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Amrou Al-Kadhi

@glamrou

Writer, performer and filmmaker, and author of Unicorn: The Memoir of a Muslim Drag Queen

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Capitalism is to blame for transphobia – here’s why

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As a gay Muslim, banning students from LGBT+ learning is a travesty

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Why I'm not surprised Louis CK is mocking non-binary people like me

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I never believed Caitlyn Jenner was a trans ally

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Smokers walking down the street with cigarettes are ableist

As a minority identity who has recently acquired a book deal, I would like to let Lionel Shriver and Toby Young know that I didn’t feel paranoid it was only due to my race or sexuality
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Why Lionel Shriver and Toby Young are wrong about diversity schemes

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The Genderquake debate did more harm than good for transgender people

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As First Dates proved this week, it's hard to be a feminine gay man

It’s telling that many of Churchill’s imperialist exploits abroad are not widely known
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Great Britain was never a white utopia – we must confront the past

Frances McDormand used her platform to celebrate all women in the film industry and demanded better inclusion from Hollywood
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Diversity at the Oscars isn't a sign that Hollywood has changed

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Diversity at the Oscars isn't a sign that Hollywood has changed

Frances McDormand used her platform to celebrate all women in the film industry and demanded better inclusion from Hollywood
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No, RuPaul, the drag queen world does not only belong to men

I’m not discounting the importance of joy in moments of national remembrance, but I was pleased to see the organisers of LGBTQI+ History month claim that this year is commemorating two 'sombre' events
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Queer and transgender people are still taught to experience shame

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Why Three Billboards didn't deserve an Oscar nomination

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Theresa May has legitimised Trump's comments through her silence

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Theresa May has legitimised Trump's comments through her silence

It’s truly baffling that Dunkirk and The Greatest Hour (pictured) were nominated for Best Film.
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The Bafta nominations are male, pale and stale

If it really is a time for love and generosity, try to think about how you might better respect and incorporate migrant and queer identities feeling displaced around the country
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When you're a queer immigrant Christmas can be isolating

‘The more they boo, the more I cackle’: Amrou Al-Kadhi (left) as Dame Judy Hench in ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’
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What I've learned from playing the queer Arab villain in a pantomime

Over 300 people were killed in an attack during Friday prayers in North Sinai, Egypt
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It is wrong to use the Egypt terror victims as political fodder

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Blue Planet II has become an unlikely antidote to transphobia

I worry that many of those who marriage equality benefits might turn their back on the less privileged in our communities
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We shouldn't clebrate Australia's vote in favour of same-sex marriage

Often straight men find themselves attracted to me in drag, and that makes them uncomfortable
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Everyone told me I wasn't a man – until I started dressing in drag

Brokeback Mountain was a watershed moment for cinema – but it wasn't the best thing to base my sex life on
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Queer cinema still finds it hard to be honest about sex and misogyny

I worry that many of those who marriage equality benefits might turn their back on the less privileged in our communities
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We shouldn't clebrate Australia's vote in favour of same-sex marriage

Often straight men find themselves attracted to me in drag, and that makes them uncomfortable
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Everyone told me I wasn't a man – until I started dressing in drag

Brokeback Mountain was a watershed moment for cinema – but it wasn't the best thing to base my sex life on
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Queer cinema still finds it hard to be honest about sex and misogyny

80 people were confirmed dead in southern Iraq, which previously hasn't seen as much conflict as the north
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On Friday 80 Iraqis died in a terror attack – but no one said anything

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On Friday 80 Iraqis died in a terror attack – but no one said anything

80 people were confirmed dead in southern Iraq, which previously hasn't seen as much conflict as the north
If you want to investigate Britain’s period past, please examine the racist and systemic injustices our nation is founded upon
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Victoria and Abdul is a whitewashed account of colonialism

Dress codes immediately exclude queer bodies that sit along the infinite permutations of gender, sexual and racial spectrums
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When gay bars police what people wear, they exclude people like me

Lady Gaga infamously wore a pink burqa to promote her album 'Art Pop'
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The Met Gala's 'Fashion and Religion' theme is endlessly problematic

‘It’s safer for me to be here, but I encounter racism for being Arab,’ says Amrou Al-Kadhi
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What speaking Arabic at a gay sauna in London made me realise

‘It’s safer for me to be here, but I encounter racism for being Arab,’ says Amrou Al-Kadhi
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What speaking Arabic at a gay sauna in London made me realise

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Here's what it's like to be a gay Muslim

Karar Nushi, an Iraqi model, was murdered in Baghdad
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Western intervention is to blame for the murder of LGBT Iraqis

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I've been asked to audition for the role of terrorist 30 times

Jeremy Corbyn is said to have benefited from the youth vote at this election
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The social media bubble burst at this general election

I was socially reproducing racism and Islamophobia inside my own home, which caused traumatic rifts between me and my parents
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Why I gave up speaking Arabic at the age of 13

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As a British Muslim, I fear terror just as much as you do

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Don't be surprised that Caitlyn Jenner still supports Trump

Lack of diversity in popular British television shows isn’t helpful in combating xenophobia
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Why it's so offensive to be constantly asked where I'm 'really' from

Kendall Jenner received huge backlash for a Pepsi advert in 2017 for appearing to trivialise demonstrations aimed at tackling social justice causes, the campaign was pulled shortly after its debut
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Thank you, Kendall Jenner, for showing minorities the way with Pepsi

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As a Muslim drag queen I'm a right-wing meme maker's worst nightmare

'This is why Moonlight has to be the big winner at the Oscars. We need more than white nostalgia'
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I've been asked to audition for the role of terrorist 30 times

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I've been asked to audition for the role of terrorist 30 times

'This is why Moonlight has to be the big winner at the Oscars. We need more than white nostalgia'
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There’s nothing new about Trump’s ‘travel ban’

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Straight white people need to stop telling me they love my queerness

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How drag saved my relationship with my Muslim mother

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