META-winning theatre actor and vocalist Augusta Wind transitioned into the drag world during the pandemic after graduating from John Abbott College’s Professional Theatre program and winning Mado’s Drag Moi in 2022. Now a staple of Montreal’s queer performance scene, she produces monthly cabaret and drag nights at Club DDs alongside hosting her street-interview series, The Winds of our Lives.

As much as tribalism is comforting, it's also a destructive limitation, one that implies we're always one thing, always part of the same group. I prefer an analogy of us all being in this human hotel together, moving between rooms.

This year the organizers at Wild Pride have built something joyful, political, and community driven. Is it annoying to say that they’re bringing us a Pride celebration we can be Proud of? Sure, but I feel compelled to say it anyway.

Montréal-based composer, sound engineer, and producer Racine, creates experimental soundscapes spanning solo albums, film compositions, and collaborative projects like the duo Corporation. His work blends creative sampling, experimental turntablism, and cinematic elements, earning international acclaim alongside releases on labels such as Haunter Records and Danse Noire.

Growing up, we believe the world we will come of age in is the world we see before us. As a child in the 80s, I couldn't wait to grow up and have big hair and bright colours. Cyndi Lauper was my style icon. I wanted a Swatch watch, a crop top, skin tight acid wash jeans.

Kalden Rangdröl Dhatsenpa is a Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal-based Tibetan writer, poet, photographer, community journalist, and host of the local news podcast Local 514. His work, spanning lyrical poetry, photography, and nascent musical projects, explores Tibetan perspectives within a North American settler context, travel, and the interplay between urban spaces and the surrounding country.

I know, I know, everyone's against gatekeeping, and everything is supposed to be on demand, open to all, 24/7, and we should be able to manifest our desires as fast as we can conjure them. But realistically, no.

Kimberly Orjuela is a Colombian artist based in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie who holds a BFA from Concordia University and specializes in ceramic sculpture. Her practice draws deep inspiration from pre-Columbian ceramics, ancient cosmologies, and Colombia's rich biodiversity to explore themes of collective care and decolonial thinking.

Regular readers will know that I've recently moved to the South Shore (I refuse to turn in my Montrealer card though). What you probably don't know is that I work in the West Island. Oh, and I don't drive; as in can't…as in, never even had a learner's permit.

Marshall Diabo is an award-winning Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk)/mixed-heritage competitive dancer, choreographer, and instructor based in the Plateau. With a decade of powwow and street dance experience to the stage, he blends hiphop and contemporary styles to elevate queer, 2-spirit, and polyamorous representation in Montreal's arts scene.