Mr Gay Syria Screening + Q&A with Satrio (Tiko) Nindyo Istiko 🎬
Thu 22 Feb
|Bush House - Auditorium
Join us for our Proudly Film Night. 🎬 You won't want to miss out. Mr. Gay Syria follows two gay Syrian refugees who are trying to rebuild their lives.
Time & Location
22 Feb 2024, 17:30 – 20:00
Bush House - Auditorium , 30 Aldwych, London WC2B 4BG, UK
About the event
Join us for our amazing Proudly Film Night 🎬
Event title: Mr Gay Syria Screening + Q&A with Satrio (Tiko) Nindyo Istiko Twitter/X @hwbtikoÂ
As part of our LGBTQ+ History Month programme, we have organised a screening of Mr Gay Syria (2017) which follows two gay Syrian refugees who are trying to rebuild their lives. Husein is a barber in Istanbul, living a double life between his conservative family and his gay identity. Mahmoud is the founder of Syria's LGBTI movement and is a refugee in Berlin. What brings them together is a dream: to participate in an international beauty contest as an escape from their trapped lives and an answer to their invisibility.
Afterwards, there will be a 15-minute talk about LGBTQ+ migration from Satrio Nindyo Istiko (who goes by Tiko). Tiko is a queer former refugee based in Brisbane, Australia, and a public health doctoral candidate at The…