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CORY ALLEN (he/him) is a former Secret Service agent who has written a deeply personal yet candid saga (BREAKING FREE) of a gay Secret Service Agent in the Obama era; an agent who was struggling with his own identity, marriage, discrimination, and balancing the demands that accompany being assigned to protect the most powerful people in the world.

Cory grew up in rural western Pennsylvania before a divorce between his parents moved the family to a conservative suburb of Richmond, Virginia. He got his first job at fifteen at a family restaurant and bar.

He soon found his voice and love for music and took steps to become a performer, even traveling to Nashville, TN to record in a studio. He ended up in the U.S. Air Force, which led to a career in local law enforcement. However, this meant hiding his sexual orientation. In 2009, Cory quietly married his first boyfriend and came out to his family.

He was later hired by the U.S. Secret Service as a Special Agent and sent to Miami, FL, working high level protective assignments and criminal investigations. He and his husband relocated to Washington, D.C., but extensive Secret Service work weakened the relationship. In 2019 at the pinnacle of his career, he left the Secret Service and everything he knew on the east coast to restart his life in California and begin the process of finally being his own person. Cory continues to reside in California with his partner where they are plotting their way into parenthood. His Amazon #1 new book Breaking Free is available online and to learn more about the Author and the book, visit www.coryallenbooks.com or @BreakingFreeMemoir on Insta!



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Jack Fox (he/him) is a Vancouver-based film and TV producer. His work varies in genre, format, and scope from Metro Vancouver's PSA ad campaigns, "Create Memories Not Garbage" and "Unflushables" to feature-length documentaries for OUTtv: "Fountain of Age", "Changing Keys: The Sara Davis Buechner Story" and "Why Go Through That?" to Reality TV, Farming for Love for CTV.

Throughout the pandemic, he co-produced Mixed? (pronounced MixedUp), a feature-length documentary with Howard J. Davis, that’s currently available in Canada and New Zealand, and is soon to be released in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Always a great conversationalist, Jack joins QueerFM to talk about their role as one of the featured Storytellers in the upcoming Rainbow Flame Pride Storytelling Event taking place June 10th at Surrey City Hall.

The Surrey Civic Theatres and Surrey Archives have united to create a very special evening as a raft of diverse, talented, new, and established storytellers from the LGBTQ2S+ community share part of their lives. Hosted by the Flame’s Artistic Producer, Deb Williams, this event will also showcase original music from Beau Wheeler. For more info visit www.surrey.ca