#34 The Life of Indonesian Waria Women

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Queering the Perspective

Béla Belissima

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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.

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#34 The Life of Indonesian Waria Women

Queering the Perspective

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2 years ago

#34 The Life of Indonesian Waria Women

Our next guest of the podcast is Febby (she/her) an activist and advocate for the rights of waria women in the city of Surabaya (located in East Java). "Waria" combines the Indonesian words for a woman (wanita) and a man (pria) and can be equated to trans women in the Western context. While waria women have existed throughout Indonesian history, they face many forms of discrimination and persecution today. Febby works with the organization Perwakos to support waria women in Surabaya

In this episode, we talk about this work and all the issues that waria women are facing: HIV (and the stigmatization), struggles around sex work, lack of access to jobs, no legal recognition of their gender etc. etc. etc.

If you want to learn more about waria people, 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

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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