Queer FM Episode November 8, 2022
QueerFM Featured Guests: Kevin Chiang is a Canadian singer/recording artist/ Liz Glazer a stand-up comedian with a tenured law professor background
8:00am - 10:00am
Kevin Chiang (he/him) is a Canadian singer/recording artist based in Vancouver, BC. who is breaking all society norms. At a very young age, Kevin represented everything that culture and society didn’t believe in. Now he wants to show the world that “you can”!! Break the chain because the world is changing. You can be whatever, and whoever you want to be!
Kevin creates music from the heart and his life-experiences are his source of inspiration when it comes to song writing. His new single “The Outsider” tackles the struggles that the LGBTQ community go through; from fitting in, judgments, the opinions of others, and finding your own strength. By creating music, Kevin hopes to use his voice to be of service of others. For many years he has sat in the sidelines while things happened in the world that he wished he could speak up about, but now with his newfound path; he states “things will be different”.
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The Chutzpah! Festival returns with an exciting and dynamic lineup of performances this November 3-24, 2022, including an amazing show you don’t wanna miss!
Celebrating Queer Jewish Comedy featuring Liz Glazer and Hosted by Yenta (USA) With Drag Queens Ziona Patriot & Talula Bonet “The Holy Sisters” (Israel) this show takes place November 24 at 8pm, Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre. Our guests from this comedy show include:
Liz Glazer began her career as most stand-up comedians do, as a tenured law professor. Liz gave it all up to do comedy, where her material draws from her own life as a lesbian, a rabbi's wife, and a former lawyer.
Accolades include winning at the Boston Comedy Festival, Ladies of Laughter Competition, and has been featured in a full article about her comedy in the Wall Street Journal. She opens for Maria Bamford. Liz is married to a rabbi, lives in New Jersey and you can check out Liz at her website dearlizglazer.com
With more new ideas and a full “The Outsider” album in the works (the single was just released in October), he cannot wait for what the future holds. He encourages others to take things “one day at a time” and “to keep going no matter where the road takes you”. To follow Kevin’s career or to learn more visit him on Insta @kev.chiang