Queering the Perspective

Béla Belissima

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Podcast “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. OUT NOW: Season 4 - South (East) Asia Edition.

4 SEPT

#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 ways of transitioning beyond the two normative ones: Female-to-Male and Male-to-Female. We talk about our journeys of coming into our trans bodies, the feeling of somehow not being trans enough as well as the idea of passing v. gender non-conformity/staying uncomfortable and not easily digestible to the cis-gaze. Send this episode to your loved ones, trans friends and arguably most importantly your uncle or colleague that has never met a trans person. In 50 minutes they’ll have the chance to get to know seven of us up close, might learn a thing or two (or 30 lol) and possibly even laugh with us because… TRANS IS JOY TRANS IS EUPHORIA and TRANS IS THE FUTURE If you would like to be part of the podcast community, you can now follow on Instagram and/or join our telegram group for frequent update on new podcast developments I am your host Béla Belissima, non-binary soul from Berlin on the journey to dismantle our cis-heteronormative world and look beyond all binaries. Re-writing our narratives and telling our own stories. Thanks for being here

51 min
7 JUL

#44 Uganda & Global Queer Solidarity

Welcome to Queering the Perspective Season 5 fluid.vision X Anti-Mass Fundraising event for Uganda after the passing of the Anti-LGBT* law there in 2023. We talk with two of Anti-Mass' founders: Nsasi (they/them) and Turkana (she/her) about the vision of the Anti-Mass Collective, the situation in Uganda and how to foster global queer solidarity. The episode was recorded on July 7th 2023, so it's already a year old. However with the passing of yet another anti-LGBT law in Ghana earlier this year pushed for by similar Christian fundamentalist actors, this episode seems as important as ever. This first episode of the season is very special and dear to my hear because it is co-moderated with our very close friend Nada who is no longer with us. So listening to his voice, hearing his joy, dedication & revisiting the general atmosphere of the conversation felt similarly heartbreaking and healing at the same time. His legacy keeps on living and reminds us to fight harder than ever before for the most marginalized members of our (global) queer community if you would like to be part of the podcast community, you can now join our telegram group for frequent update on new podcast developments I am your host Béla Belissima, non-binary soul from Berlin on the journey to dismantle our cis-heteronormative world and look beyond all binaries. Re-writing our narratives and telling our own stories. Thanks for being here

45 min
12/10/2023

#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 identity as growing up gay and Asian-American in the USA and then migrating to Cambodia to build a new life through dancing and rediscovering his ancestrial roots. Prum goes in detail into the description of a few Cambodian tales and how they can be reinterpretated via the lens of queerness while still remaining a part of Cambodian culture and heritage. This is the very last episode of this Season 4: (South) East Asia Edition. We hope you enjoyed this season and all the background information on the countries we visited and people/communities we met along the way. It certainly has been a journey and we feel so grateful and fortunate to have had the opportunity of learning from our guests and sharing their voices with the wider podcast community. If you want to learn more about the Classical Khmer Dance and how Prum is "queering" this art form, check this blogpost on our website This podcast is partially funded by Heinrich Böll Stiftung Phnom Penh, Cambodia & Heinrich Böll Stiftung New Delhi, India in collaboration with SafeSpaceBTB ------ if you would like to be part of the podcast community, you can now join our telegram group for frequent update on new podcast developments feel free to reach out if you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for future topics/guests via Instagram or e-mail: belissima@riseup.net I am your host Béla Belissima, non-binary soul from Berlin on the journey to dismantle our cis-heteronormative world and look beyond all binaries. Re-writing our narratives and telling our own stories. Thanks for being here

52 min
05/10/2023

#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 importance of standing up for each other, supporting one another in their identity discovery journey and how to center gender euphoria over negative societal attitudes. If you want to learn more about beauty standarts and how to challenge them through queerness, check this blogpost on our website This podcast is partially funded by Heinrich Böll Stiftung Phnom Penh, Cambodia & Heinrich Böll Stiftung New Delhi, India in collaboration with SafeSpaceBTB ------ if you would like to be part of the podcast community, you can now join our telegram group for frequent update on new podcast developments feel free to reach out if you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for future topics/guests via Instagram or e-mail: belissima@riseup.net I am your host Béla Belissima, non-binary soul from Berlin on the journey to dismantle our cis-heteronormative world and look beyond all binaries. Re-writing our narratives and telling our own stories. Thanks for being here

38 min
28/09/2023

#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 for 1000+ children per year and the attitude and awareness of the students towards LGBTQIA* people in general. If you want to see more of the work of Koemyean Hin, follow his Facebook pageand check this blogpost on our website This podcast is partially funded by Heinrich Böll Stiftung Phnom Penh, Cambodia & Heinrich Böll Stiftung New Delhi, India in collaboration with SafeSpaceBTB ------ if you would like to be part of the podcast community, you can now join our telegram group for frequent update on new podcast developments feel free to reach out if you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for future topics/guests via Instagram or e-mail: belissima@riseup.net I am your host Béla Belissima, non-binary soul from Berlin on the journey to dismantle our cis-heteronormative world and look beyond all binaries. Re-writing our narratives and telling our own stories. Thanks for being here

20 min
21/09/2023

#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 etc. etc.etc. allowing us a glimpse into their lived reality in the good, the less good, the joys, the pains and most importantly the resilience and once again the importance of community. If you want to learn more about the value of queer community and safe spaces in check this blogpost on our website This podcast is partially funded by Heinrich Böll Stiftung Phnom Penh, Cambodia & Heinrich Böll Stiftung New Delhi, India in collaboration with SafeSpaceBTB ------ if you would like to be part of the podcast community, you can now join our telegram group for frequent update on new podcast developments feel free to reach out if you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for future topics/guests via Instagram or e-mail: belissima@riseup.net I am your host Béla Belissima, non-binary soul from Berlin on the journey to dismantle our cis-heteronormative world and look beyond all binaries. Re-writing our narratives and telling our own stories. Thanks for being here

24 min
13/09/2023

#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 importance and further development of it during the brutal Khmer Rouge regime (1975 - 1979). Towards the end of the conversation we speak about her own story, her role as a trans elder in Battambang and the hopes she has for the LGBTQIA+* community in Cambodia at large. If you want to learn more about the lessons on queer survival during the Khmer Rouge regime check this blogpost on our website. This podcast is partially funded by Heinrich Böll Stiftung Phnom Penh, Cambodia & Heinrich Böll Stiftung New Delhi, India in collaboration with SafeSpaceBTB ------ if you would like to be part of the podcast community, you can now join our telegram group for frequent update on new podcast developments feel free to reach out if you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for future topics/guests via Instagram or e-mail: belissima@riseup.net I am your host Béla Belissima, non-binary soul from Berlin on the journey to dismantle our cis-heteronormative world and look beyond all binaries. Re-writing our narratives and telling our own stories. Thanks for being here

19 min
17/08/2023

#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 us about some of the artistic and educational projects they have been involved in recently. If you want to learn more about the SafeSpaceBTB community organizing as well as getting an overview on queer rights in Cambodia in general, check this blogpost on our website. This podcast is partially funded by Heinrich Böll Stiftung Phnom Penh, Cambodia & Heinrich Böll Stiftung New Delhi, India in collaboration with SafeSpaceBTB ------ if you would like to be part of the podcast community, you can now join our telegram group for frequent update on new podcast developments feel free to reach out if you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for future topics/guests via Instagram or e-mail: belissima@riseup.net I am your host Béla Belissima, non-binary soul from Berlin on the journey to dismantle our cis-heteronormative world and look beyond all binaries. Re-writing our narratives and telling our own stories. Thanks for being here

28 min

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. OUT NOW: Season 4 - South (East) Asia Edition.

Creado por

Béla Belissima
Años en activo

2021 - 2024
Episodios

48
Clasificación

Explícito
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© Béla Belissima
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Queering the Perspective