Safi had to say goodbye to his family. He made this story in the Queer Faces Migrant Voices workshop in 2017. 
Triggerwarning: This story contains violence.

#1 - New beginnings and last farewell

One of our participants talks about his journey from Nigeria to the Netherlands, and about a lifechanging moment in a bar in an unknown city.

#3 - A journey

Aleks tells us about the time he had nowhere to sleep at night. Homelessness is a serious problem amongst LGBTQ youth. Aleks wants to fight the stigma.

#4 - The Key

Elena from Skopje talks about friendship and her first crush.

#5 - Beautiful Bisexual Butterfly

A very young participant from our workshop in Macedonia made a funny and yet serious piece, about catcalling.

#10 - Catcalling

A person from Chechnya, now living in the Netherlands, tells us about his first, second and third life.

#11 - Three Lives

Stephan from North Macedonia tells us about the power of drag and his very first encounter with a pretty skirt.

#14 - Drag Becomes Him

Diona has a broken heart so she goes home to her family for a while, to clear her head. But when her mother asks her what's wrong, Diona hesitates to tell her the truth.

#15 - It's Personal, Mom...

Shevan was send to a Dutch priest in the city of Homs, Syria, to ask for a medicine to make him heterosexual.

#17 - Coming Out Of My Achterhuis

Sarah talks about the relationship between her and her sister, and about the effect that her sisters depression had on both of them.

#19 - Depression

Larry talks us through a series of events that made him realize he should leave his country

#20 - Rising Like A Phoenix

A participant of our workshop finally opened up about something that he kept for himself for a very long time.

#21 - Two Summers

In this piece an Arabic women tries to understand a person that used to live in the refugee camp around the same time that she stayed there.

#22 - How Did He Do It

Esma describes the moment when she felt that she got exposed to the world through her neighbours.

#23 - The Time I Understood The World

Luka, and Armenian guy living in Germany, waited until the very last day of the workshop to share his story with us.

#24 - One Minute Anesthesia

The podcast is taking a short break. We'll be back in 2020 with more stories from around the world. Happy new year!

We're Taking A Break!

Paola Yo talks about her experience of always having to explain herself.

#25 - Explanation

Marija talks about her experience living in a divided society.

#26 - Cards For Humanity

A participant from our workshop we conducted in North Macedonia shares a vulnerable story about bullying and mental health.

#27 - Silent Hurricane

Iskra from North Macedonia talks about a meeting with a stranger on a bus

#28 - Zoza

Coming out is not a one-time thing. In daily situations you are forced to come out over and over again.

#29 - Everyday Coming Out

During our workshop in Kosovo last year, something very impactful happened.

#30 - Harassment

Bodyshaming is not something that men do to women exclusively. It's also something that a lot of women and girls do to each other. For example at school.

#31 - Bodyshaming

Crossing the ocean has been a very traumatic event for many refugees who came to Europe. In a workshop we conducted in Germany back in 2018, there was one participant who wanted to talk about this experience.

#32 - Journey Of Death

A story about mental health, family and taboo's

#33 - The Hidden Medicine

A story about lockdown from our online workshop in Kosovo.

#34 - Lockdown

As kids we are influenced by our parents and their political believes. But as we grow up we form opinions of our own..

#35 - Affected By Solidarity

A participant from our workshop in Kosovo criticizes the educational system in his country.

#36 - Chemistry

When mental health is a big taboo or very poorly understood, how can you find the help you need?

#37 - Colours Of Depression

End Of Summer Break

In this podcast, we bring you a selection of the stories that came from our podcasting workshops. In these workshops, we help queer refugees and newcomers in the Netherlands, or local human rights activists abroad, develop their very first audio story.

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