A Queer Museum (AQM) is a physical space for queer community, to preserve and nurture queer and feminist heritage in Vietnam. A Queer Museum is committed to promoting a society that protects, respects and cultivates diversity and equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.

During the residency at Sàn Art, HCMC (July 2020) between lock-down period of covid, Đinh Nhung wanted to pilot an idea of a queer museum in which queer people are part of the museum and make the museum possible with our presence, creativity, and expression in a space we feel safe and encouraging. After that, Nhung extended the idea of a performative museum in Hanoi at Babau-AIR. With other queer artists, the community and Babau-AIR, we lived together a whole month as A Queer Museum. So many stuff as well as people and activities; queer screening for three nights, zine-making workshop, performances, etc. 

AQM mission is to preserve and nurture Queer and Feminist Heritage in Vietnam, promoting a society that respects, protects, and cultivates diversity and equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. 

Yours Queerly is a Bangkok-based independent audiovisual collective and production house aiming to create queer-centric stories from Burmese artists.

Atikah is a Brunei-born, Paris-raised Director/Producer/Gaffer based in Singapore. Her documentary work embodies a passion for questioning the everyday rules of the patriarchal, colonialist and elitist system. Her strong beliefs in equality, intersectionality and decolonisation have allowed her to produce provocative visual pieces that have been featured on VICE, BRICKS, OUTRAGE. 

With a degree in Film and Television and a Masters in Documentary film from University of the arts London, she has since worked for VICE Indonesia, Gojek, Discovery Channel and HOOQ as well as on set as part of the lighting department for Netflix, BBC, Burberry and more. 

Ayunita Xiao Wei (They/She), called Ayun, is an individual with a deep interest in various fields of art. They are drawn to visual art, where they create and appreciate visual works. Poetry musicalization is also one of their areas of interest, reflecting their fascination with the fusion of music and literature.

In addition, Ayunita has an interest in archiving visual art, which suggests they might be involved in collecting, preserving, and curating various forms of visual art for educational, research, or appreciation purposes. Their passion for literature also reveals a love for the world of books, whether in reading, writing, or appreciating literary works.

Ayunita's diverse interests, especially in discussions around the body and sexuality, reflect their desire to explore and merge various forms of freedom of expression into something artistic.

Gio (Ginoo, Mr/Mx, siya, he/him) is a cultural worker and gender rights advocate and trainer from the University of the Philippines Diliman. A graduate of the UP Film Institute, he is active in film and theatrical works particularly with The UP Repertory Company, the UP Dulaang Laboratoryo, Tag-Ani Performing Arts Society and Ang mga Baklang Kanal. He has also created four short films that focus on narratives about the LGBTQIA++ community.

From 2019 onwards, he has been involved in various cultural productions in UP Diliman - UP Repertory’s USAPANG PUKI (an adaptation of Eve Ensler's THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES) and he also wrote stage adaptations for UP Dulaang Laboratoryo like NO EXIT and MARAT/SADE. He is also an active collaborator for stage and film productions of UP Diliman’s Likhaan: Institute of Creative Writing. He also directed the play ANG TUYOM for the Virgin Labfest 2023. As a filmmaker, he has made four short films on the local situation of the Filipino LGBTQIA++ community: MARK & LENNY (2017), SUNUGIN ANG APARADOR (2018), DATING NICK (2019) and JULIE (2020). He was also involved in independent feature films CLEANERS (by Glenn Barit), WALANG KASARIAN ANG DIGMANG BAYAN (by Jay Altarejos), and NANG MAGLUBLOB AKO SA ISANG MANGKOK NG LIWANAG (by Kuki Zinampan). 

Ineza Roussille is a filmmaker based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and a co-founder of Srikandi Seni, a creative outfit that focuses on uplifting marginalized communities through the arts, events and media. A majority of Ineza’s work has been documentaries focusing on highlighting social issues including on LGBTQ, Women and Children’s rights. This has involved working with groups like UNICEF, the Joint Action Group on Gender Equality (JAG) and SEED Malaysia. She believes marginalized communities in Malaysia deserve to be heard and aims to enhance their voices in whatever way she can.

Ineza is also the co-founder of Songsang Studios, a participatory filmmaking program for the LGBTQ community in Malaysia to build capacity for the community to create content that positively reflects their lives.

In 2019, Ineza co-Produced and Directed M for Malaysia, her first feature documentary that went on to screen at film festivals all over the world including CAAMfest in the US, DocEdge in New Zealand, and Busan International Film Festival, South Korea. M for Malaysia also had a theatrical release in Malaysia and was Malaysia’s official entry for the 2020 Academy Awards for Best International Film.

Since M for Malaysia, Ineza has broadened her scope of work to include directing and producing a number of short films, music videos and video art. She is currently producing her first feature film entitled Karpet.

A queer Filipino filmmaker whose work focuses on collective artmaking and community building.

Rully Mallay was born in Bone, South Sulawesi, in 1961, into a family of Navy personnel. She spent her formative years in Surabaya, East Java, where she completed her primary and secondary education. Rully openly embraced her identity as a trans woman early in life and was fortunate to receive acceptance from her family. This support allowed her to pursue her studies and graduate as a teacher.

After completing her teacher training, Rully worked as an elementary school teacher in Sumba for 10 years. Her dedication and impact on the community earned her widespread respect, culminating in her election as a member of the Bone Regency Legislative Council in South Sulawesi.

Following her retirement in 1993, Rully relocated to Java, living in Bogor from 1994 to 2003. Since 2004, she has been part of a trans woman community and has dedicated herself to volunteer work. She currently serves as a manager at a Women’s Crisis Center (WCC) shelter, providing crucial support to those in need.

Yoppy Pieter is a visual storyteller and educator based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He shoots a diverse range of subjects with an intimate aesthetic.

He learned photography in a workshop held by PannaFoto Institute, he  also selected as one of the participants of Permata PhotoJournalist  Grant (2011), Angkor Photo Workshop (2012),the recipient of Erasmus Huis  Fellowship to Amsterdam (2015), South-East Asia & Oceania 6×6  Global Talent Program by World Press Photo Foundation (2017) and the  first Indonesian who received Joop Swart Masterclass by World Press  Photo Foundation (2019).

His photography works were exhibited in Jakarta Photo Summit #3 (2014), Jakarta Biennale (2015), Photography for Tolerance and Diversity (2017), Mt Rokko International Photo Festival (2018), SPECTROSYNTHESIS II exhibition (2019) and published in a book titled Saujana Sumpu in 2016.

In 2018 he and his other friends from various backgrounds developed Arkademy, the educational platform which aims to promote and encourage the use of photography as a creative medium in critiquing the self, society and the relations that arise between the two. He also developed an Instagram platform named Heterogenic to embrace the diversity and the richness of Indonesian visual culture, also for sharing and discussing ideas among Indonesian photographers.

Bunda Shinta Yolla was born in Medan, North Sumatra, and is currently 65 years old. Coming from a Muslim Batak family, she embraced her identity as a trans woman at a young age and shared her truth with her family early in life. She embarked on a remarkable journey in the fields of modeling, beauty, and the arts, gaining recognition for her beauty and charisma. In her youth, she was a prominent figure in Jakarta’s Taman Lawang community.

As time passed, Bunda Shinta transitioned into entrepreneurship. She now manages a cooperative for transgender women at the Al Fatah Islamic Boarding School for Trans Women in Yogyakarta. Alongside this, she runs a café and salon to sustain her livelihood while also providing shelter for fellow transgender women in her rented home.