Sulique Waqa
Patronus: A chameleon. It is also a symbol of our trans collectivisation with a chameleon’s ability to change its colors which symbolises our many intersectional identities.
Fav Quote: “Every breath a trans woman takes is an act of revolution”
Sulique is the co-founded of the Haus of Khameleon, a transgender led feminist movement that is lobbying, campaigning, organizing, researching, training and advocating for transgender equality in Fiji and the Pacific. For eight years now, Sulique has been the chief Coordinator of the popular Adi Senikau Pageant, a transgender pageant in Fiji, and sits as a member of the Hibiscus Festival Committee under the Hibiscus Events Group Inc. Sulique is also a member of the UN Women Pacific Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) and recently was invited to serve as a member of the
first ever UN Women Informal Reference Group on LGBTI Issues. Sulique tweets as SuliqueWaqa and speaks English and Indigenous Fijian (Itaukei).