Gatekeeper

“Somewhere between the narrow entry of Who I am and What I seem to be, lies a vast and nameless place.”

In this transmission, Axel Kacoutié discovers a new sense of self in the cosmologies, concepts and realities of queer and indigenous folks. What are the links between gender expression and our relationship with the Earth? How does it destabilise colonial and capitalist imaginations of what we’re told a gender binary is meant to be?

Featuring the voices of: Opaskwayak Cree Nation Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dr Alex Wilson Artist Buitumelo Kotekwa Afro-Taino Two-Spirit change-maker Cleopatra Tatabele Scholar and Research Assistant, Karyn De Freitas Transmasculine, non-binary scholar and Founder of the Free Black University, Melz Owusu.

Development Producer: Eleanor McDowall Assistant Producer: CA Davis Additional Recording: Heidi Chang and Israel Ramjohn Sound Design, Music and Mixing Production: Axel Kacoutié Produced by Axel Kacoutié A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4