Treena Orchard
speaker
125 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 12 Feb
Treena Orchard’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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No idea how much I would fall in love with this show, like so many people, and how much of my time it would soon occupy.
I think it sometimes has to do with who's writing the books and who's producing the media.
Because if it's sort of the normal cis het kind of folks writing the books and being the producers and directors and showrunners, we're going to get some of those same sort of myths and stories repeated.
And I think that having queer folks in important positions of power producing media, we are going to get stuff that is much more representative
non-tragedy that makes space for love in a way that helps people feel seen and also encouraged especially within the context of sport I think that is a really important framing of this story and why it's hitting as well because we often hear about hockey we hear sexual and gender-based violence
And there was the big hockey trial this year.
So in terms of bookends, having the hockey trial on the one end and then wrapping up 2025 with this amazing show on the other, it sparked a lot of hope, I think.
Well, I think it's a way of showing that masculinity
takes many shapes and sizes and shades, and also that intimacy can be part of a strong, sexy way of doing relationships that are queer.
Both characters don't identify in the same space, right?
Ilya is bi.
Shane finds through the series that he is gay, and that's a big acknowledgement as well.
He actually comes out to a number of different people
in the show.
And I think that really shows the importance of friendship as well as sort of the terror that can surround coming out in the traditional sense, especially to parents.
I don't know if we can say that one show is going to dynamically change the way that locker rooms have been set up and supported, whether positively or negatively, for decades.
But I think that it might make certain people, particularly in positions of power, as well as queer players themselves, maybe question the nature of their involvement in locker room talk, or it might make them a little more courageous to stand up.
And I think that it's interesting that certain people within the NHL have been watching it.
Whether or not that's just lip service, who knows, because it's obviously advantageous for folks in positions of power within the NHL and the OHL to say that we endorse this show.
This is great.
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