Russel ventures to Vancouver for Pride in August 2019.  Marcia Guno takes over the podcast to interview Russel the day of the parade.  Before the parade, after the parade and even gets to interview Melanie Mark, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training Vancouver-Mount Pleasant.  The wrap up at the end of the day is book ended with Russel & Christine listening to the 'In and Out' podcast from Pride 2019 for the first time.  All in a word: phenomenal.

Woohoo! We made it to episode 13 of Rainbow Nation Podcasts! Christine & Russel review the amazing first season of this awesome project.  Rainbow Nation will be taking a break over the summer, but will be back in the fall with some great guests and possibly different format .  

Enjoy the wrap up and don't forget to stream the other episodes on iTunes, Spotify or Podbean.  

love, peace & rainbows

It's the 12th episode of Rainbow Nation and we have Andrea Wilmot joining us to talk about her role in the field of nursing.  She is a Diabetes Educator "Clinical Educator for Chronic Disease" and chats with us about Smithers, what keeps her grounded in Prince Rupert and self care . 

Suzo is an artist living in Prince Rupert.  She invited us to her studio to chat and we picked her brain about her pieces, what she would like to see happen with artists and their work and what's changed from her earlier works to now. 

We had the chance to sit down and chat with Chanelle Tye, who is the BC SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Lead (She/Her/Hers). We talk about SOGI’s brand new video series, their website and what Intersectionality is. Chanelle has visited the north and plans to come back this spring. She guides districts all over the province on SOGI and ways to support LGBT2Q+ youth in schools. We had a great conversation and discussed the latest quending!  Also, Russel's dog Cooper makes his podcast debut!

Gabby De Lucca, a Speech & Language Pathologist working in School District 52 and fabulous Ally, joins the Rainbow Nation podcast for some conversations around her job and her ambitions to help with the local GSA groups in Prince Rupert and some other tidbits she's experienced since coming to Prince Rupert. 

Our guest this week is Ronda.  She is a parent in Prince Rupert that has been kind enough to come talk to us about raising a son who is transitioning, her local support network and the one she creates for others across the country.  Quending is dishing about Ricky Martin, Alexis Stone (yassss!) , a new loonie and Kevin Hart (ugh). 

Christine's pal from back in the day (Conrad Cougars Represent!) joins us from across the border to talk about her Biology Bear (that she created in response to current situations in the United States that could easily infect around the world).  Have a look at the Biology Bear!  She also introduces us to her Lesbian Barbie™ .  

Angelo Octaviano and Kyle Hill are two registered massage therapists that have helped set up shop in Prince Rupert.  We talk about their ongoing success as part of a much needed business in Prince Rupert, relationships with family and friends and drag queens! 

Jean Baptiste is the Regional Community Network Coordinator for Trans Care B.C. in the North.  He is based out of Prince George and our first guest we connected to through Skype.  We are so happy we got to connect with Jean and listen to some of the amazing work / community he is helping to build.