Queerness is the opposite of colonisation. Jonathan Taikina Taylor’s sentence echoes, especially in a week where the LGBTQiA+ community regroups to battle the odds against the Transgender Persons Amendment Bill. 

“Colonisation is about going into a culture and dictating terms, norms and behaviour. Queerness is the opposite. It is the community coming together to create a system which allows for divergence, and creates a system to enable it,” says the director. Taylor along with his co-conspirator, playwright Mahesh Dattani, hope to explore this in their production, The Monk & The Warrior, that will premiere in the city today.