth and Six Companion Plays: Play 2 - The Great Sero-Positive Seder

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 17:14


    Narrator: Playwright Tara GoldsteinDirector: Jenny SalisburyBeverley Rotter: Beth Anne ColeIris De La Cruz: Neta RoseMusician, singer: Kael ReidOur FundersSocial Science and Humanities Research Council Connections GrantJackman Humanities Institute Arts Program Grant, University of TorontoNew College Initiatives Fund, University of Toronto

    The Love Booth and Six Companion Plays: Play 3 - Lies in the Library

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 7:59


    Narrator: Playwright Tara GoldsteinDirector: Jenny SalisburyMusician, singer: Kael ReidBarbara Gittings:  Moynan King Our FundersSocial Science and Humanities Research Council Connections GrantJackman Humanities Institute Arts Program Grant, University of TorontoNew College Initiatives Fund, University of Toronto

    The Love Booth and Six Companion Plays: Play 4 - Press of Our Own

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 7:40


    Narrator: Playwright Tara GoldsteinDirector: Jenny SalisburyAudre Lorde: Sashoya SimpsonBarbara Smith: Sierra HaynesMusician, singer: Kael ReidOur FundersSocial Science and Humanities Research Council Connections GrantJackman Humanities Institute Arts Program Grant, University of TorontoNew College Initiatives Fund, University of Toronto

    The Love Booth and Six Companion Plays: Play 5 - I Walk in the History of My People

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 7:49


    Writing contributions from Jenny Salisbury, Alec ButlerNarrator: Playwright Tara GoldsteinDirector: Jenny SalisburyChrystos: Alec ButlerLeanne Simpson: Nicole-Joy FraserDrummers: Alec Butler, Don KerrMusician: Kael ReidOur FundersSocial Science and Humanities Research Council Connections GrantJackman Humanities Institute Arts Program Grant, University of TorontoNew College Initiatives Fund, University of Toronto

    The Love Booth and Six Companion Plays: Play 6 - Star House

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 13:56


    Narrator: Playwright Tara GoldsteinDirector: Jenny SalisburyCheslea Goodwin: Savannah BurtonSylvia Rivera: Rosalind GoodwinMusician, singer: Kael ReidOur FundersSocial Science and Humanities Research Council Connections GrantJackman Humanities Institute Arts Program Grant, University of TorontoNew College Initiatives Fund, University of Toronto

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S5-E1- The RISE Project

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2023 22:11


    Goldstein, Tara and Friesen, Doug (Producers). (2023, Mar 1)Tara talks to Christopher Campbell about the completion of The RISE project, a research-based curriculum framework that's been developed for teacher education around issues of gender and sexuality at school.  To read more about The RISE project go to: https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/rise/

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S5-E2- The Love Booth and Other Plays Project

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 17:28


    Goldstein, Tara and Friesen, Doug (Producers). (2023, June 1).Tara talks to artist researcher Jenny Salisbury about The Love Booth and Other Plays, a verbatim theatre project that marks the 50th anniversary of the delisting of homosexuality from the American Psychological Association's Diagnostic Statistical Manual.  To read more about The Love Booth and Other Plays Project click here: gaileyroad.com/the-love-booth-other-plays

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S5-E3- Home of Her Heart: A Novel about Transnational Adoption

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 10:27


    Goldstein, Tara and Friesen, Doug (Producers). (2023, June 21).Guest host Jenny Salisbury talks to Tara Goldstein about her novel Home of Her Heart. Spanning borders from Colombia to Canada, Germany to England, the novel tells the story of a grandmother and her granddaughter, both survivors of state violence as they search for family and a place to call home.

    Coming Soon: The Love Booth and Other Plays

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 8:33


    Our next project, The Love Booth and Other Plays is a set of seven short plays that share stories of queer lives and queer activism and care in the 1970s and early 1980s.  The title play The Love Booth tells the story of how a group of lesbian and gay activists pushed the American Psychology Association to take homosexuality off its Diagnostic Statistical Manual in 1973 so that homosexuality was no longer considered an illness that needed to be cured.  Gailey Road is planning to perform The Love Booth and Other Plays (either on stage or virtually) during 2023 Toronto Pride Festival to mark the 50th anniversary of this successful moment of queer activism.  A full list of the seven plays is included at the end of this letter.  The performances will feature the work of a diverse group of White, BIPOC, and queer and trans theatre artists, many of whom have worked with Gailey Road in the past.  They will also feature the music of Kate Reid and the visual art of benjamin lee hicks.

    Out At School (Part 1): Pushing the Envelope (Scenes 1-7)

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later May 11, 2022 29:20 Transcription Available


    Part 1 of Out at School begins with a scene called “We Still Have to Fight” which introduces one of the major themes of the play:  LGBTQ parents and students have to fight and advocate to make sure their families are recognized and legitimized at school.  Part 1 ends with Kate Reid's song Pushing the Envelope which speaks to the ways LGBTQ parents and students have to explain their families and relationships to school principals, teachers and staff. To learn more about the LGBTQ Families Speak Out Project, visit our website here.About Gailey Road Productions:Gailey Road is an independent theatre company that stages research-based theatre about contemporary human, social, and political issues that affect us all.  Established in January 2007 by Artistic Director, performed ethnographer and playwright Tara Goldstein, Gailey Road has worked with over 60 writers and 80 theatre artists in the last 14 years. Gailey Road is committed to fostering dialogue around issues of systematic anti-semitism, cisheteronormativity, racism, and settler colonialism, particularly in schooling.  We are also committed to promoting LGBTQ+ voices both on and offstage. 

    Out At School (Part 2): What Would It Take to Let Love Be the Way? (Scenes 8-16)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 35:22 Transcription Available


    Part 2 of Out at School features two scenes that discuss the ways Mother's Day and Father's Day are celebrated in schools.  It ends with Kate Reid's song Let Love Be The Way which continues Kate's reflection on the ways LGBTQ parents and students need to explain themselves at school.  In the song, Kate talks about how LGBTQ families often need to justify their identities, bodies, and pronouns at school.  The entire song is composed of a set of questions directed to school principals, teachers and staff who identify as heterosexual and cisgender and asks them to think about their answers to these questions.To learn more about the LGBTQ Families Speak Out Project, visit our website here.About Gailey Road Productions:Gailey Road is an independent theatre company that stages research-based theatre about contemporary human, social, and political issues that affect us all.  Established in January 2007 by Artistic Director, performed ethnographer and playwright Tara Goldstein, Gailey Road has worked with over 60 writers and 80 theatre artists in the last 14 years.Gailey Road is committed to fostering dialogue around issues of systematic anti-semitism, cisheteronormativity, racism, and settler colonialism, particularly in schooling.  We are also committed to promoting LGBTQ+ voices both on and offstage. 

    Out At School (Part 3): Risking Hope (Scenes 17-22)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 33:00 Transcription Available


    Part 3 of Out at School ends with a scene called “Risk Hope” summarizing another key theme of the play. Although they currently have to fight and advocate to make sure their families are recognized at school, LGBTQ parents and students still maintain hope that schools are capable of change and that one day they won't need to be pushing the envelope.   Part 3 ends with Kate Reid's song Risk Hope which puts out the idea that storytelling, for example the stories and testimonies the families share in Out at School is vital to creating social change both inside and outside of school. To learn more about the LGBTQ Families Speak Out Project, visit our website here.About Gailey Road Productions:Gailey Road is an independent theatre company that stages research-based theatre about contemporary human, social, and political issues that affect us all.  Established in January 2007 by Artistic Director, performed ethnographer and playwright Tara Goldstein, Gailey Road has worked with over 60 writers and 80 theatre artists in the last 14 years.Gailey Road is committed to fostering dialogue around issues of systematic anti-semitism, cisheteronormativity, racism, and settler colonialism, particularly in schooling.  We are also committed to promoting LGBTQ+ voices both on and offstage. 

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S1-E0-Trailer-Welcome to Gender. Sexuality. School.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 1:29


    Goldstein, Tara and Audarson Gudmundson, Helgi. (Producers). (2018, October 17).Welcome to Gender. Sexuality. School.

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S1-E1-Living in the new gender culture

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 17:05


    Goldstein, Tara and Audarson Gudmundson, Helgi. (Producers). (2018, October 17). ​Tara interviews Lee Airton from Queen's University about their new book Gender Your Guide:  What to Say, What to Know and What to Do in the New Gender Culture.

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S1-E2-Queering curriculum through music

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 12:52


    Goldstein, Tara and Audarson Gudmundson, Helgi. (Producers). (2018, November 1).Tara interviews musician and research team member Kate Reid about her research on queering high school curriculum through music.

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S1-E3-Teaching about gender in middle school

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 26:42


    Goldstein, Tara and Audarson Gudmundson, Helgi. (Producers). (2018, December 1).Tara interviews the team behind the documentary film Gender is Like an Ocean about their work on teaching middle school students about gender with the novel Beautiful Music for Ugly Children written by Kirstin Cronn-Mills in 2012. 

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S1-E4-​Teaching gender and sexuality at school: letters to teachers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 7:34


    Goldstein, Tara and Audarson Gudmundson, Helgi. (Producers). (2019, January 1). Tara shares one of the letters from her new book Teaching Gender and Sexuality at School:  Letters to Teachers.

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S1-E5-What parents want

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 19:57


    Goldstein, Tara and Audarson Gudmundson, Helgi  (Producers).  (2019, February 1).Tara talks to colleagues Tania Ferfolja and Jackie Ullman about their Australian research about parents' views on gender and sexuality education.

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S1-E6-Queer is my family

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 14:16


    Goldstein, Tara and Friesen, Doug (Producers).  (2019, March 6).Tara talks to team member Pam Baer about her applied theatre research with young people living in LGBTQ families.

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S1-E7-Queer songs & songwriting

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 25:04


    Goldstein, Tara and Friesen, Doug (Producers).  (2019, April 1).Tara talks to LGBTQ Families Speak Out team member Kate Reid about the music she composed for the project's verbatim theatre piece Out at School.  

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S1-E8-Queer visual storytelling

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 18:21


    Goldstein, Tara and Friesen, Doug (Producers).  (2019, May 1).Tara talks to LGBTQ Families Speak Out team member benjamin lee hicks about the illustrations they composed for the project's verbatim theatre piece Out at School. 

    Gender. Sexuality. School. S1-E9-Queering sex education

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 12:58


    Goldstein, Tara and Friesen, Doug (Producers).  (2019, June 1).Tara talks to LGBTQ Families Speak Out team member Yasmin Owis​ about her research on ways to queer sex education so that it represents the lives of LGBTQ students.

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