New Toronto-based boutique prodco Gay Agenda has announced its development slate as it goes to camera on a documentary on British-Canadian singer-songwriter Carole Pope.

AntiDiva: The Confessions of Carole Pope follows the now 78-year-old frontwoman of the Canadian rock band Rough Trade as she navigates a new chapter of her life.

The doc is now filming in parts of the U.S. and Canada. It is produced by Gay Agenda co-founders Michelle Mama and Bill Taylor, with Mama serving as writer and director. Allison Grace of Toronto’s Fall From Grace Productions is also producing.

AntiDiva is produced with the support of the Canada Media Fund POV Program, the Ontario Creates Film Fund, the Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund and the Rogers Documentary Fund. It is slated for a 2025 release on CBC’s documentary Channel.

The Gay Agenda slate also features That’s Just Super (8 x 30 minutes), a queer superhero series created by Julianna Notten (Erin’s Guide to Kissing Girls) and co-showrun by veteran writer Anthony Q. Farrell (Shelved); Queer Elders (working title, 6 x 30 minutes), a documentary series directed by Maya Bastian (Farm Crime); and Daygamers (8 x 30 minutes), an adult animated series created by Lester Trips (Content Farm).

Also on the slate is My Fabulous Gay Orgasm (6 x 30 minutes), a comedic series created by Scott Jones; comedy web series Change Your Life Forever in 60 Days (6 x 16 minutes), created and produced by Ink Cap Productions; and two formatted queer dating series with details to be announced later.

Gay Agenda was launched by Mama and Taylor with an aim to foster, mentor and produce from a defiantly queer lens, and to discover and amplify the next generation of queer voices, according to a news release.

“Everything just clicked when I met Bill and I knew we could build something meaningful together. We share the same vision, work ethic, and commitment to giving back to the community,” said Mama. “We’re passionate about empowering talented queer creatives who have been misunderstood by the mainstream, and about depicting representations of queer people not in peril, grief or living through tragedy – we’re in the business of creating and sharing queer joy.”

“Forming Gay Agenda at a time when the world feels increasingly divisive, it’s important for us to tell our own stories that foster empathy, build bridges, and celebrate forgiveness and redemption,” added Taylor.

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