© Angela Christofilou
Yas is a writer of journalism and poetry, a performer of drag and spoken word, a campaigner turned trainer and facilitator
I first worked with Yas on a campaign to bring sex education into the 21st century, and have continued to keep in touch and collaborate since. Yas is a strategic thinker, brilliant writer and full of creative ideas
Kajal Odedra, UK director of Change.org
Yas is an extremely brave artist, pushing boundaries about how we talk about and view queerness and gender. They are a tough campaigner, a gentle and thoughtful facilitator, a force to look out for. You can feel how deeply they care
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Executive director of Kaleidoscope Trust and UK Black Pride
We wanted to keep on collaborating with Yas, even after the Turkish Delight nights came to an end. We feel entangled in every step of their process of becoming a (drag) king, and very proud to be so
Tuna Erdem and Seda Ergul, founders of Queer Arts Projects