JP Larocque is a TV writer, producer, and journalist.

Alongside recent work on CBC’s Sort Of, JP has written on CBC’s Coroner, CTV’s JANN, CBC’s Diggstown,  Netflix’s Another Life, CBC’s SkyMed, Shudder’s Slasher, and is creator and executive producer of the OutTV digital series Gay Nerds.

As a journalist, JP has bylines in The Toronto Star, Maclean’s, The Walrus, The Huffington Post, Flare, This Magazine,  Xtra, and The Beaverton, with additional work in the anthologies City Voices: A Book of Monologues by Toronto Artists (2012), and The Secret Loves of Geeks (“Love in Alderaan Places,” 2018).

Their short films Neutered (2015) and Where We Were (2017) have screened as part of the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival, and as a playwright, their theatre credits include Mythmaking (NIF, Alumnae Theatre, 2011), and GAY NERDS (Toronto Fringe, 2012).  JP was also a regular panelist on the MTV/Logo series 1 Girl, 5 Gays. 

A proud member of both the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities, JP is committed to diverse representation in all their work. 

IMDB: JP Larocque.

Professional Associations: Writers Guild of Canada (Council Delegate, 2020-22/2022-24; Diversity Committee, 2020-22; Canadian Screenwriter Editorial Committee, 2021), BIPOC TV & FILM (formerly Visioning Committee, now Senior Contributor).

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