Negotiating Queerness as a Commonwealth Immigrant by Ibtisam Ahmed

This talk explores the legacies of colonial history, which is often overlooked in the mainstream anyway, and highlights it from the perspective of being an immigrant.

Ibtisam's presentation is personal and political reflection on being a queer immigrant from a Commonwealth country living in the UK. "I grew up closeted due to my sexuality being illegal in Bangladesh and it was only when I moved to the UK (as a student) that I could explore my queerness. Yet, this is the country that made me illegal in the first place in the colonial era. This presentation mixes historical information with my personal account of how complicated it is to come to terms with identity in the same space that made it dangerous in the first place, including navigating issues like xenophobia in racism in modern Britain."

This presentation was part of Ancient House Teenage History Club's OUTing the Past Conference 2021.

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