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JP Larocque is a Canadian screenwriter, producer, and journalist. They are best known for their work on the television series Sort Of , for which they were nominated for Best Writing in a Comedy Series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. [1] In 2024, they were nominated for a Canadian Screen Award as a co-executive producer of the Family Channel series Home Sweet Rome. [2]

They are creator and executive producer of the web series Gay Nerds, which ran from 2012 to 2015 and was distributed by OutTV. [3] They have also written for Another Life , Slasher , Jann , Popularity Papers , SkyMed , Coroner and Diggstown .

In 2022, they wrote and produced a Heritage Minute on pioneering transgender American soul and rhythm and blues singer Jackie Shane, [4] and developed the Murdoch Mysteries spin-off series Macy Murdoch for CBC Gem with Jessica Meya. [5]

In 2014, they were a regular panelist on the MTV Canada series 1 Girl 5 Gays . [6]

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References

  1. "CSAs '23: CBC's The Porter leads TV nominations". Playback . February 22, 2023.
  2. "2024 Canadian Screen Awards Nominee, Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television .
  3. Angelica Babiera (February 1, 2023). "Six writers tapped for CBC-BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst". Playback .
  4. Friend, David (November 2, 2022). "Transgender soul pioneer Jackie Shane the focus of new Heritage Minute". The Globe and Mail .
  5. Angelica Babiera (October 13, 2022). "CBC Gem orders Murdoch Mysteries spinoff series". Playback .
  6. "TV therapy". IN Magazine, October 2013.