Ryan Lanji and Sheerah Ravindren are both prominent figures within London’s queer community; both are working towards making the city become a more inclusive space for queer people of colour.

Multi-hyphenate is a word that can truly be applied to Lanji, who founded the South Asian collective and queer Bollywood club night Hungama. Aside from this, he works as a TV personality, an art and fashion curator, and founded NDY (Not Dead Yet) – an initiative that's turning queer club nights into fitness classes. Furthermore, he’s the winner of Netflix's reality series The Big Flower Fight and host of the BBC Three series The Big Proud Party Agency.

Sheerah Ravindren is a model and force to be reckoned with. A vocal and respected activist and advocate for the South Asian Tamil community, Ravindren consistently uses their platform to speak up against systems of oppression. Last year, they graced the cover of British Vogue and appeared in Beyonce’s Brown Skin Girl video.

Together, Lanji and Ravindren have teamed up for a list of spots to hit up in east London. “Sheerah and I believe that all spaces should be for queer people and queer South Asian people,” Lanji said. “As two queer South Asian-identifying people we wanted to support independent and alternative places that embrace us and allow us to not feel our skin colour.” Scroll down for their list of independent spots, and head here to listen to an accompanying Buy Music Club playlist, entitled The People's Places.