#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Join educator, non-binary activist, and author Nevo Zisin as they explore gender roles, coming out, bullying, and activism. Nevo's debut book Finding Nevo is a memoir about gender and everything that comes with it. In this session Nevo answers questions addressing the LGBTIQA+ community and gives a fun and engaging speech about the life and experiences of a transgender person going through school.
Please note this event replaces the cancelled event Sirens and Empathy.
#Artist
Nevo Zisin
Nevo Zisin (they/them) is a queer, non-binary, Jewish writer, performer, activist and public speaker based in Naarm/ Melbourne. They run workshops in schools and professional development trainings in workplaces around transgender identities. Author of award-winning Finding Nevo (2017), a memoir on gender transition and The Pronoun Lowdown (2021) a useful guidebook on all things related to pronouns.
Their work has appeared in The Saturday Paper, NGV Magazine, Archer Magazine, Junkee, Kindred: A Queer Australian Young Adult Anthology, SBS, Hack Live and The Morning Show amongst others.
They are a mentor for The Pinnacle Foundation, one of Out for Australia's 30 Under 30 for 2019, an ambassador for both Wear It Purple and the Victorian Pride Centre as well as a member of the Gender Euphoria cast - Australia's largest all trans & gender diverse show on a main stage.
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