Storytellers

The project features eight storytellers who in different ways are using their experiences of living with and through a cancer diagnosis to explore, unsettle, and transform normative narratives of health and illness. Some are creative practitioners and artists who give voice to LGBTQIA+ experiences of cancer care and treatment, using different forms of writing, artistic and creative practice, performance, and photography. Many are also involved in cancer advocacy, activism, and community-organising, as well as academic research, media work and public speaking. The storytellers give voice to LGBTQIA+ experiences of cancer care and treatment, exploring in different ways what queer cancer narratives might look and feel like, rejecting sanitized narratives. Telling our stories through different creative mediums and practices highlight issues that still need attention and urgent change if we are to improve health disparities and social inequalities.

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