On the third episode of "FREE THE WORK Focus: Pride," the FTW podcast mini-series, supported by GLAAD, GLAAD's Head of Talent Anthony Ramos catches up with multitalented filmmaker Rain Valdez. Together, they chat about everything from Rain's come-up in the industry, how they both want to advance the Filipinx and AAPI community in Hollywood, and dismantling the idea that one represents all.

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FREE THE WORK Focus: Pride Ep 3: Rain Valdez and Anthony Ramos

On this fourth episode of the mini-series with GLAAD, Raina Deerwater, the Entertainment Research and Analysis Manager for the GLAAD Media Institute chats with Leslye Headland, Emmy nominated film and television director known for her 2015 film "Sleeping With Other People" and the Netflix series "Russian Doll" about the queer women’s representation in the entertainment industry, the power that comedy has in exploring deeper subjects, along with a discussion on how to continue amplifying LGBTQIA+ creators’ voices.

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FREE THE WORK Focus: Pride Ep 4: Leslye Headland with Raina Deerwater

On the series finale of "FREE THE WORK Focus: Pride," the FTW podcast mini-series, supported by GLAAD, Tanu Gago, the multitalented filmmaker, visual artist, photographer, curator and producer based in New Zealand, and founder of FAFSWAG (a vibrant collective that celebrates LGBTQIA+ Pacific Islander culture) and a queer Ojibwe director Victoria Anderson-Gardner have a candid and soulful conversation on their hopes for reclaiming time and Indigenous narratives, the unfair expectation of educating the larger public on decolonization, the importance of orgs like imagineNATIVE, and the genesis of FAFSWAG.

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FREE THE WORK Focus: Pride Ep. 6: Tanu Gago with Victoria Anderson-Gardner

On the fifth episode of our mini-series with GLAAD, HBO "Legendary" executive producer and ballroom historian Sydney Baloue and Emmy nominated actor and "Euphoria" consultant Scott Turner Schofield chat about trans masculine visibility in entertainment and the expertise needed for authentic storytelling.

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FREE THE WORK Focus: Pride Ep 5: Sydney Baloue with Scott Turner Schofield

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