Praep Mahashwar talks about racism the Irish LGBTQ+ muny and the impact of takg part Gay Project's Proud AF mpaign.
Contents:
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- GAY AND PROUD
- HERE'S WHETHER MICHAEL IS GAY IN THE PROUD FAY: LOUR AND PROUR
- GAY AF T-SHIRTS & SHIRTS
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
* gay af and proud *
Last month’s GCN ver star and participant Gay Project’s Proud AF mpaign, Praep Mahashwar talks about the impact of takg part and the reali of racism Ireland. Gay Project certaly serv kudos for the bold step of brgg this subject to the foreont, and support om queer alli like Holly Shortall was a breath of h air.
It was also a great pleasure to share space wh the ever-spirg Vla Gayvis, Bulelani Mfa, Darren Colls and Delroy Mpofu. As a person of lour, enunterg racist experienc and bias among the gay muny is not new; people know exists, but a nsirable portn of the queer muny, cludg some muny lears and anisatns, hate to talk about . Recently on a summer eveng, while walkg back home om a gay bar, a group of dnk gay men lled me a “Paki f*g”.
In my experience, shame is the most proment feelg people showed when I tried to talk about racism at the gay scene Dubl, followed by nial and self fence. For me, the most excg part of the mpaign was the rare opportuny to nnect wh gay men of lour om different walks of life.
GAY AND PROUD
People want to nfirm is Michael Is Gay The Proud Fay: Prour And Lour. Here's everythg you need to know about character's sexualy. * gay af and proud *
Many the lol gay muny chose to rema silent. Some gay men livg Ireland reached out to bate that people have choic and preferenc of certa natnali and lours, that is not racism!
Some argue that they don’t want to date gay men om the Traveller muny or immigrants – they sist ’s their personal choice and not a racist view. I received a ment sayg immigrant gay men om “third world untri” brg sexual diseas to Ireland and to keep Ireland HIV ee is sential to stop them g here.
HERE'S WHETHER MICHAEL IS GAY IN THE PROUD FAY: LOUR AND PROUR
One lol gay men suggted that Indian or Asian gay men n be iends or date only people om their own culture as whe men don’t like them.
I disvered that a number of whe gay men I teracted wh through social media and datg apps unknowgly share a siar pot of view wh right-wg trolls about the topic of sexual racism and immigratn.
GAY AF T-SHIRTS & SHIRTS
He told me how his Universy LGBT group is not clive of gay POC stunts. Once, a lol gay man lled him a “vis” durg the COVID-19 lockdown bee of his Asian looks.
It’s sad to see immigrant gay POC g om third world untri where they would potentially be danger bee of who they are, to fd a ‘safe haven’ here but facg excln and rejectn aga. One Indian gay person who lived Dubl and moved to another part of Europe shared his thoughts – “It was hard for me to be an open gay man India at a pot.
But I feel ’s even harr beg an Indian gay Europe. Thgs won’t change overnight, but the Gay Project team and the Proud AF mpaign have done a phenomenal job openg up a discsn on an important issue wh the muny.