In September 2023, Aidil Iman Aidid, a Malaysian youth activist, was invited by a group of students at a university in Kuala Lumpur to give a speech on his climate justice advocacy. But just a few days before the event, Aidid’s invitation was revoked. The students who initially invited him explained that the rejection was due to his parallel activism in queer rights. “I did not protest,” says Aidid. “It was not the students who were to blame, but rather their supervisors who made the decision.” According to Aidid, the students attempted to negotiate with school leaders to no avail. The 24-year-old is no stranger to deliberate exclusion from climate events because of his gay identity.