This week, Avik Sarkar, a rising sophomore at Yale University, joins me to share their experiences as a South Asian queer person, how South Asian LGTBQ history has shaped how queerness is viewed within the South Asian diaspora, LGBTQ advocacy they’re a part of, and how people can be better allies to LGBTQ people and those who are questioning their sexualities. We also talk about inspirational queer trailblazers like James Baldwin and Marsha P. Johnson, our society’s need to put labels on everything and everyone, LGBTQ and QTPOC representation in the media, and radical queer politics.
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LGBTQ Resources Avik and I mentioned in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10fqymkPSHDsxfhFCozYVfLQmtM5LnBhahq8sm94gfs4/edit?usp=sharing.
Find your state’s voter registration deadlines for various upcoming elections here: https://www.usvotefoundation.org/vote/PrimaryElections.htm.
Ways that you can support the Black Lives Matter movement & resources/articles on Black and Asian solidarity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P6mr1TFS-27MUAlYMg94XUMXxS0TnCWFTw85R0BX7v8/edit?usp=sharing.
