Queer FM Episode May 13, 2025
QueerFM Featured Guests:DRACO (him/they) is an Ecuadorian-Guatemalan Indigenous Spanglish rapper, singer, & songwriter /SRUTIKA SABU (aka) Tosh (she/they) is a Malayali-Canadian doctor turned clown
8:00am - 10:00am
DRACO (him/they) is an Ecuadorian-Guatemalan Indigenous Spanglish rapper, singer, and songwriter who’s been releasing music since 2019. Their sound blends barrio nostalgia with poetic duality, rapping between English and Spanish to tell stories that challenge norms and uplift unseen voices. As a non-binary, Two-Spirit artist, Draco brings a unique lens to their work—not only as a musician, but also as a model, creative director, and fine artist. Their music is a portal: raw, visual, and rooted in both softness and power. Their last release was the single DARK and their newest musical offering is DRAGON SONG, being released May 12th. Catch the Artist on Insta @dracohontas
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SRUTIKA SABU (aka) Tosh (she/they) is a Malayali-Canadian doctor turned clown and multidisciplinary artist. Her work blends absurdity, vulnerability, and joy, using worldbuilding as knowledge creation, using storytelling to explore identity, migration and cultural memory.
This year, she was winner of the Mahendra Joshi Playwriting Competition and in addition to Paprika Festival’s Creative Producers Unit, she is part of the Buddies Emerging Creators Unit, and Nightwood Theatre’s Shadow Residency, expanding her practice in performance, production, and artistic development. She will premiere her latest work Neptune’s With a Fish at Paprika Festival May 14 and 17, 2025 in Toronto.
Their clown and drag king show “1 SANTOSH SANTOSH 2 GO: Tosh Finds His Groove” will have its west coast premiere May 30th & 31st at C-Lab in Vancouver as part of the 2025 rEvolver Festival. rEvolver Festival takes place each May at The Cultch in East Vancouver and other alternate venues across our city. It features new performances and premieres reinterpretations of existing works by Canadian artists.
You can learn more about the Artist on their Instagram at @chandrakari