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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''.

In 2004, they founded the organization [https://www.youthoutloud.ca/ Youth Out Loud] to raise awareness of child sexual abuse.<ref name="lezwatch" />

Vannicola has been out as a [[lesbian]] for many years, and [[coming out|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> As of 2020, they describe themself as "lesbian and or [[butch]] and or nonbinary".<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CBdvenfAUfh/ Instagram post], 15 June 2020</ref>

They wrote about their life's 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>, which was nominated for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize 2020.<ref name="kobo_Sixt">{{Cite web |title=Sixth Annual Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlist Announced |author= |work=Kobo News |date=6 May 2020 |access-date=18 June 2020 |url= https://www.kobo.com/news/sixth-annual-rakuten-kobo-emerging-writer-prize-shortlist-announced }}</ref>