Hey Toronto, are you free Jan 6th?

Brown Bodies live! with Sunthar V

Happy holidays! I hope, at bare minimum, you’re warm, well fed, healthy, happy and getting a real proper break. Echoing

Tahmina Begum

, my heart is with Christian Palestinians in Bethlehem who don’t have the safety or peace to celebrate.

If you are in Toronto, I’d love to invite you to our first ever event in the city.

​Brown Bodies has partnered with Toronto IRL — the place to discover cool events in the city — for a cosy, chai fuelled evening exploring love, sex, and identity within the South Asian diaspora.

I’m very excited that we’ll be joined by special guest, Sunthar V — a Toronto-born, Tamil, and openly queer comedian. I’ll be interviewing them about what love and sex meant to them growing up, the intersection of being Tamil and queer, and how they use comedy as a tool for having meaningful conversations. Therapist Sonam Singh will be joining us for the second half of our chat to help us better explore topics that come up. And keeping us on track all evening will be our MC queen, Rabia Sohail, founder of Toronto IRL.

You can find the full agenda below.

📅 Date: Monday, 6th January
🕒 Time: Doors open at 7:30 PM
📍 Location: 122 John St, Toronto, ON M5V 2E3
💰 Cost: $20 CAD (free for subscribers)
All proceeds from the event will be donated to Medical Aid Palestine.

Spaces are limited, so grab your tickets early!

Toronto is one of my favourite cities and a place I’ve had the joy of spending a lot of time over the last few years. Interestingly, it’s one of the main cities Brown Bodies readers come from too. So, what better place to kick off Brown Bodies 2025?

I’m incredibly nervous to do this in another city and country. Like will people turn up!? Tune in in a couple of weeks time to see if I’m crying alone in a gorgeous space. But more importantly, I’m super excited: to meet people, for Sunthar V, to hear Rabia speak, to bring in a therapist’s voice to the panel experience and, obvs, for chai!

​I hope to see you there and, as always, thank you for your support! 🧡

Agenda

7:30 PM: Doors open.
Come join us for chats and chai.

​8:00 PM: Opening Sermon
Rabia Sohail, founder of Toronto IRL, will set the tone for the night.

​8:15 PM: In Conversation with...Sunthar V
​For the second half of the chat we’ll be joined by therapist Sonam Singh to delve even deeper. ​The panel will be moderated by me! We'll end with an audience Q&A. So come with your questions, energy and openness.

9.15PM: End of panel.

​9:45PM: Doors Close.

​About the speakers

​With a proud Tamil queer identity and the experience of being a child of refugees, Sunthar V's comedic storytelling transcends boundaries and resonates with audiences from diverse backgrounds. Their ability to connect with people on a deep level has earned them a loyal following and widespread acclaim. Sunthar also founded London's first Tamil Comedy Club which has taken the comedy scene by storm, regularly hosting sold-out shows.

​Anisah Osman Britton is the creator of Brown Bodies, a platform all about love and sex in the South Asian diaspora. As an accomplished tech founder and tech journalist, she's always had a deep love for storytelling which has led her to moderating stages across the world with some of the biggest names in the industry. She was awarded an MBE by the King for services to diversity in tech.

​Rabia Sohail is the founder of Toronto IRL, a purpose-driven project she launched in May 2024. Since then she has thrown 15+ sold out events and grown toronto IRL to 2500+ subscribers. She is also the host of see u IRL, a community that brings strangers together in an apartment style cafe biweekly.

​Sonam Singh is the founder of Shifting Your State Therapy. She has a special interest in the complexities that children of immigrant parents/guardians encounter. She herself is a child of immigrant Punjabi-Sikh parents. She creates space in her sessions for the exploration of generational healing.