Sakeema Peng Crook is probably the most stylish member of this 12 months’ Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley – our annual list of 101 influential LGBTQs – a lot so, the model-content creator-dancer-activist-multi-hyphenate leads our Fashion, Art, and Design category, supported by Klarna.

She graduated from the London Contemporary Dance School in 2015. Since then, she’s showcased a plethora of styles and types of movement, collaborating with huge artists on a number of the world’s biggest stages. She danced all of the option to Glastonbury, acting on the long-lasting Pyramid Stage with Years and Years, appeared in FKA Twigs’ ‘Cellophane, Live at The Wallace Collection’ video and more recently in Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ music video for ‘Unholy’, which reached primary on the Billboard Hot 100. She has also toured with dance productions created by Shobana Jeyasingh, Alexander Whitley and art organisation Fevered Sleep.

Crook is an everyday fixture and lively member of the London ballroom scene and was an original dancer in Europe’s first LGBTQIA+ inclusive strip club, Harpies, which centres on trans and queer bodies. She has used her experience to begin conversations on trans bodies, including a chat on the Royal College of Art titled ‘Navigating Space in a Non-Cis body’. What’s clear is that Sakeema explores dance to its fullest, difficult herself and showing how her art pertains to her body as a trans woman.

“Sakeema is committed to using her voice to campaign for Black liberation and trans freedom”

Playing dress-up is something Sakeema loves, so it’s no surprise that she has gravitated towards the style world, who’ve embraced her wholeheartedly. Sakeema’s achievements in fashion echo her dance prowess, having worked with the likes of The Body Shop and Calvin Klein, in addition to revered fashion titles including British Vogue, Dazed and i-D.

Whether she is walking in a Ganni fashion show in Copenhagen, attending a Mugler event in Paris or starring in a D&G beauty campaign, Sakeema is all the time desirous about how she will use her platform to champion her activism. She is committed to using her voice to campaign for Black liberation and trans freedom, ensuring that in addition to expressing herself creatively, she can be being heard, especially around BLM and trans rights and visibility.

Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley – our list of our 101 most influential LGBTQ people – appears in full in issue 351 of Attitude, in the stores and download now

The complete list for Attitude 101 Fashion, Art, and Design, supported by Klarna

Aries Moross, Creative director, illustrator, and designer

Chema Díaz, Designer and DJ

Patrick McDowell, Designer

Parker Kit Hill, Model and actor

Nemar Parchment, Model and singer

Ryan Zaman, Model and author

Sam Salter, Dancer, model, and actor

Charlie Clark-Perry, Founder and director of SUPA Model Management

Zhuo Chen, Model and artist

Words Joseph Kocharian Photography: Priya Oades and Amanda Urvall Nyrén