For this edition of Queer City we want to create a space for pleasure, connection and healing that centers BIPOC Queer & Trans bodies and stories. We are ready to let go of all oppressive mechanisms and pre-existing ideas of how and what pleasure should be. This edition, we are giving the stage to BIPOC Queer & Trans artists, community builders and activists who use pleasure as a conscious practice to resist, create community and be visible in a society that stigmatizes Queer & Trans pleasure and desire. Expect stories of gender emancipation, conversations of joy and resistance, performances of intimacy and a space where vulnerability is power, resistance is an act of self-love, desire is healing and pleasure is safe.
About the performers
Jeremiah (he/she/they) is 24 years old and what they love about performing is being able to show people what the sexual energy of a masculine woman looks and feels like without touching ;). Jeremiah’s been walking the category Sex Siren(break now) for a few years for ‘The Resilient House of Makaveli.”In these few years I’ve been performing numerous times and I love doing it.”
Karina Villafan (She/her) is a choreographer, performance artist, and cultural worker from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, based in Amsterdam since 2017 and working internationally. Karina’s work delves into the intersections of power, entertainment, storytelling, and the erotic, inviting audiences to engage with the complexities of identity, desire, and social dynamics.
She holds a BA in choreography from the School for New Dance Development (SNDO), where she currently serves as the social media manager. Karina also directs and produces the Pretty Poison Cabaret (@theprettypoisoncabaret), a queer migrant cabaret that originates from the cosmos, based in Amstertrans. Her work is anchored in an interdisciplinary, feminist, queer, and anti-capitalist perspective.
Vedika (she/they) is an Indian, gender non-conforming researcher and a PhD candidate at VU Amsterdam. Their research focuses on understanding gender differences by studying counterstereotypical behavior in organizations. Vedika is also dedicated to creating both safe and brave spaces through various events and workshops, including those with Fite Qlub.
Monika is currently a Master’s student in children’s psychology while also working in restaurant kitchens, as food is her passion. Having grown up with a German father and a Brazilian mother in Singapore, she is as international as it gets. As part of the FiteQlub crew, she hopes to learn more about her roots and heritage while creating a safe space for the queer BIPOC+ community.
About QueerCity
QueerCity is a multidisciplinary program filled with art, theater, performances, talks, intimate conversations, music and poetry.
We created this space to give a stage and a place to the trans & queer BIPOC community.
In a world of censorship and silence, Queer City wants to stand for a Free Palestine, Free Congo, Free Sudan, Free Haiti and freedom for all territories affected by colonialism and imperialism.
