The T on the T, Trans Fabulous: Social Inequality Justice Responsibility, Cultural Relativism

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Aisya serves as a board member of the Australia GLBTQIA+ Multicultural Council (AGMC) while doing her PhD on navigating Asian values and media responsibility. Her research includes fields in political science and history, decolonisation to LGBTQI+ and Islam with a focus on improving social inequality, promoting cultural relativism and social responsibility.

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