I Will Not Be Gendered Up! – Seyi Adebanjo

In this episode NOSTRINGS catches up with Seyi Adebanjo, A queer gender non-conforming Nigerian, discussing gender related issues, talk’s reasons why they do not exactly identify as either male or female in its entirety, the challenges that comes with changing one’s identity, sometimes having to live a double life, what it means to be queer, dealing with the hate, and how people constantly confuses them for something else or try really hard to gender them up. We are taken humorously along with them on their journey of transition.

http://nostringspodcast.com/2015/07/20/i-will-not-be-gendered-up-seyi-adebanjo/

Queer representation within art: Is the artist intended or read?

interviews of queer artist including myself in FormatMag

“I don’t think artists should shy away from representing their Queerness in their work. It serves our world when people make “Queer and Brown work,” and are able to show the full complexities of our experiences and lives. We all have the critiques of how dominant culture usually shows heterosexist, homophobic and racist depictions of the Queer and Trans* community. Representing art that breathes life from our perspectives creates a space for us to thrive and hopefully counter those other narratives. People want and need these stories through all art forms, so let’s feed our audience in a conscious and responsible way.”  

https://www.format.com/magazine/dialogue/art/queerness-in-art