In this episode, I introduce myself and talk a little bit about who I am, what I do, and how I got into the autism community. I also talk about Pride and why I think it's a really important day in the LGBTQ community.
00:00:00.000Hi, I'm Frida Wales. I'm the Orca of the Okanagan.
00:00:13.600At Autism BC, we're trying to learn more about different parts of the LGBTQ community.
00:00:21.680You know, I'm still learning myself, so please, if I say something that you don't like, please let me know.
00:00:30.000I'm still learning too, we all are. I'm a local drag queen that does anything you want in drag.
00:00:39.600For the past, I think it's nine, eight or nine years now, I've been working with people on the
00:00:46.240autism spectrum, age ranging from adult to young, young kids. I work for the school district currently,
00:00:54.480but I also do private care. And yeah, I'm just fully immersed in the autism community, I think.
00:01:00.080My favorite story time was people were worried that it was going to be this pervert in a dress kind of
00:01:04.560thing. And I was like, well, I'm just a clown that happens to be female. Pride is more for
00:01:11.600the rest of the world to see us and just be, it's a visibility day. It's not even really about us,
00:01:16.560it's just for the rest of the world to see us and see what we're actually doing and that we're not
00:01:21.040a bunch of weirdos. Some of us are. I mean, in every community there is, but...
00:01:33.040My straight check, it's custom made though. My straight check, it's custom made though.
00:01:42.400My fuckin' rockin', I'm crazy just like Galileo. I already be that different boy in the
00:01:50.160movie. My straight check, it's custom made though. Damn it.
00:02:03.040My straight check, it's custom made though.
00:02:05.040Give me something like your skin. Give me something like your eyesight. Something you
00:02:12.400will miss dearly. To carve me alive. Give me something like your skin. Give me something
00:02:22.320like your eyesight. Your ability to hear me. Rock, marble and ice.
00:02:30.400Rock, marble and ice. Tell me now if you can breathe okay. I'm gonna take you home. Look around your pupils dilate. Good cause I need those.
00:02:56.400Give me something like your skin. Give me something like your eyesight. Something you will miss dearly. To carve me alive. Give me something like your skin. Give me something like your eyesight. Your ability to hear me. Rock, marble and ice.