The Gender and Media Storyboarding talk by Jamie Chi and Scarlett Ng, is an introduction to the ways in which academic theories can be put into everyday practises via film text. It addresses how gender, race, and queer theories intertwine with our lived experiences, daily observation, imagination, and creative experiment, and highlights the personal is …
Film Screening and Q&A: Safe Distance
Safe Distance explores queer Chinese individuals' lived experiences and narratives in the UK under the COVID-19 pandemic.
Workshop Announcements!
We are incredibly excited to announce further upcoming workshops each led by talented artists and activists! To keep our workshop leads and participants safe, we don't make Zoom links public so please email us at queerqandi@gmail.com if you wish to attend any sessions. โLet's Get Creative!โ With Natalie Alliston Image Credit: http://lyzanne.blogspot.com/2009/08/markmaking-techniques.html?sm_au=iVVSFV2MVH2QTV8 Saturday 13th November …
An Introduction to our Mental Health and Communal Care Project with a Personal Reflection
Perhaps you are somebody who has encountered mental ill-health in the past or maybe taking care of your psychological and emotional wellbeing has been of recent concern; the chances are, this has crept up for each and every one of us since our first national lockdown in March 2020. Increased isolation, an increase in bereavements, …
Queers in Quarantine Kitchen – Elmira making Vegan Olive Balls
Here is the edited recorded video from the online live session we had and here is what you need to make the olive balls:24 Olive balls24 Chilli stuffed olives (or olives marinated in a spicy sauce)100- 150g vegan cheese2 tbsp vegan butter150 ml flour1-2 tbsp water50g sesame seedsYou will need an oven for baking the …
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Queers in Quarantine Kitchen – Eva cooking Buddha’s Delight (Cantonese: ็พ ๆผข้ฝ Lo Hon Jai)
This is a [super] simplified version of Buddha's Delight (Cantonese: ็พ ๆผข้ฝ Lo Hon Jai) that Eva made using ingredients in her larder. It's a very flexible dish! You can add whatever vegetables you have. Its original name means it contains 18 ingredients (referring to the 18 Buddhist monks of some Buddhist tale/stories). Watch this video …
Notes from Rainbow Crossings – LGBTQ+ Safer Spaces event
Miriam shares her notes from QTI Coalition of Colour's event on 19th February 2020 which was a collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Human Global Movement at Cambridge University. PANEL DISCUSSION Chair of panel: Debbie- a local journalist for the Cambridge news. Debbie started off the discussion by introducing the panellists and explaining …
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To let you be, is to let you go.
There is a sort of impulse/instinct, difficult to describe that empowers me to challenge myself to live and try new experiences. It can be an impulse to open a book, to watch a movie, to call a friend, to ask someone to go out, to take the train to go to London on a Sunday …

