Queer FM Episode March 18, 2025
QueerFM Featured Guests: DAN WATT (he/him) is an Independent Producer from Los Angeles/KAO LAWRIE (they/them) Is one of the Producers of “This Tournament Has Everything
8:00am - 10:00am
Morphing from Dancer / Choreographer to Bea Arthur's Personal Assistant, 5 years with Simon Cowell to Emmy Award winning filmmaker... DAN WATT (he/him) is an Independent Producer from Los Angeles, California who most recently has been focusing on documentaries. His latest film, EVERYBODY DANCE just won him a 2024 Emmy Award. He produced Tony Nominee Anika Larsen's debut CD, "SING YOU TO SLEEP" and a few songs with the legendary entertainer, Ben Vereen. Dan is currently working on a documentary with Rosie O'Donnell and a separate "untitled project" with Tony and Pulitzer Prizer wining producer Daryl Roth.
You can find the Artist on Instagram @Dancindanw or via his website: www.DancinDanProductions.com and you can watch EVERYBODY DANCE on Amazon Prime, TUBI, Apple TV or Google Play.
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KAO LAWRIE (they/them) Is one of the Producers of “This Tournament Has Everything” (TTHE) that recently played Host to their 3rd Annual Hockey Weekend in Sechelt - shíshálh Nation (affectionately called the Sunshine Coast) Feb 28- March 02 2025. This grassroots event focusing around promoting Women/Trans/Two-Spirit and Non-Binary folx in sport (specifically hockey) has quickly grown in both popularity and attendance and attracts hockey players and fans from across North America.
Identifying as a queer trans nonbinary hockey player, Kao were recently part of a photo project in Seattle called Breaking the Ice: LGBTQ+ Voices of Hockey which was featured in OUTSPORTS magazine. They are also an Inclusion Ambassador for YOU CAN PLAY, which is a social activism campaign that aims to eliminate homophobia in sports, based on the slogan, "If you can play, you can play." To learn more about Kao and their hockey tourney, visit them on Instagram @tthehockeytournament or via their website www.tthe2025.mailchimpsites.com/