Canadian singer-songwriter Jane Siberry was BOTD in 1955. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was a largely self-taught musician, and began composing songs in her teens. She began a music degree University of Guelph, switching to microbiology after finding undergraduate music study to be too stifling, and began performing her songs in folk clubs. She released her first self-titled album in 1981, signing a three-record deal with independent label Windham Hill. Her 1984 synth pop album No Borders Here became an indie success in Canada, spawning the hit single Mimi on the Beach. The success of her 1985 album The Speckless Sky led to her signing with Reprise Records, though her next two albums The Walking and Bound by the Beauty failed to engage with non-Canadian audiences. Her 1993 album When I Was a Boy became her international breakthrough, featuring the country-dream pop single Calling All Angels, performed with k d lang. Originally appearing on the soundtrack to Wim Wenders’ 1991 film Until the End of the World, it became her most popular song, featuring in several movie and TV soundtracks throughout the 1990s. After collaborations with Peter Gabriel and the Indigo Girls, she released the 1995 album Maria before leaving Reprise. She released four further studio albums under her own label, Sheeba Records, before closing the business in 2006, selling most of her possessions and renaming herself Issa. Returning to her original name, she released Meshach Dreams Back in 2011. After a fallow period, in which she released digital-only recordings via her website, she won the Polaris Heritage Prize in 2025 for a re-release of The Speckless Sky, releasing In the Thicket of Our Own Unconsciousness later that year, her first studio album in nearly a decade. Siberry has never spoken publicly about her sexuality, though given her dedicated lesbian fanbase and regular performances at women’s and LGBTQ festivals, her Honorary SuperGay status is assured.