Out - The Bittersweet Scent of Ray Young’s Queer Affront Returns to the Stage
Ahead of presenting the Spring 2024 iteration of Out, an award-winning performance celebrating queerness through dancehall, the transdisciplinary experience-maker Ray Young speaks to us about the creative approach of their dynamic duet piece that celebrates how queerness intersects Black and Caribbean communities alongside confronting how homophobia and transphobia may haunts them.
‘This Belongs To Us’: ShyGirl & James Massiah Collab on MCQ’s Genesis II
MCQ's debut collection, Genesis II, emphasises accreditation and collaboration with a new platform led by emergent global creatives, and fuelled by creativity and a ‘test and thrive, test and learn’ mindset.
Forced Gender Reassignment on LGBTQIA Community in Iran: Interview with Fariba Sahraei
In comparison to its neighbouring regions, Iran not only permits gender confirmation surgery, but subsidises it. On the surface, in ‘putting their money where their mouth is,’ Iran’s support and advocacy for the fair treatment of its transgendered citizens appears to be a gleaming gold star for human rights, however, examined in full context, we quickly learn this is, regrettably, not the case.