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TRANS/NATIONAL
by Mikail Khan
TRANS/NATIONAL is a podcast that exclusively uplifts the political activism and artistic interventions of religiously marginalized queer, transgender and gender-diverse South Asians both within the homelands and in the Western diaspora. Focusing primarily on gender-variant activists, changemakers, and healers, the podcast will spotlight how these visionary individuals and collectives are confronting authoritarian power, transforming their everyday relationships, learning from failure, and envisioning liberatory futures. The podcast aims to release monthly episodes with a focus on topics that sit at the intersections of Islamophobia, annihilation of caste and cis Brahminical patriarchy, intergenerational trauma (and wisdom), disability, imperialism, anti-police, anti-occupation, anti-militarism, and queer/transphobia. Hosted by Bangladeshi Muslim transmasculine writer and activist, Mikail Rahman Khan, the series will be an incubator for imaginative and overlooked narratives, as well
Episodes
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Toward a trans politic of love and claiming the thirunangai identity
A. Revathi is a writer, performer, activist and a thirunangai-hijra-trans woman from southern India. Revathi’s books are now part of academic curricula in India and elsewhere and her work has been vital in the context of trans rights and LGBTQ activism in India. Mikail Khan speaks to Revathi…
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No Savarna Saviors: Nepal’s Dalit Queer + Trans Movement
Rojan Pariyar (he/him) is a Dalit transgender man from Khotang district Nepal. He currently serves as a program associate at Samari Utthan Sewa and is an active member of Dalit Queer Nepal. 2023 witnessed Nepal's first Dalit Queer Pride which was led by Rojan and his comrades amidst a largely...
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Defying Nationalist Logics: Bangladeshi Adivasiqueer Insistence Through Art
Anika Nawar Ullah is a Bangladeshi-American and Adivasi/Indigenous Marma transdisciplinary artist and ecological activist whose artistic work traces relationships between transnational/intergenerational bodies, identities, memories, trauma, displacement, joy, technology, and living ecologies....
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Retellings and Reimaginings: Rejecting Brahminical patriarchy as a thirunambi (திருநம்பி) artist
Nabi Ali is a visual development artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles, California. His personal work often deals with religious themes, particularly centered around figures from Shi'a Islam, Dravidian folk religion, local saints and deities, as well as from anti-caste liberation theology…
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Nonbinary Finery and Dreaming Anti-Caste Futures
Manu Kaur (they, them) is an anti-caste community organizer, educator, and advocate based in California in the United States. In 2024, Manu curated the historic show, Dalit Dreamlands, one of California’s first queer art exhibitions centering the experiences of Dalit, Adivasi, Bahujan…
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Our Words Build Power: Exclusion of Hijras in the Film Industry
Nandini Sabban is a multifaceted individual living in Maharashtra, India, who is known for her impactful work both in the film industry and as an advocate for the transgender community. Mikail Khan speaks to Nandini about how hijras and kinnars have been villainized and largely disposed of by our...
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Embracing Dalit Trans Womanhood and Leadership
Born into a Dalit family from Karnataka, Chandini Gagana is a prolific writer, poet, orator and trans rights activist. She is the founder of Payana, an organization dedicated to working for the rights and safety of sexual minorities. Mikail Khan speaks to Chandini about her life journey and her...
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2024 Indian Elections: Hindu Victimhood, Hijraphobia, and the Symbolic Transgender Sangh
Ani Dutta (they, she) is a nobinary transfemme kothi person who is an Associate Professor of Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa. Dutta also works as a volunteer and advisor with several collectives of trans and gender non-conforming communities such as kothis and…
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Abolition And/As Activism in Bangladeshi and U.S. LGBTQ+ movements
Izu Islam is a nonbinary transfem Bangladeshi immigrant who has been involved in abolitionist efforts and movements against LGBTQ violence and Islamophobia in the U.S. and beyond. Mikail Khan speaks to Izu on how abolition may or may not be playing a role in Bangladeshi and U.S. based LGBTQ...
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Queer & Trans Endurance in Indian-Occupied Kashmir
Dr. Aijaz Ahmad Bund is a LGBT activist from Kashmir. He is the founder and Chairperson of Sonzal Welfare Trust that works for the welfare of gender and sexual minorities in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Mikail Khan speaks to Dr. Aijaz on the pitfalls and complexities of visibility politics,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
TRANS/NATIONAL is a podcast that exclusively uplifts the political activism and artistic interventions of religiously marginalized queer, transgender and gender-diverse South Asians both within the homelands and in the Western diaspora. Focusing primarily on gender-variant activists, changemakers, and healers, the podcast will spotlight how these visionary individuals and collectives are confronting authoritarian power, transforming their everyday relationships, learning from failure, and envisioning liberatory futures. The podcast aims to release monthly episodes with a focus on topics that sit at the intersections of Islamophobia, annihilation of caste and cis Brahminical patriarchy, intergenerational trauma (and wisdom), disability, imperialism, anti-police, anti-occupation, anti-militarism, and queer/transphobia. Hosted by Bangladeshi Muslim transmasculine writer and activist, Mikail Rahman Khan, the series will be an incubator for imaginative and overlooked narratives, as well
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TRANS/NATIONAL is a podcast that exclusively uplifts the political activism and artistic interventions of religiously marginalized queer, transgender and gender-diverse South Asians both within the homelands and in the Western diaspora. Focusing primarily on gender-variant activists, changemakers,...
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TRANS/NATIONAL is created and hosted by Mikail Khan.
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