1/2 Tegan and Sara - Advocacy, Identity & Impact + Q&A w/ Vivek Shraya 😂 @ Departure Festival 5/7/25

Tegan and Sara have the best personalities ever. You can’t help but to love them and the things that come out of their mouths. Such a great conversation. Loved this one! 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Tegan and Sara Foundation: https://www.teganandsarafoundation.org LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory: https://lgbtqhealthcaredirectory.org Donate: https://www.teganandsarafoundation.or... 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 0:00 Intro 0:47 Entrance 1:19 Friends for 20 years 1:31 Tegan: “No, no. I’m a sub. I’m a sub.” 😂 2:24 (Q) Where did the emphatic to support other musicians, at the time you were still establishing yourselves come from, or was this a conscious mandate for you? 3:49 Tegan: “We were desperate bitches.” 😂 3:55 (Q): Do you have a model that you can think of when you were younger of like generosity being shown to you or has like stayed with you over the years? 6:34 Website/before social media 7:06 Sara: “And now it just feels like, god, I really hate social media.” 😂 Same 7:29 (Q) At what point at the mist of this huge success do you think now it’s time to start a foundation? 9:58 TSF Board - what they believe 10:33 Tegan: “… and I think of us as investors now. I own them.” 😂 10:41 Sara: “Tegan’s like a lesbian Warren Buffett, you know?” 😂 10:54 After TSF meeting/karaoke 12:36 (Q) Did you have a particular ‘aha’ moment where you’re like, yes? 15:55 (Q) Let’s say all these wonderful people donated $5 at the end of today. Where does that money go exactly? 16:21 (Q) Can you quickly say why summer camp is important? 16:23 Tegan: “I mean… I only went to summer camp once and I cried and called home a thousand times.” 😂 17:05 Vivek: “But like everyday, everybody was hugging each other and there was a rainb… and I don’t even like rainbows. Like, there’s so much internalized homophobia here.” 😂 17:21 Sara: “What if you like straight people though? Like, I had a thing for straight girls so…” 17:25 Tegan: “That’s not the camp for you.” 😂 17:27 Sara: “I don’t think I should go to LGBTQ summer camp. I think I need to go to straight~ girl~ camp~!” 😂 17:32 Vivek: “That’s just called camp.” 😂 17:49 What moves Tegan most 🩶 18:34 2nd TSF Program/LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory 19:59 Sara: “Not literally me and Tegan. We don’t actually do that.” 20:02 Tegan: “We’re useless but...” 😂 20:27 Sara: “If there’s any gay dentists or gay adjacent….” 😂 20:30 Vivek to audience: “Any gay dentists? I can see you.” 😂 21:31 Tegan: “You know, you’re not a wallflower.” 😂 21:42 (Q) What do you find is the thing that often moves the needle? 23:30 Sara: “If somebody is interested in, you know, supporting their community or supporting the community that we’re a part of I think that being honest and passionate is the best I can do. I can give you facts, I can tell you stories, but if you’re not interested I don’t think there’s anything that I can do to make you more interested in it.” 23:50 Tegan: “That’s where I come in.” 😂 25:33 Sara: “I think I can talk you into having kids.” 😂 25:38 Vivek: “No. Ah no.” 😂 25:40 Tegan: “Also no.” 😂 25:54 Queer women vs queer men 26:20 Tired 😂 27:28 Weird thing/gay/gay girl 😂 28:03 Tegan: “We’re not as niche as people think, you know. We’re kind of whore-ish in that way.” 😂 29:45 Sara’s 45th bday idea 😂🙌🏾 31:26 Quinoa/couscous 😂 32:27 Stereotypes/canceled 😂 32:34 Sara: “I like all of the beans and lentil community.” 😂 32:41 Men 😂 36:16 Feels good 🩶 38:26 Junos 39:45 Future 40:58 Community/investing 43:32 Model behavior 🩶 Q&As 45:28 (Q) literature 46:24 Additional timestamps in the comments. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Tegan and Sara Live @ Departure Conference, Departure Festival + Conference, Victory Ballroom at Hotel X Toronto, Toronto, ON 05/07/25 Departure Festival + Conference - Spring 2025 11:30am-12:30pm - AM event https://www.departureto.com/en/beyond... Moderator: Vivek Shraya Photos 😍 https://www.gettyimages.com/editorial... Departure’s recording:    • Tegan and Sara on Advocacy, Identity & Imp...   🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Official Tegan and Sara sites: Website: https://teganandsara.com Facebook:   / teganandsara   Instagram:   / teganandsara   Pinterest:   / teganandsara   SoundCloud:   / teganandsara   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5e1BZ... Substack: https://teganandsara.substack.com TSF: https://www.teganandsarafoundation.org TikTok:   / teganandsara   Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/teganandsara X/Twitter: https://x.com/teganandsara YouTube:    / @teganandsara   Vivek Shraya Website: https://vivekshraya.com Instagram:   / vivekshraya   Patricia Jaggernauth Website: https://patriciajtv.com Instagram:   / patricia_j   Departure Festival + Conference Website: https://www.departureto.com Instagram:   / departurefest   YouTube:    / @departurefest