Artist

Sasja Sÿdek

she/her

Sasja Sÿdek is an Indigenous Singaporean transgender woman of colour (TWOC), activist, advocate, and cultural practitioner based in Naarm/Melbourne. She is the co-founder of Trans Sisters United, an organisation dedicated to celebrating transgender women while addressing violence against them, with a particular focus on women of colour. Sasja brings lived experience and deep community knowledge to conversations on trans justice, safety, visibility, and liberation. She has contributed to influential publications in trans studies and queer history, including Nothing To Hide: Voices of Trans & Gender Diverse Australia, Transgender Australia: A History Since 1910, Foreground, as well as notable articles such as Why Visibility for TWOC Matters More Than Ever for QNews Magazine. Sasja is the host of the television program TRANSFABULOUS on Channel 31 and a former award-winning producer, presenter and podcaster on 3CR’s Queering The Air. As a speaker, Sasja offers powerful insights on trans rights, intersectionality, media representation, community-led advocacy, and the lived realities of transgender women of colour.

See Sasja at Trans Book Festival 2026:

Trans Femmes to the Front