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Deb Pearce is a Canadian broadcaster and comedian, who, in the 2000s, hosted the midday program and then co-hosted the morning program with Patrick Marano on 103.9 Proud FM in Toronto, Ontario. [1] She was previously a host on 92.5 Jack FM. After being let go from Proud FM, [2] she became a host of television programming, including Rogers Television's foQus and OUTtv's Bump! . [3]

An out lesbian, [1] Pearce has previously performed as a drag king. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "On the air: Proud Butch FeMme" Archived 2009-12-27 at the Wayback Machine . Xtra! , June 7, 2007.
  2. ↑ "StackPath". Archived from the original on 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
  3. ↑ "Comic Deb Pearce puts Toronto in foQus" Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine . Xtra!, November 18, 2010.
  4. ↑ "A Drag King Extravaganza". Archived from the original on 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  5. ↑ Moffatt, Kenneth James (2012). Troubled Masculinities: Reimagining Urban Men. University of Toronto Press. ISBN   9780802098238.


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