Sud-asiatiques, ancrage pluriels

Through two short films and a presentation of paintings and photographs by the artist Douceur Erajh .

Despite the increasing visibility of LGBTI people within our South Asian communities, queerness remains largely taboo. How can we, through artistic spaces, create spaces and times that allow us to fully embody our identities, beyond the single, white, and hegemonic LGBTI framework? This discussion will explore how art can open up spaces for expression, storytelling, and self-reappropriation.

We will also address the issue of identity among adopted people. Too often, this is considered solely through a legal lens, as if it were simply a matter of paperwork or administrative status. Dominant narratives frequently emphasize the idea of ​​loss, a feeling of being in-between, or even rejection by one's own community. But what happens when adopted people are fully integrated into their communities, whether in their country of origin or within their diasporas?

This conversation will propose to reflect on that moment when adoption ceases to be the central element of identity to become one dimension among others, allowing one to fully inhabit a South Asian identity, in all its complexity and plurality.

Date
Friday, April 24, 2026

Schedules
6pm to 9pm

Price
Free

Animation
Talk Tabou Media

📍 How to get here?

House of Conversation

10-12 rue Maurice Grimaud, 75018 Paris

Recommended public transport

Metro: lines 4 (Porte de Clignancourt) or 13 (Porte de Saint-Ouen)

Tram: T3B, Angélique Compoint – Porte de Montmartre stop

Bus: lines 60 and 95, René Binet stop

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