Marion Wasserbauer is a PhD student at the University of Antwerp. She works at the intersection of media studies, queer studies and sociology, and is interested in the role of music in the lives of LGBTQ individuals. By listening to and creating life stories, she aims to explore the various aspects of music in relation to identity, gender and sexuality. She is also active in queer and LGBT movements and believes in the importance of exchanging thoughts between academia, activism and the arts.