SPECTRUM is seeking approximately 12 volunteers who are willing to be interviewed on video to share their lived experience as 2SLGBTQ+ people. The content will be used for a variety of purposes including use in our 2SLGBTQ+ cultural competency training sessions, and for sharing on social media and our website.
- Each interview will take approximately 60-90 minutes.
- Interviewees will need to sign a waiver giving SPECTRUM permission to use the video content.
- Interviewees need to be aged 18+.
- Interviewees need to be residents (or former residents) of Waterloo Region (Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and the townships).
- Interviewees will receive an honorarium of $100 as thanks for their participation.
- Filming will take place at Skylight Productions 1440 King St N, St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0
- Filming will take place September 10-12, 2021. You will need to be available on one of those dates.
The interviews will be wide-ranging, covering things like coming out stories, homo/bi/transphobia, Pride celebrations, chosen family and friends, 2SLGBTQ+ pop culture, intersectionality, etc. We plan to use clips from the interviews as examples in our training and education programs and to share on social media to help the broader community understand the experiences and needs of 2SLGBTQ+ people in Waterloo Region.
If you are interested in participating please connect with us at info@ourspectrum.com and provide the following:
- Name and pronouns
- Your age
- Film yourself reading the paragraph below
- Attach the video to your email or provide a link where we can download the video from a Dropbox, Google Drive, or similar
Script for Submission Video
SPECTRUM is Waterloo Region’s Rainbow Community Space. Their vision is of an inclusive community where all LGBTQ2+ individuals are welcomed, celebrated, and supported as their authentic selves. Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission, to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.