D’LO

D’Lo is a queer/transgender Tamil-Sri Lankan-American activist/writer/performer whose work ranges from community education and workshops to stand-up comedy, film, television and music production. His work has been published in various anthologies and academic journals, including: Desi Rap: Hip Hop and South Asia America and Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic (co-edited by Sharon Bridgforth) and Troubling the Line: Trans and Genderqueer Poetry and Poetics. He is currently part of QORE, a Queer South Asian Comedic Artists Collective, created in response to the rising ideology of intolerance both in Modi's India and Trump's America. His full-length stand-up storytelling show D’FunQT (defunct), toured internationally (SF, NY, Manchester, UK and a 7-city tour in India and Sri Lanka.) His tv/film credits include co-starring in the HBO series LOOKING as Taj, on the Amazon series TRANSPARENT, the Netflix series SENSE 8 and USA’s Mr. ROBOT. He has been featured as an artist and expert in The Guardian, NBC, and The Advocate and on CNN. D’Lo is the creator of the “Coming Out, Coming Home” writing workshop series which have taken place with South Asian and/or Immigrant LGBTQ Organizations nationally, which provide a transformative space for workshop participants to write through their personal narratives and share their truths through a public reading. These workshops are specifically designed to provide emotional and spiritual support for individuals working through the complexity of their intersecting identities. Committed to seeing LGBTQIA+ narratives portrayed with dignity and appropriate cultural context, he brings his expertise to the Green House to support projects diving into these and adjacent topics.