Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast. I talk about life being a British East Asian; from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture. In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Nick. We talk about finding your community as a gender fluid person. What gender fluidity means, being Chinese, how LGBT is STILL illegal in Malaysia (WTF), how genderising starts from a very young age, from phrases such as ‘boys will be boys’. How terms like ‘man up’, ‘being a pussy’ harms us all, unpicking habits in our daily life that harm LGTBQ+ people, I found out that Miley Cyrus is gender fluid, JK Rowling’s rhetoric on the trans community, mental health, similarities between being a painter decorator and makeup, and most importantly, celebrating being gender fluid. Nick also gives great advice that applies to all of us: be kind and listen. Follow Nick’s girl mode Instagram (warning: you will get wardrobe envy): https://www.instagram.com/enjoy_invisibility/ Read Nick’s fashion blog: https://lusciouseffect.wordpress.com/ Support Gender diverse kids: https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/ Asian YouTube who’s dead relaxing to watch that we mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/c/cnliziqi

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