About the hosts
Aynouk Tan
Aynouk Tan (they/them) is a journalist and advisor in the field of diversity, equity and inclusion and a curator in the cultural sector. She is chair of the foundation Queer is not a Manifesto, which is committed to more structural agency for queer people from an intersectional.
Asia Hussain
About the guests
Nora Nord
Nora Nord (she/her) is a Norwegian interdisciplinary artist based in London. Working across mediums as varied as photography, moving images, podcasting and journalism, her creative practice is an extension of her outlook on life: playful and exploratory. Nord is inspired by people’s efforts of coming together and striving for a more just world. Moreoever, Nord also exlores in her work media perception of neurodiversity and Queer ADHD, and her projects are often sed to build spaces and communities where people can share their lived experiences. Her personal work inlcude Wellcome Prize-shortlisted project Queer ADHD: a series of candid bedroom portraits of members of London’s queer community. In this intimate space, often in various states of disarray, the featured individuals are photographed and later interviewed about their journey with ADHD.
Asifa Lahore
Asifa Lahore (she/her) is a drag artist, pushing the boundaries of what it means to be LGBT, South Asian and Muslim. Asifa came into the national spotlight in 2014 when she was censored by the Birmingham Central Mosque from discussing Islam and Homosexuality on BBC Free Speech. This caused uproar in the British press and allowed Lahore the rare opportunity to speak openly about the topic.
Asifa's impassioned activism on intersectionality, race, sexual orientation, gender, disability and religion has led her to speak at prestigious institutions such as the Lost Lectures, Channel 4 Diversity Festival, Women of the World Festival, the British Library and the Oxford Union. She has also been the face of Channel 4's 2016 diversity campaign, 'True Colour TV' as well as one of the ambassadors for 'Open Letters to Queer Britain', a project that created the UK's first LGBT+ museum, Queer Britain. Asifa is also passionate about disability rights. She is severely sighted and suffers from Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare genetic eye disease which causes progressive sight loss. Asifa is a proud transgender woman.
Kaneesha Nadal
Kaneesha Nadal (they/them) is a non-binairy person, activist for the bicultural LHBTQI+ community and former chair at Prisma Group Foundation. They work at a company that is specialized in gentechnology.
Kami Chouhdry
Kami Chouhdry is the first Pakistani trans person to rise to prominence as a fashion model. Chouhdry is also an actress and LGBTQ rights activist. She has a bachelor's degree in Business Studies. Among the trans communities in Pakistan, Kami Chouhdry belongs to the Khawaja Sira community.
On the Pakistani Independence Day of 2017, Sid posed on a rooftop in Karachi while holding up the Pakistani flag. She has given a lecture on transphobia and misogyny in the Karachi Literature Festival in London. Chouhdry is a board member of this non-profit organisation called 'Street to School', which teaches sex-ed and cultural diversity to schoolchildren. She is the program coordinator of the Aks International Minorities Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark.
In 2017, Chouhdry made her acting debut in the short film "Rani" as a transgender toy seller who makes her living selling the items on the streets of Karachi. Produced by GrayScale and Rizvilia Productions, the film is directed by Hammad Rizvi. The Daily Pakistan called Chouhdry performance " a force of nature in it”. She was also cast in a play titled 'Dil e Nadan', a play based on a trans person and their relationship with society.
Information & Tickets
31st of July - 18:30 - 21:00
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