Episode 5: Queer, Brown & Mic’d Up with Sureni Weerasekera

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You’ve seen her bring the laughs on stage (and play Akbar’s drag twin in their short, Poreless). But behind the comedy, Sureni Weerasekera carries the layered story of a queer Sri Lankan-American trying to find her voice in a world that didn’t always make space for it.

In this episode of The SafeTea Podcast, Sureni talks about growing up in an immigrant family in San Diego, busking on the streets (with her father's permission), and navigating the pressure to choose security over self-expression. She shares what it took to drop out of Berkeley, pursue stand-up full-time, and build spaces for queer BIPOC comics to thrive. From generational shifts to saying no to grind culture, Sureni gets real about what it means to choose freedom, and use comedy as both a survival tool and an act of resistance.

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