913: Gimme a Kish with Shawnee Kish

Lez Hang Out | A Lesbian Podcast

Lez Hang Out

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 545 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that is currently listening to Tequila Knows Me on a loop. This week, co-hosts Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Shawnee Kish (@shawneekish), a four-time JUNO-nominated 2 spirit Indigenous alternative country artist from Canada. Shawnee released her debut album, Chapter 1, this past summer and was recently nominated for female artist of the year at the 15th Annual Country Music Awards in Alberta. We spoke with Shawnee about her journey toward self-acceptance and embracing her Indigenous roots, the barriers for queer artists in country music, and the experience of cultivating chosen family while navigating her own family’s homophobia. Growing up in Canada, she did not have strong connections to her Indigenous ancestry and hid from her own sexuality. When she began to learn from her elders and understand more about Indigenous beliefs, she was able to reconcile what her spirit always knew was true and fully step into her 2 spirit identity. Nowadays, Shawnee is loudly out and proud, refusing to shy away from her true self even when confronted by her family’s religious beliefs and intolerant music industry professionals. Ellie bonded with Shawnee over processing emotional, deeply personal experiences through music and Leigh bonded over their shared experience of motherhood. We also talked with Shawnee about how she met her wife (a story that is slightly different depending on whether you ask her or her wife about it) and what it means for her to be 2 spirit. Don’t forget to show your support for our tiny independent team by shopping small at bit.ly/lezmerch & picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Email us @lezhangoutpod@gmail.com. Connect with us individually: Ellie Brigida (@elliebrigida). Leigh Holmes Foster (@lshfoster). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Les Hang Out
0:02.3	And let's talk about what Lesing's about
0:05.8	And let's listen to Two Hasme and Shout
0:09.3	Les Hang Out
0:13.0	Hey everyone
0:14.8	Welcome back to Les Hang Out
0:17.4	The podcast where
0:18.9	I write the songs
0:20.7	I write the songs A little Barry Manilow deep cut
0:25.2	Ellie you didn't think I would have had you guess that you wasn't prepared for that one for sure
0:28.5	I know you like to plumb the depths of my brain but even for you that would be remarkable
0:35.5	if you had if you had come up with it.
0:38.1	From the West Coast, I'm Lee Holmes Foster.
0:39.9	And from the East Coast, I'm Ellie Bridgeta.
0:41.4	To those who you've been with this whole journey, thank you, as always, for listening. If you're a new listener, welcome, we're excited to have you here. Here's what's happening this week. This week in the Lesdom
0:51.4	This week in the Lesdom is a place for being a touch base
0:54.6	Each episode about things going on with a podcast or otherwise.
0:57.1	In season nine, we are still recording. this week in the lesdom is a place for being a touch base each episode about things going
0:55.8	with the podcast or otherwise. In season nine, we are still recording our Patreon bonus episodes.
0:59.9	Our last episode was on Looking for Her. You can listen to that at bit.ly slash les Patreon.
1:04.5	In the greater Les universe, let's start with a super exciting one. So we all know, Olivia Coleman, fantastic actress, has been in a lot of movies, like queer movies, telling queer stories, things like that.
1:18.8	And also recently gave an interview where she talked about how she's always felt sort of non-binary, which I just thought was really A-sweet. Like, I think it was super
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