India premiere of Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer
Join us in person or online !
Date: February 1, 2025
Day: Saturday
Time: 7:30 pm IST
Where: New Delhi LGBTQIA+ Center
Online: Join us on Zoom (link will be shared upon registration)
We’re thrilled to host the India premiere of Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer by filmmakers Yee Won Chong and Brooks Nelson—a free event open to the public, both online and offline!
Register now to reserve your spot: https://tinyurl.com/TDWLC
Film Synopsis
What are the chances? That two transgender masculine people living under the same roof were diagnosed with “lady cancer” in the same month? One with breast cancer and the other with ovarian cancer. Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer is a courageous and personal story about the filmmakers’ navigating their journey within a medical system that is scrambling to figure out how to provide affirming care for transgender people.
The goal of the film and program is to highlight how the medical, legal and social aspects of gender transition impact the health care provided to transgender people. It aims to raise awareness of healthcare challenges faced by transgender individuals, foster understanding among healthcare professionals about providing affirming, inclusive care, and highlight legal hurdles like navigating insurance, documentation, and family formation.
Following the screening, there will be a Q&A with the filmmakers and panel discussion with community leaders to delve deeper into these critical issues.
Yee Won Chong (Filmmaker) : Yee Won uses their lived experience as a political asylee from Malaysia and community-organizing background to uncover our commonalities and our shared struggles. As an advocate of transgender justice, Yee Won Chong gave a TEDx talk, Beyond the Gender Binary, weaving his personal story about being a transgender immigrant with practical tips on how to be a good ally. Yee Won also provides transgender inclusion training to workplaces and college campuses.
Brooks Nelson (Filmmaker) : An award-winning filmmaker and the founder and director of Boxxo Productions, Brooks strives to create artistically excellent socially relevant films that feature stories of marginalized communities. He made Switch: A Community in Transition, a documentary that explores the impact of a gender transition – not on the individual going through transition, but on the surrounding community of family, friends, co-workers, and others.
Dr. Aqsa Shaikh (Medical Practitioner and Activist) : Dr. Aqsa is an out and proud transgender woman, academician and researcher. She is one of India’s First Transgender Doctors and a vocal advocate for rights-based Gender Justice for Transgender persons in India and globally. She is a Professor of Community Medicine at Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Jamia Hamdard, Delhi and Patient Safety Officer of HAHC Hospital. She undertakes research and advocacy for the inclusion of Transgender and Disability communities in the healthcare sector. She is also a TEDx Speaker, a poet, and a practitioner of Theatre.
Gautam (he/they): is an experienced programs and communications professional specialising in sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ), as well as LGBTQ+ advocacy. Currently, he serves as Senior Manager in the Communications and Brand department at Tata Projects. At Safe Access, he worked to build awareness and train queer-affirmative healthcare providers, while also offering emotional and psychosocial support as a peer support provider to queer-trans* community members. Gautam has also served as Co-Chair and Board Member at TWEET Foundation, where they focused on empowering the transmasculine community through resource building, community development, and providing shelter and peer support. Additionally, they contributed as a Co-Investigator with Sangath on the iHearTransMHPrep project, curating medical resources to prepare for future healthcare emergencies.
This screening is part of Safe Access’s efforts to raise awareness in the Indian context about the critical healthcare needs of transgender individuals and foster meaningful discussions within the non-profit and healthcare sectors. This will be an opportunity for us to learn from each other’s experiences in supporting transgender individuals, build connections with other organisations working in this field, and advocate for change to improve healthcare access and support for transgender communities.
👥 Hosting Partner: LGBTQIA+ Centre
🤝 Community Partners: GLAD Foundation & Misfyt Trans Youth Foundation
Don’t miss this chance to this inspiring and educational evening and be part of a critical conversation! Register today!
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