On 14 July at 7 pm, prominent East and Southeast Asian LGBTQ+ artists, activists and academics will discuss the intersectionality of identifying as ESEA and LGBTQ+ in the UK, in an online panel jointly organised by online academic channel Academic Bird, Queer China UK – a home and incubator for Chinese LGBTQ+ and allies diaspora – and Centre for Contemporary East Asian Cultural Studies, University of Nottingham.
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The event, hosted by Every Asian Voice, an online platform for the UK ESEA community, will be an opportunity to hear from a previously invisible group who are fighting to have their unique voices heard in both the ESEA and wider LGBTQ+ communities.
As with any other LGBTQ+ community, the UK ESEA LGBTQ+ community is just as diverse. However, people within this community often have to navigate a complex social landscape involving the traditionally conservative social values of their ethnic communities as well as a sense of alienation within the mainstream LGBTQ+ community.
Panel
- Associate Professor Hongwei Bao– Director, CEACS, University of Nottingham
- Qiu Bai – Founder, Queer China UK
- Jamie Chi – Co-founder, Queer China UK
- David Tse – Actor, writer, director, COVID19 Anti Racist Group (CARG)
- Veronica Wang – Founder, Academic Bird
- Tingting Wei – Counsellor, writer, film producer/director
- Burong Zeng – Artist, author
Want to learn about the LGBTQ+ community’s representation in China? Check out our mini-documentary: