Hidden Voices: Indonesia

“If I really am gay then I’m a sin in the eyes of God”

In this episode we speak to Erien (She/Her) a queer American-Indonesian all the way from Jakarta. Erien joins us for talking about managing microaggressions in the big city, her relationship between Islamic faith and queerness and the non-binary history of the Bugis people. Read below to hear more about her:

‘My name's Erien, my pronouns are she/her, and I'm queer and American-Indonesian, living and working from Jakarta. I'm 20, freelancing writing for all kinds of subjects as well as teaching English. My favourite things to do are drawing and writing, along with playing video games. I haven't done a lot of writing for myself recently since the open mic that I usually go to has closed from the pandemic, but I have been drawing and playing as many games as I can fit into my schedule! I'm currently learning coding and Mandarin, and I'd love to make some games or stream video games someday -- they're really important to me! My favourite music is probably rap or rock (I've recently been sucked back into Korean rap...), and the way I dress can only be described as 'disco eyesore' ^_^~’