Podcast Episode #6

H(Our) Realities – Episode #6 is out now on Refuge Worldwide!

How safe are Safer Spaces for the Trans* Community?

As an intersectional space BIWOC* Rising is open to  women, trans*, inter* and non-binary people identifying as Black, indigenous or of Color. This episode of (H)Our Realities revolved around the questions: “How safe are safer spaces for the trans* community? What does inclusion mean? What’s the difference between structural and active discrimination vs. harming people?”
This podcast is a reaction to allegations of actively discriminating against trans* people.

Moderation:
Lee Modupeh Anansi Freeman AKA Daddypuss Rex (they/it) is a Berlin-based, Black, transcontinental, trans*gender multidisciplinary artist, creative event producer and community organizer. They are a breaker of chains, a storyteller, a somatic healer and educator. It is most times a good witch, and sometimes a bad bxtch. 

Guest:
Elio Coulibaly (he/it) is a non binary, neurodivergent, Afro-Scandinavian, multidisciplinary artist, community organiser and educator receding in Berlin since 2018. Elio is a dancer and multidisciplinary artist as well as a kink educator and community organiser. Founder of Black Queer Rope Berlin, a separatist space for black queer bodies in kink and rope.  

Note:
Dr. Michaela Dudley was invited to this podcast. Unfortunately, due to the delay of her train she was not able to attend. Therefore, this discussion lacks the perspective of a trans* woman.

Dr. Michaela Dudley (Jg. 1961), eine Berliner trans* Frau mit afroamerikanischen Wurzeln, ist Kolumnistin, Kabarettistin und Keynote-Rednerin. Die gelernte Juristin setzt sich für die Würdigung der Vielfalt ein, und zwar bevorzugt auf journalistischer Ebene sowie im Rahmen der Kleinkunst.

„Ich kam in dem Jahr auf die Welt, in dem die Mauer gebaut wurde“, erklärt sie. „Und im Laufe meines Lebens musste ich mehrere Mauern durchbrechen.“

Sie schreibt regelmäßig für die taz, den Tagesspiegel und das LGBTQ-Magazin Siegessäule sowie auch Missy und Rosa Mag. In ihrer Eigenschaft als die „Diva in Diversity“ berät sie Unternehmen wie die Deutsche Bahn AG in puncto Vielfalt und Gleichberechtigung. Im Fernsehen und im Hörfunk kommentiert sie brandaktuelle Themen. Ihr sozialsatirisches Programm heißt „Eine eingefleischt vegane Domina zieht vom Leder“, und im Rahmen dessen kommt die Queerfeministin als Domina zur (Ver)geltung. Wahrhaftig lebt sie vegan.

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BIWOC* Rising is the first intersectional co-working space & social club in Berlin and Germany. This safer space is exclusively for women, trans, inter and non-binary people who identify as Black, indigenous or of Colour! Through training programs, empowerment workshops, and a work-desk in the heart of Berlin-Kreuzberg, BIWOC* Rising is creating a new working culture – a working culture that transcends the white, homogenous, capitalist one that has been a core driver of gentrification and marginalization in Berlin.

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