Being Transgender, South Asian & Muslim - with drag queen Asifa

On this episode of Masala Podcast, we explore what it means to be transgender, South Asian & Muslim.

My guest is Asifa Lahore, Britain’s first out Muslim drag queen. Asifa is a well-known drag performer and TV star. She’s constantly pushing the boundaries of what it means to be LGBT, South Asian and Muslim. Asifa featured in Channel 4’s groundbreaking documentary Muslim Drag Queens in 2015. She has also been the face of Channel 4's 2016 diversity campaign, 'True Colour TV'.

On the podcast, we talk about Asifa’s journey of first coming out to her traditional Muslim parents as gay and then later coming out as trans and transitioning into being a woman. She talks about balancing her life within the LGBT community as well as being a Muslim. We also discuss the traditional Hijra community, one of the oldest transgender communities in the world and their place in modern India.

Asifa's journey into the spotlight has been a deeply personal one through which she discovered her transgender identity and continues being a voice for intersectional Britain.

MORE ABOUT ASIFA LAHORE:

Insta: @asifalahore

Twitter: @AsifaLahore

YouTube: http://bit.ly/2X4zzMY

Contact: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/asifa-lahore

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