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| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref>{{cite tweet|user=joannevannicola|number=1172915600655560709|title=I’ll soon be updating my pronouns to They/them on my websites. It’s going to take some time but I want to be part of the change, to reflect the language that fits gender, those of us who are nonbinary & trans. #lgbtq #nonbinary #trans #gender #language|date=14 September 2019}}</ref> | | pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref>{{cite tweet|user=joannevannicola|number=1172915600655560709|title=I’ll soon be updating my pronouns to They/them on my websites. It’s going to take some time but I want to be part of the change, to reflect the language that fits gender, those of us who are nonbinary & trans. #lgbtq #nonbinary #trans #gender #language|date=14 September 2019}}</ref> | ||
| gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="website">{{Cite web |title=Joanne Vannicola Official Website |author= |work= |date= |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://www.joannevannicola.com/}}</ref> | | gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="website">{{Cite web |title=Joanne Vannicola Official Website |author= |work= |date= |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://www.joannevannicola.com/}}</ref> | ||
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'''Joanne "Jo" Vannicola''' is a Canadian actor. Some of their roles include Dr. Naadiah in ''Being Erica'', Dr. Mia Stone in ''PSI Factor'', Jerri in ''Love and Human Remains'', Sam in ''Stonewall'', Renee in ''Slasher: Guilty Party'', and Amber Ciotti in ''Slasher: Solstice'', as well as voice roles in ''Crash Canyon'' and ''My Dad the Rock Star''. | '''Joanne "Jo" Vannicola''' is a Canadian actor. Some of their roles include Dr. Naadiah in ''Being Erica'', Dr. Mia Stone in ''PSI Factor'', Jerri in ''Love and Human Remains'', Sam in ''Stonewall'', Renee in ''Slasher: Guilty Party'', and Amber Ciotti in ''Slasher: Solstice'', as well as voice roles in ''Crash Canyon'' and ''My Dad the Rock Star''. | ||
Vannicola came out as nonbinary in their 2019 memoir ''All We Knew But Couldn't Say''.<ref name="Wilner">{{Cite web |title=Joanne Vannicola wants to push Canadian film beyond gender binaries |last=Wilner |first=Norman |work=NOW Magazine |date=18 June 2019 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://nowtoronto.com/culture/books/joanne-vannicola-all-we-knew-but-couldnt-say/}}</ref> | In 2004, they founded the organization [https://www.youthoutloud.ca/ Youth Out Loud] to raise awareness of child sexual abuse.<ref name="lezwatch" /> | ||
Vannicola came out as nonbinary in 2018<ref name="2018blog">{{Cite web |title=Nonbinary, Trans, & Queer. The Film Biz. |author=Vannicola, Joanne |work=Joanne Vannicola Blog |date=14 November 2018 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://joannevannicola.blog/2018/11/14/nonbinary-trans-queer-the-film-biz/}}</ref>, and wrote about their struggles in their 2019 memoir ''All We Knew But Couldn't Say''.<ref name="Wilner">{{Cite web |title=Joanne Vannicola wants to push Canadian film beyond gender binaries |last=Wilner |first=Norman |work=NOW Magazine |date=18 June 2019 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://nowtoronto.com/culture/books/joanne-vannicola-all-we-knew-but-couldnt-say/}}</ref> | |||
==Quotes== | |||
"It was so hard for me my entire life to explain what that was. People would say 'Well just because you're a [[lesbian]] doesn't mean that you can't be [[feminine]]' [...] I didn't have the language growing up, and if I'd had the word nonbinary, I would have been able to say 'But I'm nonbinary.'"<ref name="WhatSheSaid">{{Cite web |title=Joanne Vannicola talks memoir 'All We Knew But Couldn’t Say' |author=WhatSheSaid Talk |work=YouTube |date=19 August 2019 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJzgiGCSI0M}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category: Activists]] | |||
[[Category: Performers]] | [[Category: Performers]] | ||
[[Category: Nonbinary people]] | [[Category: Nonbinary people]] | ||
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