“Somewhere between the narrow entry of Who I am and What I seem to be, lies a vast and nameless place.”In this transmission, Axel Kacoutié discovers a new sense of self in the cosmologies, concepts and realities of queer and indigenous folks. What are the links between gender expression and our relationship with the Earth? How does it destabilise colonial and capitalist imaginations of what we’re told a gender binary is meant to be?Featuring the voices of:Opaskwayak Cree Nation Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Dr Alex WilsonArtist Buitumelo KotekwaAfro-Taino Two-Spirit change-maker Cleopatra TatabeleScholar and Research Assistant, Karyn De FreitasTransmasculine, non-binary scholar and Founder of the Free Black University, Melz Owusu. Development Producer: Eleanor McDowallAssistant Producer: CA DavisAdditional Recording: Heidi Chang and Israel RamjohnSound Design, Music and Mixing Production: Axel KacoutiéProduced by Axel KacoutiéA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4