Queer Muslim | Working in sexual health & outreach | Youโll find me being cooky, quirkey & random. All views are my own. ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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Hey everyone Iโd appreciate it if you check out this BBC news piece about religion & sexuality. Since coming out & finding a voice Iโve aimed to make queer Muslims & South Asians feel seen + represented, especially bc I didnโt see that growing up. โค๏ธโ๐ฝ
Plssss a lady on the train was getting her little girl to behave & assuming I didnโt understand Urdu said โstop it or that man will take you away foreverโ ??? I then replied back in Urdu โno I wonโt beti act as crazy as you wantโ bc??? ๐ญ the mum couldnโt look at me after that ๐
My best friend showed me this
@StarbucksIndia
advert yesterday and it reduced me to tears. Itโs groundbreaking adverts like this which are SO important when it comes to changing attitudes around queer folk, especially in a world where transphobia is becoming even more rampant.