Episode 290: ‘Sort Of’ star Bilal Baig

The YVR Screen Scene Podcast · Nov 28, 2023 · 46m

Sort Of is sort of a big deal to a lot of people, but especially to Trans, non-binary, and genderqueer people who have long yearned for honest and entertaining representation on Canadian screens. Sort Of stars Bilal Baig as Sabi Mehboob, a gender expansive millennial in Toronto who also happens to be the first-ever non-binary lead character on Canadian television. Since it’s widely heralded premiere in November 2021, the CBC and Max original series has won numerous awards, including a Peabody, TEN (!!!) Canadian Screen Awards, a screenwriting award from the Writers Guild of Canada, and, in…