Queering the Perspective
Challenging gender and power relations from the perspective of a non-binary/genderqueer person. Foregrounding the marginalized. Fighting the cis-tem. Offering a safe space for empowerment and radical authenticity. Season 4 focuses on South (East) Asia.
Episodes
#49 Degrowth & Commons
Welcome to this third and last part of the three part mini-series “Queering the Perspective XAlt Shift Festival 2024"! The conversation of this episode is based on the roundtable discussion “Autonomies and Commons” with the movement anchorsSchool of Commons (a self-organized university based on commoning learning in Zurich, Switzerland,Fisch Acker (a queer-feminist occupation in rural Austria
#48 Degrowth & Queer Feminism(s)
Here comes the second episode of the three part mini-series “Queering the Perspective X Alt Shift Festival 2024"! The conversation is based on the queer-feminist roundtable discussion with spokespeople of the organizations Sorge Ins ParkCenter, Ni Una Menos Austria, and indigenous, feminist rights activist Airam QuilaThe episode is centered around the queer-feminist underpinnings of de-growth and
#47 Degrowth & Decoloniality
Hi everyone and welcome to the first episode of the three part mini-series “Queering the Perspective X Alt Shift Festival 2024"! The conversation is based on the roundtable discussion “Anti-Imperialism and Decoloniality” with the activists Chihiro Geuzebroek , Airam Quilla and spokeswomen of the organizations D.E.I. Futuro Antirazzista, Abya Yala De(s)colonial and Debt for Climate Austria
We begi
#46 s*x positivity & sl*tshaming
We are back in time for the cozy podcast fall with our third episode of Queering the Perspective Season 5 !
This episode was recorded at Whole Festival 2023 and included many different festival guests that were sitting down and sharing their experiences as well as an audience of people taking a moment to listen to this live conversation from a distance. Note: With the conversation taking place
#45 All about Transitions
It’s been a hot second but we’re back with the second episode of season 5: All About Transitions. In this conversation, we: Blumen (he/him), Lux (they/she), Magda (she/her), Minu (he/she/they), Pars (they/them) , Thea (she/her) and me) talk about our experiences, reflections and feelings with regards to our gender transition journeys.
Central to this episode is the fact that there are infinite wa
#44 Uganda & Global Queer Solidarity
Welcome to Queering the Perspective Season 5
#43 Queering Classical Khmer Dance
There is no other word than inspirational to introduce today's guest: Prumsodun Ok (he/him), an artist, dancer, writer and founder of Cambodia's first gay dance company "Prumsodun Ok & NATYARASA". In the studio, he teaches classical Khmer dance and focuses on re-telling ancient Cambodian tales with a contemporary spirit incorporating queer expression.
In our conversation, Prum talks about his i
#42 Genderfluid (Youth) Culture
In today's episode, we visited the LGBTQIA* center A Place To Be Yourself in the city of Siem Riep and talked with four of the community members: Kimmouy, Mouy Heng, Khunyeam and Lyhuor about their genderfluid identity.
We speak about gender roles growing up in Cambodia, struggles and joys in transgressing them and different beauty standards. Towards the end of our conversation, we address the
#41 Fashion Design, Art and Identity
Our last guest during our visit of the SafeSpaceBTB community, is the fashion designer Koemyean Hin (he/him). We met him at the Phare Ponleu Selpak Artistic Centre where he works as an art teacher.
In our conversation, we speak about his path to fashion and the role it played/plays in his life and identity. We then talk about his role at the artistic centre which provides (artistic) education
#40 Exploring Queerness as Young Adults
Today's episode is once again a double trouble episode with the Sonik and Somphor, two young members of SafeSpaceBTB , as our guests
Our coversation is very personal and vulnerable as the two tell us about their life as queer youngsters in Battambang (Cambodia). We talk about their upbringing, the relationship to their family, friends, school, university, social surrounding, community lovelife
#39 (Secret) Queer Language in Cambodia
In this second episode from our visit to Battambang (Cambodia) we talk with B. Pov, the mother of SafeSpaceBTB community (see #38 for more information on the community organization) and today it is all about language!
B. Pov talks to us about a specific queer language which is an adaptation of the Khmer language spoken in Cambodia. She explains to us the origins of the language as well as the im
#38 SafeSpaceBTB Cambodia
In this very first Cambodia episode, we talk with the founder of the LGBTQIA* community organization SafeSpaceBTB (Battambang). We were fortunate enough to get to know this vibrant community and spend a few days there (more on that to come in the next weeks ;)). With Thida, we talk in this initial episode about the early beginnings of SafeSpaceBTB, how they organize themselves and Thida tells u
#37 Intersecting Identities with Sex Work
For this week's episode, we met with Tata (she/her). Tata is a trans sex worker as well as an LGBTQIA* advocate and public figure in Thailand fighting for the rights of trans* people, homeless people and sex workers. In our conversation, we go through various intersections surrounding sex work and Tata explains what it means to be a sex worker and elderly/trans*/homeless/working on the streets vs
#36 Online Trans* Community, Visibility & Migration
Today we are meeting Erik (he/him) in Bangkok! We begin our conversation by talking about different past projects of Erik such as his non-binary comic project We Have Always Been Here (CHECK IT OUT VIA THIS LINK). This comic echoes many of our recent episodes in the fact that queerness and transness is deeply rooted in the Asia Pacific region and today's widely spread hatred against the LGBTQIA*
#35 Queer Feminist Activism in South Thailand
The charming guest of this episode is Charlotte (they/them) . Charlotte is part of the young feminist activist group Southern Feminist Liberation Front which is active in South Thailand and organized the first pride of the region in the city of Songkhla in 2022. In our conversation, Charlotte tells us about their road to activism, the experience of queer-feminist organizing in South Thailand a
#34 The Life of Indonesian Waria Women
Our next guest of the podcast is Febby (she/her) an activist and advocate for the rights of waria women in the city of Surabaya (located in East Java). "Waria" combines the Indonesian words for a woman (wanita) and a man (pria) and can be equated to trans women in the Western context. While waria women have existed throughout Indonesian history, they face many forms of discrimination a
#33 Colonial History and Queer Community in Indonesia
This episode is truly a double trouble: our guests are Asmara (they/them) and Samri (all pronouns) , two QTBIPOC (Queer & Trans Black, Indigenous and People of Color) community organizers based in Bali, Indonesia. In this episode, they take us on a whole journey through Indonesian queer history and contemporary issues surrounding queerness in different parts of the country.
In one part of t
#32 Gender Non-Conformity in the Fashion World
Shan De Silva (all pronouns) is a gender fluid/non binary model in Sri Lanka for the past 7 years working for local and international brands.
Let's talk fashion!
What got you into fashion?
What was it like being the first gender non-conforming model walking Colombo Fashion Week?
What were the reactions? Do you see any changes in the fashion world since?
Shan gives answers to all these questi
#31 Transitioning and Expectations of Transness
Vasi Samudra Devi (she/they) is a non-binary trans woman and a multidisciplinary artist working with poetry, performance, theater, paint and pencils.
We start off the episode by talking about the complicated process of transitioning in Sri Lanka which quickly also turns into a discussion about the economic crisis and the lack of access to hormones during the beginning of it. Because of that
#30 Call for System Change in Sri Lanka
Jeana De Zoysa (she/her) is a Sri Lankan writer, safari guide sustainable fashion model and activist. She became involved with the "Aragalaya" (the Sri Lankan national uprising at the face of economic collpase) in April 2022, volunteered in the People Power essentials distribution tent at the #GotaGoGama (main occupation site in Colombo) and was present at the frontlines at most of the major pr
#29 Indigenous Knowledge in the Decolonial Context
Soyeohang Rai (he/him) is a learning photographer and design student of Nepalese descent living in New Delhi.
In this episode we take a deep dive into the topic of indigenous knowledge, colonization, gender and language. Soy speaks about their upbringing in a rural hill village and the influence of the English language as a way of overwriting local, ancient languages spoken in the region. Con
#28 Feminist Organizing in Rural Spaces
In this second episode of season 4, the guest is Abha Bhaiya (she/her) who is a feminist, activist, researcher, trainer and the builder of the institution and the retreat centre Jagori Rural Charitable Trust in Himachal Pradesh, India.
Abha begins the episode by explaining the origins of the feminist movement in India and her personal involvement in it through the founding of Jagori in 19
Trailer Season 4
Here is a little preview on what to expect from the new season: "Queering the Perspective: South (East) Asia Edition. From one of the founders of the feminist movement in India, the first gender non-conforming model walking Colombo fashion week in Sri Lanka, community organizers reimagining masculinity and talking Indonesian queer history in Bali, a public advocate for LGBTQ* rights and sex worke
#27 Trans* Community in Manipur, India
Welcome to this VERY FIRST EPISODE of the new SEASON 4 of "Queering the Perspective". The first guest is Santa Khurai (she/her) who is a Nupi Maanbi (trans woman) from Manipur, India. She belongs to the indigenous Meitei community of the region and has dedicated her life to advocacy and documentation of the realities of trans people in Manipur.
In this episode we speak about the challenges
#26 Queerbaiting & Queer Gatekeeping
Guest on this episode recorded at the visionskultur festival in september 2022 is the magnificent non-binary singer, performer, hair & make-up artist Rhama (they/she) .
In this Live-Podcast, we dive into queerbaiting and queer gatekeeping as two contemporary phenomena surrounding contemporary queerness. This conversation stands in the context of frequent discussions surrounding queer brandin
#25 Queer Architecture & Queering Spaces (Live-Podcast)
Long overdue, I am beyond happy to present to you the recording of the Live-Podcast in July 2022 at Fusion Festival with queer architects Shannon & Raeza . We start off by discussing what queer architecture means, how it is a means to break functionalist, capitalist usages of spaces and breaking social, binary norms through architecture. Then we continue talking about queer commemorations in t
#24 Body Empowerment & Fatphobia (Live-Podcast)
Here comes to you the recording of our very first live-podcast at Fluid Festival 2022 . It was one of those 36 degrees days with a lot of wind (which you can hear at times), but I still had a great time talking with the multidisciplinary artist Dornika aka Manyfacedgodx (they/she) .
We started our conversation talking and analyzing different beauty standards, the dynamics of fatphobia, dietin
#23 Decolonizing Sexual Health
Guest of this episode is the Egyptian-German writer, researcher, and health practitioner Ahmed Awadalla (they/them) . Awadalla's community practice centers on the well-being and participation of marginalized groups including LGBTIQA+ people, migrants, refugees, and young people. Their writing and research foreground the intersections between health, migration, and radical sexual politics and inv
#22 Trans* Life Drawing
The guest of today's episode: Luca (they/he) - founder, organizer & facilitator of Trans* Life Drawing Berlin . We are discussing the queering of life drawing exercises and the transformative/affirmative power of archiving trans* bodies through this form of artistic community-building!
Next session on Saturday June 25th, 14:00 - 16:30 at Haus der Statistik.
This is the second edition of the a
#21 Trans* Resistance in Drag (Sasha Kills)
First guest of this QTL Summer Pride Festival artist talk series is Sasha aka Sasha Kills . Sasha is a Non-Binary, Trans & Queer Performance artist as well as an event producer and they will be organizing the weekly drag show La Guillotine featuring up and coming TRANS drag artists. The first editions are Friday June 3rd & June 10th. Afterwards the event will be happening each Thursday 6:30PM
#20 QTL Summer Pride Festival
In this very first episode of the third podcast season, we are introducing the Queer Trans Liberation FESTIVAL happening at Haus der Statistik at Berlin Alexanderplatz in the months of June and July. We speak about the idea behind the festival, some of the challenges we faced in the making of it & how to participate in the festival. As Stella said in this conversation: "we are not a minority"
#19 Queer Trans Liberation
Meet the star guest of the day: Stella (she/her). Stella is a trans fem nonbinary multidisciplinary artist, lgbtq
activist. She founded the Queer Trans Liberation movement in the summer of 2021 by organizing demonstrations against transphobia and racism. Stella is now actively working on strengthening lgbtq* solidarity within the community through the organization of free non-party events and w
#18 Degendering Fashion
In this episode I'm graced with the presence of Tarek (he/him) , a queer arab, graphic designer and fashion lover/icon from Syria living in Berlin.
We are discussing fashion and clothing in relation to gender & sexuality, femininity vs. masculinity in a the binary world and the importance of delinking these terms and degendering fashion before making assumptions and judgments outside and insid
#17 Fighting the Patriarchy (beyond all binaries)
Guest of the episode is Neo (they/them). Neo works as a freelance curator, podcaster, author, cultural mediator, researcher, creative director and artist in text and performance all around queer-feminist issues in Berlin and
Zurich. Check out their new interview podcast Hooking Up With
In this episode, we analyze the patriarchy in a non-binary fashion. After we establish a ground definition
#16 Queeranian Existence
Star guest of this episode: "Damoun (they/them)" who is fluent in five languages and has lived in five different societies. They write often in Persian and English about their past and present journey and their experiences with racism, misgendering and queerphobia. They also recently started their own podcast called Fly Me To Damoun
What does it mean to live as a Queer Iranian? This podcast episod
#15 Queer-Feminist Uprising in Chile: LASTESIS
The guests of this episode are three of the four members of the Chilean queer-feminist performance art collective LASTESIS . We recorded this episode prior to the presidential elections in Chile which were won by the leftist candidate Gabriel Boric on sunday December 19th. In the episode we talk a lot about the significance of the elections as a turning point for anti-patriarchal & anti-capitali
#14 Non-Binary Drag
Meet Talita/Lilith the Quing (they/them): a genderless contrasexual shapeshifter spacebender dreamdrifter who is bringing fluidity and consciousness to this and other worlds. Lilith is a quing with many personalities around the gender spectrum and all of them love to explore healthy masculinities and celebrate queerness. Lilith is chaos with a touch of drama, camp and provocative and a pinch of
#13 Transfeminine of Color
In this episode I talk with Monty (they/them), twenty something, non-binary transfemine Bi_PoC Queen, doctor, cultural sciences and anthropology student, antiracism and queer educator.
I had the pleasure to meet Monty this summer and we shared many conversations about being transfeminine in a transphobic and misogynistic society. When planning the second season of "Queering the Podcast" , I tho
#12 Non-Binary 101
Nika is a nonbinary person based in Berlin who is passionate about queer activism, breaking stereotypes and boundaries around cisheteronormativity and dismantling the patriarchy one day at a time.
In this episode we introduce the topic of non-binary, give some general definitions as well as talk about our personal relation to it. We further address issues such as non-binary normativity, the i
Season 2 - Trailer
We are back. Second Season. Let's goooooooooo.
This season is going to be all (or mostly) about different non-binary and trans subjectivities, experiences & issues.
In this little trailer I introduce the concept of this second season, re-introduce the concept of the podcast in general and also talk a bit about what moved me in these past few months
#11 Queer Refugees & Covid-19
<p> Today I'm talking to Lilith Raza who is a trans* rights activist with migration background. She has been campaigning for the rights of LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers in Germany since 2015. Since November 2017 she has been working for the German-wide <a href="https://www.queer-refugees.de/"> LSVD e.V project "Queer Refugees Deutschland". </a> </p>
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#10 Pride is a Protest
Today I'm talking to Puck (she/her) who is a self-described badass active old girl about Pride and why Pride must still be a protest in the context of the Netherlands as well as LGBT* movements globally
While there are many many reasons for pride still needing to be a protest a few ones that speak about are: the origins of pride, the efforts to decriminalize queerness, rainbow capitalism, pi
#9 Femme Magic
Today I'm talking to The Darvish (he/she/they) who is a Syrian self-tought performance artist, cultural events and performance parties organizer as well as creative & artistic assistant director. Most recently the Darvish premiered in a Contemporary Dance & Theater piece with Israeli Choreographer Nir De Volff titeled 'Come As Your ARE #2' .
In this episode we speak about "femme", a non-nor
#8 Queering Sex Education
Today I'm talking to Amaia (she/her) who is currently finishing her degree in Human Sexuality. After that she plans on moving back to Barcelona and contributing to the Queering of Sex Education in the city. She is passionate about deconstructing oppressive societal norms, community building, squatting and flamenco!
In this episode we address the heteronormative and patriarchal underpinning o
#7 Disability, Accessibility & Invisibility
Today I'm talking to Steph (they/them) who is a law master’s student, currently studying at Maastricht university. Their interests lie in human rights, LGBTQI + rights and disability advocacy and they have been active in queer and feminist circles in Maastricht, organising queer dinners and participating in local activism. As a neurodiverse person themself, raising awareness about disability an
#6 Queerness as Anti-Capitalism
In this sixth episode of “Queering the Perspective” I’m talking with Mara (she/her) who is currently doing a Masters degree in Transnational Queer Feminist Politics at SOAS London. She spends her free time in thinking about how to build a queer-feminist world.
A queer-feminist world without capitalism & commodification. In light of this dream, we talk about the connection between queerness an
#5 Queer Community
5th episode hiiiiiiiiiii. Today I'm talking with Halfdan who is a Copenhagen quee(r/n) with a passion for parties, safe spaces and radical self-expression for and of queers. Coming out as gay in a place where there were no visible queers, Halfdan has since been curious about different kinds of queer communities.
In this episode we are talking about the necessity for queer communities to create
#4 White Feminism
Dear Ladies and Gentlethems, welcome to this fourth episode of the podcast! Today I’m talking about white feminism with Diane Ngatchou who is a devoted afro feminist with Cameroonian roots and advocates for social justice in different organization in Maastricht and Brussels.
In our talk we address the racist origins of the feminist movement and unpack white feminism as being nothing less than whit
#3 Sexuality, Gender & Race // Intersections in Conversation
<p> Today I am talking with Nour who is an allumni of the University College Maastricht and now based in Brussels. </p>
<p> Being a Queer person of color, Nour speaks about her relation to her own sexuality, gender, as well as race and how binary understandings of these identity categories are long obsolete as the reality is far more complex than that. She describes how looking b
#2 Bisexuality
<p>In this second episode, <a href=https://www.instagram.com/nooeelyyy/>Noely</a>, my dear bestie from Berlin & I discuss bisexuality. Being a bisexual woman herself, Noely first talks about her suppression of this identity growing up in a society that still assumes heterosexuality unquestioned. We discuss these struggles of hers through Butlers’ conce
#1 Queer Psychology
In this episode I talk about Queer Psychology with Gabriela Moita. Gabriela obtained her PhD in 2001 from the university of Porto writing about "discourses on homosexuality in the clinical context". In the first half of the podcast we discuss the omnipresence of heteronormativity within the field of psychoanalysis. Consequently, Gabriela explains why she therefore prefers psychodrama as it enables
Intro
What is this new podcast all about?
Who is Bela Belissima?
What is the purpose of this podcast?
In this introductory episode, I answer these questions and give an outlook on what to expect.
So tune in & enjoy the ride
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