with Sikh diasporas
prabhdeep's work as a community scholar focuses on identifying and fighting how ideologies of white supremacy, anti-queerness, and gender conformity emerge in our lives, both within and outside the Sikh and Sikh-American diaspora.
I organize keynotes, workshops, and lectures on these topics. Please feel free to reach out if you have questions in having (or beginning) these conversations with your community.
I organize keynotes, workshops, and lectures on these topics. Please feel free to reach out if you have questions in having (or beginning) these conversations with your community.
public commentary
- A two-part article for Kaur Life reviewing the anti-transgender legislation being implemented in the US and its relevance to US Sikh communities, along with interviews with queer and/or transgender Sikhs sharing their contemporary experiences (Part 1 | Part 2)
- A meditation for Kaur Life on queer and trans embodiment through Gurbani that moves discussions of queer and trans Sikh liberation into an anti-casteist tradition
- A coauthored op-ed for UpriseRI concerning national legislation that would create a study commission, which would disproportionately impact workers in the sex industry who are queer, trans, and/or experiencing poverty and housing insecurity
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A roundtable panel with Logo TV discussing the intersections of queerness and Sikhi as part of their Pride 2019 efforts. |
interviews & community engagement
- A BBC radio interview with Nihal discussing queer gender identity in the South Asian community
- An interview on the podcast The One with Shabd Singh and Smalls discussing race, queerness, gender(s), and Sikhi
- An interview with Apni Sehat, a show on Punjabi Radio USA, discussing the basics of gender and sexuality in gender: Part 1 | Part 2
- Note: Please extend grace to both my conversational Punjabi and to my ability to translate my thoughts fully in Punjabi. I have more vocabulary to learn, but may this help us build a stronger language around LGBTQI+ issues in Punjabi within the diaspora. The discussion around intersexual identity was especially limited by language. The Intersex Society of North America provides additional information, as does Planned Parenthood
- NB: Anti-queerness is structural. Unfortunately, Part 2 never aired on Punjabi Radio USA due to concerns around "exposing children" to the "dangerous ideas" of who is in LGBTQIA+ communities
- An interview on the podcast Blessed Are the Binary Breakers with Avery discussing Sikhi, queerness, colonialism in higher education, and interfaith dialogue when based in western traditions (episode 17). A transcript is available courtesy of Avery
- An interview with the queer art and pop culture magazine Wussy Mag on the politics of nonbinary identity, Sikhi, and my research
- An interview on Chat Chat with Chandani to discuss parenting, Sikhi, and gender and sexuality
- A profile with a British South Asian diaspora magazine Barfi Culture
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I collaborated to organize SALDEF's political education series on racial justice – "Demystifying U.S. History and Activating Sikh Action for Black Justice Movements". This is part 4, "Fighting for Black Trans Lives In Liberation Movements", in the six part series. |
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"A Summer Fireside Chat" with the Sikh Coalition's Summer Series to discuss queer and trans futures within Sikh spaces, with Gurleen Kaur. |
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