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Transgender soul pioneer Jackie Shane subject of Heritage Minute

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Singer-songwriter Jackie Shane is the focus of a new Canadian Heritage Minute. She was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Her song "Any Other Way" was nominated for best album at the Grammys. The short is the latest in a series on influential Canadian figures.

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CBC News

Transgender soul singer Jackie Shane will be focus of new Heritage Minute

Groundbreaking transgender soul singer Jackie Shane is the focus of a new Heritage Minute. Historica Canada released her story as the latest in its ongoing series of minute-long shorts celebrating influential figures and accomplishments in Canadian history.

1 year ago·Canada

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The Toronto Star

New Heritage Minute features transgender soul pioneer Jackie Shane

Shane, who was born in Nashville but thrived in the Canadian R&B music scene, was selected for her contributions to “the Toronto sound,” a version of electric soul shaped in the 1960s.

1 year ago·Toronto, Canada

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The Globe & Mail

Transgender soul pioneer Jackie Shane the focus of new Heritage Minute

Jackie Shane, who was born in Nashville but thrived in the Canadian R&B music scene, was selected for her contributions to ‘the Toronto sound,’ a version of electric soul shaped in the early 1960s

1 year ago·Canada

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CP24

Transgender soul pioneer Jackie Shane subject of Heritage Minute

Groundbreaking transgender soul singer Jackie Shane is the focus of a new Heritage Minute.

1 year ago·Toronto, Canada

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Cochrane Today

Transgender soul pioneer Jackie Shane subject of Heritage Minute

TORONTO — Groundbreaking transgender soul singer Jackie Shane is the focus of a new Heritage Minute.

1 year ago·Cochrane, Canada

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Streets Of Toronto

Toronto's pioneering transgender musician Jackie Shane gets her own Heritage Minute

Not enough people in this city know about Jackie Shane or have listened to her incredible music, and a new Heritage Minute celebrating the life of this prominent figure in Toronto’s music history is right on time.The Heritage Minute comes ahead of Transgender Awareness Week and the Trans Day of Remembrance and is produced by Historica Canada.“As a Black transgender performer, Jackie Shane faced challenges in virtually every aspect of her life,” …

1 year ago

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