Despite being kicked out of his home for being queer, Western Sydney is where Mohammad Awad feels most comfortable. Now he wants to show other queer kids they don't have to leave their neighbourhoods to find acceptance.
Bikes , a documentary music video created by Mohammad Awad , disproves the idea that queer people need to leave Western Sydney to find love.felt love was when he held a boy's hand inside the private confines of a car, outside his school in Western Sydney .
That longing inspired his new music video Bikes, which opens with a compilation of queer couples at different stages of dating, all of whom call Western Sydney home. Tender, an immersive multi-channel film work at the Sydney Opera House, showcases works from Western Sydney artists that challenge perceptions of the area.After getting kicked out of his family home, Mr Awad left Western Sydney and moved to Newtown, one of the city's most queer-friendly neighbourhoods.
"No one's ever filmed a queer date Festival before. It was scary at the time, but I was thinking back there, like, 'Oh, that's pretty iconic, actually'," Mr Awad says.No longer hidden in the confines of a car, the film Bikes follows Mr Awad on a date with his friend Steven at the Eid Show in Bankstown, an annual Muslim festival he often attended growing up."We're not big and scary.
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