"and "Fugues" since 1998.Burnett was one of the original organizers of Montreal’s internationally renowned Divers/Cité festival, was the founding president of the Montreal chapter of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, is a regular lecturer and panelist at universities and conferences, co-starred in the first season of the Life Network’s reality TV series "Out in the City", and has been interviewed and profiled in publications across Canada, Europe and the U.S., including "Xtra!