Asifa Lahore: The Boy Behind the Burqa (The story of UK’s first muslim drag queen)

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  • Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
  • Asifa Lahore, is the UK's first out, Muslim Drag Queen. She shot to infamy in 2014 after being censored by the BBC while speaking about homosexuality and Islam. Her bravery and outspokenness on the topic inspired a groundswell of national support and she's since become a symbol of hope to many, reframing dialogues about Muslim identity and sexuality.
    In this entertaining, yet highly personal talk, she discusses her journey into drag - via mosques, arranged marriages and even death threats. Despite all these experiences, it was the need to live an ‘authentic life’ that spurred her on to become the person we see today - a brave, beautiful, eloquent ‘boy in a dress’ who’s breaking down boundaries and leading the narrative about sexuality and religion.

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  • @salmazanbour8664
    @salmazanbour8664 8 років тому +51

    I'm not homophobic i think they have the right to do whatever they want just like straight ppl but the thing i don't get is , why would he as a gay person follow a religion that is clearly against his sexual orientation/ life style

    • @wiernyinaczej
      @wiernyinaczej 8 років тому +1

      Oh...religion is so poisonous. It's kind of like heroin but without any high.

    • @PersonWConscience
      @PersonWConscience 8 років тому +4

      +Em Jay He/She is a cultural Muslim and no one can take that away from him/her.

    • @buterflyz
      @buterflyz 8 років тому +1

      Are you white?

    • @salmazanbour8664
      @salmazanbour8664 8 років тому

      fridge freezer me ?

    • @buterflyz
      @buterflyz 8 років тому

      no that 'wiernyinaczej' person

  • @parmdeepjagdev8395
    @parmdeepjagdev8395 7 років тому +12

    To all the people posting negative comments. and calling asifa haram etc. He comes from a place of love. we can't deny love. love is genderless. Why live in fear of happiness? Most of you would have rather he married his cousin and suffered all his life. He saved his cousin from certain unhappiness. Very few people can do what he does.

    • @alysha1204
      @alysha1204 6 років тому +1

      No one saying don't be happy he can be happy just don't involve a religion where it is not allowed you cannot change religion

    • @samadam9621
      @samadam9621 6 років тому +1

      Only good thing he done was not marry his cousin saved the girl from lifetime of hell. As for love so love is sodomising fornicating with shit that’s harmful it’s lust harmful and perverse desires whispered into him by the devil. He has accepted these vile desires which he can no one stopping him but never will true Islam accept homosexuality. So he cannot call himself a Muslim until he repents for his evil sins

    • @jiaali2056
      @jiaali2056 5 років тому +1

      you know what he can't be muslim and gay at the same time there are some parameters of religion ..you just can't say i eat but i am fasting at the same time ..that's the rule you can't eat while you are fasting and one more thing he is totally lying being gay since he was kid because this not a natural process you are not born with this

    • @AuntAgatha0fullmoon
      @AuntAgatha0fullmoon 5 років тому +1

      @@jiaali2056 His faith is between him and his God. You, as a random troll on the internet, do not have a say.
      Also, am I supposed to take your word more seriously than his when it comes to his childhood experiences? Are you saying you can prove that his childhood story was a lie, or that he didn't react the way he did? Because if you can't, you have no fucking business talking that way about another person's life experiences. Also, recent studies in epigenetics actually have found genetic links to (male) homosexuality. The research is still in its infancy, but it's being studied.
      Also, grammar and punctuation might be stuff you should look into, just saying.

  • @sureyamohammed1737
    @sureyamohammed1737 5 років тому +4

    It is fine to be whatever she/he wants to be. I only wish she/he leaves the religion (Islam) out her/his speech. Obviously, this person doesn’t look like a Muslim, doesn’t act like a Muslim, doesn’t talk like a Muslim. So ...I wonder why she/he is obsessed with word “Muslim”?

  • @mariarayo1430
    @mariarayo1430 8 років тому +18

    Asifa thank you!.I do not have words, you are incredible human, thank you, thank you. You really are not a drag queen, you are the Queen. Thank you forever!. Freedom. All my respects.

  • @hidayatshaikh3860
    @hidayatshaikh3860 2 роки тому +3

    You cannot be Muslim and gay at same time

    • @Candolad
      @Candolad 5 місяців тому

      As lots of gay Muslims I know say too. It's an impossibility.

  • @sabrin-rn4119
    @sabrin-rn4119 4 роки тому +3

    Seems like she just wants make fun of islam and get lots of attention and fame through this . This is respectless to the muslim community.

  • @Hi-vf9wx
    @Hi-vf9wx 3 роки тому +2

    She's gorgeous I'm gonna cry, ok she's my fav drag queen now ;_;

  • @buterflyz
    @buterflyz 8 років тому +19

    Every religion has rules.you can't just pick and choose what suits you and ignore the ones that don't.You can be an Asian drag queen but leave Islam out of it.you know full well that music, dancing and cross dressing go against the religion yet you insist on doing it.You do have the right to be whatever you want but if you want to be part of Islam you can't be a drag queen.

    • @buterflyz
      @buterflyz 8 років тому +2

      i dont? im a woman and wtf are you even talking about.

    • @miissBaByLurv
      @miissBaByLurv 7 років тому +2

      what does that mean ? she's trying to say do whatever but don't do it being a part of a religion , your not Muslim so u wouldn't understand

    • @patrizia9044
      @patrizia9044 7 років тому

      I wasn't talking about that at all. But I deleted my comments anyway cause seemed pointless

    • @mohamedferousfaruk6
      @mohamedferousfaruk6 6 років тому

      U r right and al-yawmul-quiyam is near

  • @Candolad
    @Candolad 5 місяців тому

    "You know, you know". "I was like". "He was like". "She was like". "You know".

  • @WW-bv8hk
    @WW-bv8hk 5 років тому +9

    "I used to be very cute as a child." *One eye facing the floor, one eye facing the ceiling.* Yeah buddy, am sure you were... 🤣🤣🤣

  • @angelah.3402
    @angelah.3402 2 роки тому +1

    He is a riot!!! His personality is everything!! I love him.

    • @cali5224
      @cali5224 2 роки тому

      Get ya head out of his ass 🤪

  • @najahmeshly1
    @najahmeshly1 8 років тому +20

    I dont care for what ever you do to your self or talk about but do not involve islam in your conversation

    • @MohammadAtifLatif
      @MohammadAtifLatif 7 років тому +2

      exactly, it does because of the hypocrits like him where he call himself as a Muslim but do exactly what is not permissible in Islam.
      He want to use word Islam/Muslim on every forum, not because of his love for the religion but for the Publicity the words Islam, Pakistan etc will give to him.

    • @saimakhan2168
      @saimakhan2168 6 років тому

      your right

    • @HassanAliLondon
      @HassanAliLondon 6 років тому

      Qeen N 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @kotarouthewitch6560
      @kotarouthewitch6560 4 роки тому

      @@MohammadAtifLatif yes! That is true, and it's not a bad thing. Because if he use that publicity to give more power to marriage equality then it's a good thing. So what if he makes a few extra bucks in the middle of it. Unlike your preachers, he got the talent to deserve it

    • @LankyScotty
      @LankyScotty Рік тому

      You can't just gatekeep a religion. religion is not a checklist. You're not any less holy for being gay

  • @a1upptrades262
    @a1upptrades262 4 роки тому +5

    Wallahi the end is near.

  • @verenaelisabeth3866
    @verenaelisabeth3866 7 років тому +2

    asifa lahore has been an inspiring person for me since i know her. people like her also gave me another view on religion, on faith. thank you

  • @aliallawi3463
    @aliallawi3463 8 років тому +14

    Well done I like your self esteem 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @navidanwar2645
    @navidanwar2645 Місяць тому

    You cannot be Muslim
    Islam does not allow this , so please don't mix culture with the Islamic deen
    But you do have the right to your life so do what you want

  • @bumithemadman
    @bumithemadman Рік тому +1

    Isnt this basically blackface but with genders

  • @user-cc7ud7zs2x
    @user-cc7ud7zs2x 3 місяці тому

    What you are amazing you are our Inspiration there are Muslim people who are suffering from Gender Deformity and they need your help please sister Help us.

  • @nikkigoddess450
    @nikkigoddess450 8 років тому +4

    Asifa...you are fabulous !
    Keep the good work... Spread love to those who are still in the dark ... Brava Asifa .

    • @MohammadAtifLatif
      @MohammadAtifLatif 7 років тому

      The Goddess
      Good work !!!!! Seriously ???

    • @nikkigoddess450
      @nikkigoddess450 7 років тому

      Atif Latif
      She's only human and I respect her life to be as she is .... do you have a problem with that ?

    • @MohammadAtifLatif
      @MohammadAtifLatif 7 років тому

      The Goddess
      offcourse Not, but only problem me and all other Muslims have is that the way he is using and disrespecting Islam and Muslims is not right and is not acceptable.
      He stop mentioning the Religion, we have no problem at all with what he does.
      It is so disappointing to see people like you who rather then stopping these people from doing this, you praise them.

    • @nikkigoddess450
      @nikkigoddess450 7 років тому

      Atif Latif
      Religion for me is between me and God and no other human will tell me if I am right or wrong, UNLESS that so called human could walk on water and perform miracle ! I only preach about LOVE and ABSOLUTELY NOT about HATE !!!! I believe in GOD and GOD is FORGIVING !

    • @MohammadAtifLatif
      @MohammadAtifLatif 7 років тому

      Wow ... what a belief.... someone Mocking and Disrespecting the religion and that is OK (because it is either Freedom of Speech or Between Me and God). But you can not ask someone to stop doing it, because that is not right .... amazing ...

  • @kotarouthewitch6560
    @kotarouthewitch6560 4 роки тому +1

    Asia, oh man, I met her once, so funny, amazing person

  • @johnnj3858
    @johnnj3858 8 років тому +8

    Intelligent, beautiful and very charming.

    • @InsideJob2001
      @InsideJob2001 9 місяців тому

      Arrogant, hideous, and utterly charmless 😂

  • @cheshirecat2641
    @cheshirecat2641 8 років тому +2

    I love you! You're fantastic! I've seen you in channel 4 advert.
    Wish you all the best.

  • @hidayatshaikh3860
    @hidayatshaikh3860 2 роки тому +1

    6:35 this is not natural

  • @Candolad
    @Candolad 5 місяців тому

    At 10:53 you say "I feel very comfortable being a woman", but I think you mean you feel comfortable dressed as a woman.

  • @oslatron
    @oslatron 7 років тому

    is this Tatianna from RPDR?:)

  • @MaroGhaziUmmati313
    @MaroGhaziUmmati313 Рік тому +1

    Asifa is not a Muslim 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @MiddleclassTravellers
    @MiddleclassTravellers 6 років тому +1

    Wooah!!! Loved it! Keep it up👍👍💕

  • @ayahosmani6184
    @ayahosmani6184 8 років тому +9

    She's not a Muslim...doesn't she get that?

    • @PersonWConscience
      @PersonWConscience 8 років тому +4

      Ayesha
      It is not for you to decide.

    • @PersonWConscience
      @PersonWConscience 8 років тому

      Vorrection
      Ayah

    • @buterflyz
      @buterflyz 8 років тому

      You're an idiot

    • @buterflyz
      @buterflyz 8 років тому +1

      For me?
      And who are you?
      Homosexuality and cross dressing is against islam.
      The end

    • @buterflyz
      @buterflyz 8 років тому

      They can Identify how they want, they don't need to publicity disgrace Islam in the process

  • @prakashramadhar6300
    @prakashramadhar6300 8 років тому +5

    ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS,KEEP IT ALIVE LOVE YOU .

  • @heavymetalsmoker69
    @heavymetalsmoker69 8 років тому +6

    Sure, be a woman. But even as a woman he is far from the Islamic message of modesty. What with all those provocative dance moves and revealing clothes.

  • @tamarathompson8967
    @tamarathompson8967 8 років тому +3

    I love her dress!

  • @metta8
    @metta8 8 років тому

    Excellent!

  • @hammertime4437
    @hammertime4437 5 років тому +2

    To all the religious nuts who say you can't pick and choose in religion. The beginnings of your religion started out by people who picked and choose what they wanted in their religion.

    • @Candolad
      @Candolad 5 місяців тому

      Yes, but Islam treats those who attempt to change the Qur'an as blasphemous and calls for their death. The UK, in common with all developed Christian heritage Capitalist countries invented the freedom that other religions appear to like, but then seek to destroy. Islam is the biggest threat to Western values of democracy, freedom to criticise, women's equal and LGBT rights.

  • @rac717
    @rac717 8 років тому +2

    I suggest that ALL drag queens wear burqas.

  • @mslittlexmiss6899
    @mslittlexmiss6899 3 роки тому +2

    Besharam!

  • @ijazmohammed4744
    @ijazmohammed4744 8 років тому +3

    she's brave

    • @dan292009
      @dan292009 8 років тому +1

      Inspirational

    • @InsideJob2001
      @InsideJob2001 9 місяців тому

      Attention seeking is not the same as bravery

  • @jujuukekeke7668
    @jujuukekeke7668 5 років тому +1

    Good he’s happy but, do NOT involve Islam in this at all. He literally goes against everything in Islam and says he’s a Muslim

  • @amjadbaig7377
    @amjadbaig7377 Рік тому +1

    Wtf 🤬

  • @Nursestudent1
    @Nursestudent1 5 років тому

    Isn't study of Lut alaihasalaam mentioned in quran and Bible and it shows that his whole people were given punishment of being gays... ?
    God will take it as love for us while for them it was a sin....
    Please answer me If I am wrong....

    • @kotarouthewitch6560
      @kotarouthewitch6560 4 роки тому

      Thank God that I don't believe in I am no longer religious, but when I was, I did intensive study on that, at least for the Bible, then reason for punishment is rape, not homosexuality

    • @fahimmohimen7065
      @fahimmohimen7065 3 роки тому

      It was a shitty myth

  • @gname8252
    @gname8252 8 років тому

    true that!

  • @haidershahid5267
    @haidershahid5267 8 років тому +2

    gay boy

  • @sanakhan142
    @sanakhan142 4 роки тому +2

    Baygarat

  • @treskonopelko2615
    @treskonopelko2615 8 років тому

    I love it!!!!!!!xxxxx

  • @IK-fg4gw
    @IK-fg4gw 6 років тому

    Gay or trans??

  • @thasniashahrin2944
    @thasniashahrin2944 5 років тому

    Im not hateing at all but what will Allah think

  • @adamson786bi3
    @adamson786bi3 2 роки тому +1

    WHEN THEY DENY THE TRUTH, ALLAH ALLMIGHTY LEAVES THEM TO LIVE IN BLINDNESS, AND THEY CONTINUE TO CURUPT THEMSELVES AND PEOPLE AROUND THEM BECAUSE THEY CHOOSE TO DISBELEIVE THE TRUTH. INSTEAD OF REPENTING FOR HIS SINS, HE IS NOW PROMOTING SIN AROGANTLY.
    ALLAH ALLMIGHTY HAS SAID ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT ALLAH WILL FORGIVE THE BELEIVERS WHO USE TO KEEP THEIR SINS A SECRET AND THEY USE TO REPENT. BUT ASIFA LAHORE IS OPENLY SPREADING HIS SINFULL AROGANT LIFE AS A LESSON TO BE PROUD OF HIS SIN, THIS WILL SURELY GO AGAINST HIM ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT. MAY ALLMIGHTY ALLAH FORGIVE ALL OF MANKIND AND GIVE ALL BELEIVERS THE HIGHEST STATION IN PARADISE, AMEEN. I ACTUALLY LIKE ASIFA LAHORE AS A PERSON, AND I BELEIVE HE'S KIND TOWARDS PEOPLE'S FEELINGS, BUT.... THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH!

  • @qsbachekabul8882
    @qsbachekabul8882 Рік тому

    Burn

  • @aj90ar
    @aj90ar 8 років тому +2

    Don't act like a women. now people get confuse you are boy or girl

    • @MsArembi
      @MsArembi 7 років тому

      aj why bothers you?

  • @sanakhan142
    @sanakhan142 4 роки тому

    Shame on you

  • @Muhammedthemaverick
    @Muhammedthemaverick 8 років тому +4

    this is not right!

  • @MrShahspice
    @MrShahspice 8 років тому +6

    Jahanmi....

    • @jiaali2056
      @jiaali2056 5 років тому

      @Sarah P he is going to hell because he is doing sin and not just doing it but promoting it and that is the only place for the devil disciples

  • @buterflyz
    @buterflyz 8 років тому +6

    White people there's no need to comment on this video.You're coming from a completely different perspective.you don't understand the Asian culture or Islam.That 'do whatever you want' attitude doesn't work because we're not heathens.

    • @Tiz604
      @Tiz604 6 років тому

      fridge freezer I'm a Heathen and proud ! You morons Don't even understand that different Layers and complexity in the west . this is A GAY MUSLIM Drag Queen this is REAL dash with it ..fool.

    • @kazookid4776
      @kazookid4776 5 років тому

      Look dude race has nothing to do with it CULTURE does so saying WHITE PEOPLE is totally invalid

    • @levon5574
      @levon5574 5 років тому

      lol white people good one

  • @hotpotato101
    @hotpotato101 6 років тому

    He never wore a burqa. I don’t get it cos I’ve only ever seen him dressed in trashy outfits.

  • @RR-tg5ue
    @RR-tg5ue 8 років тому +5

    Since when going hell was so fun? Face Allah swt ? Lol mate fear Allah

  • @buterflyz
    @buterflyz 8 років тому +2

    You need God

    • @PersonWConscience
      @PersonWConscience 8 років тому +1

      She has God.

    • @svettralph1984
      @svettralph1984 6 років тому

      She is better than those that go to church every day and then secretly going to gay bars. So she has got her God

    • @RafiqulIslam-zm7sb
      @RafiqulIslam-zm7sb Рік тому +1

      @@svettralph1984 they may be closer than others but we still cannot spread misinformation that this is not a sin

  • @neemahmed5054
    @neemahmed5054 8 років тому +4

    Disgrace

  • @Muhammedthemaverick
    @Muhammedthemaverick 8 років тому +4

    haram child you'll get punished

  • @BeverlySchnett
    @BeverlySchnett 8 років тому +1

    Muslims could be proud of Asifa Lahore and i mean that very serious!

    • @MohammadAtifLatif
      @MohammadAtifLatif 7 років тому

      BeverlySchnett
      Seriously ??? Proud of what ??? for example ???
      For Disrespecting and mocking the religion everywhere ? Breaking the Laws set by God and Religion ???

    • @BeverlySchnett
      @BeverlySchnett 7 років тому

      Asifa Lahore has a message and she has something to say, she
      worked hard and she has an opinion. I can‘t expect from everyone to share her opinion but what about respect to different opinons? What about to consider God is not a single-minded accountat who hates everyone who is not like an accountant?

    • @MohammadAtifLatif
      @MohammadAtifLatif 7 років тому +2

      The problem is not about having an opinion but being hypocrit.
      There are basically two points:
      1. According to Islam, either you can be a Gay or Muslim. These laws are set by God, not me or you. So no point trying to create justification.
      2. He dont want to be called a Gay Muslim because he loves Islam but because of the fact that if he doesnt attach Islam/Pakistani Culture with him then no one will care about him( cant seek this much attention).

    • @BeverlySchnett
      @BeverlySchnett 7 років тому +1

      Regarding 1.: so God creates a world full of homosexuals and
      forbids them to be homosexual. Why? I can`t belive that. Regarding 2.: Everyone who is in the public seeks attention.

    • @MohammadAtifLatif
      @MohammadAtifLatif 7 років тому +1

      1: God Created She-males and we accept and respect them. But God havent made Homosexuals, they made themselves like that. So first of all make the point clear.
      2: Seeking attention is not a problem but using wrong means, disrespecting other faiths, cultures to seek attention is wrong.

  • @esskay3694
    @esskay3694 8 років тому

    I respect the fact she is gay but why is she in a religion which clearly prohibits homosexuality? She can't have been that surprised with the response she got/is getting.

    • @MohammadAtifLatif
      @MohammadAtifLatif 7 років тому

      Sulaka Kay
      it is so simple to do that but he would never, believe me !!!! You know why??? How will he seek attention if he does that ???

    • @Danieledm-ju5of
      @Danieledm-ju5of 6 років тому

      Because being gay is not a choice, and completely natural/biological. Being Muslim is a choice, and Asifa has the freedom to CHOOSE whether she wants to continue in her faith. Perhaps, she continues to follow Islam because she believes in its theological teachings. She may use logic and not take religious text literally, as it was written thousands of years ago, and, like it or not, it has been influenced by the social norms and values of the time. Imagine if a religious text prohibited having a genetic disease. Wtf right? Something we have no control over, but said prohibition was made due to socially constructed concepts of what is deemed to be normal. All in all, education is key. Please be open to being informed on such topics, the LGBT is the definitely the most disadvantaged and discriminated group in our world and it is simply so inhumane.

    • @RafiqulIslam-zm7sb
      @RafiqulIslam-zm7sb Рік тому

      @@Danieledm-ju5of it's not attraction which is forbidden but intimacy

  • @sabzk6943
    @sabzk6943 7 років тому

    this is haram I feel bad for Asifa May Allah guide her bc she really doesn't realize that what she is doing for whatever reason makes no sense in reality, in Islam, to her own well being

    • @user-ug1fd1bh5u
      @user-ug1fd1bh5u 6 років тому

      He just used his religion like .. itsnot matter if u mislim or not