Eiynah (Author of My Chacha is Gay)

Contents:

• MY CHACHA IS GAY
• MY CHACHA IS GAY: PAKISTAN’S FIRST ANTI-HOMOPHOBIA CHILDREN’S BOOK
• MY CHACHA IS GAY: A BOOK THAT HOP TO TACKLE HOMOPHOBIA PAKISTAN
• INTERVIEW WH EYAH- THE WRER, ILLTRATOR BEHD ‘MY CHACHA IS GAY’ COMIC SERI
• MY CHACHA IS GAY : [A STORY OM PAKISTAN]

MY CHACHA IS GAY

My Chacha is Gay | Indiegogo. 671 reviews27 followersJuly 26, 2015Very sweet, and probably the bt script for explag homophobia to young children that I've seen.

Set Karachi, Pakistan, ’s about a kid whose paternal uncle is gay.

Nadian-thor lady-wrer pakistani-thor 1, 445 reviews30 followersAugt 13, 2019Short story about a Pakistani boy named Ahmed and his chacha (paternal uncle), who, as the tle may have tipped you off, is gay. Pretty much the entire text is an argument for why homophobia is wrong - which is need - but I thk would've been stronger if a b more had been wrten/shown jt to normalize chacha's relatnship wh Faheem.

MY CHACHA IS GAY: PAKISTAN’S FIRST ANTI-HOMOPHOBIA CHILDREN’S BOOK

Eiynah, a Pakistani-Canadian artist had the dream of a progrsive Pakistan her md when she got down to wre Pakistan’s first anti-homophobia children’s book My Chacha Is Gay. (Source:)Eiynah, a Pakistani-Canadian artist had the dream of a progrsive Pakistan her md when she got down to wre Pakistan’s first anti-homophobia children’s book My Chacha Is Gay.

MY CHACHA IS GAY: A BOOK THAT HOP TO TACKLE HOMOPHOBIA PAKISTAN

“My Chacha Is Gay” is about a ltle boy named Ahmed, his gay uncle, their fay, and Pakistani and Mlim society as a whole. There is no nyg that we are a homophobic natn. And an oddly homophobic natn at that, where same sex experimentatn is sometim temporarily ok amongst boys, bee they don’t have accs to girls (girls however, mt rema virgs till they are sold wed).

A playful ass grab is nothg amongst guy iends, but any mentn of gay rights or equaly, and the homophobia pourg out. Asi om all that – ther also the er, state-sponsored homophobia, which clar homosexual activy illegal. The crowd-fundg page of 'My Chacha is Gay' on IndieGogo scrib as 'a children's book tacklg the subject of homophobia a Pakistani ntext'.

The child has e to unrstand om the nversatns of the adults that his uncle is 'gay', but he don't get why that should be a reason for takg him to task. Related Articl From the trailer of the book seems that 'My Chacha is Gay' is a work that adopts the voice of a child - nsired unbiased and unprejudiced most social narrativ - to unrle the absurdy of homophobia. Gaystarnews reports Eiynah as sayg, "I would also like to show the rt of the world that all Pakistanis nnot be fed by the terrorism and tolerance you see the media.

INTERVIEW WH EYAH- THE WRER, ILLTRATOR BEHD ‘MY CHACHA IS GAY’ COMIC SERI

Wrten through the ey of a child, Ahmed, who liv wh his gay chacha, reveals the nfn a child feels at the societal srn his uncle fac simply for lovg a man. My Chacha is Gay. So, a very nice lady i know has wrten a book lled "My Chacha (uncle) is gay, s a a children's book tacklg the subject of homophobia a Pakistani ntext.

If you are gay, and mlim (or of any other relig persuasn) or e om a fay wh a strong relig background, you will see why this book is necsary. The book has already makg headl newspapers and rad shows around the world, i need you, my fellow gaybros to pass on the msage to keep the momentum gog. My Chacha is Gay: A good book for your kids.

MY CHACHA IS GAY : [A STORY OM PAKISTAN]

Followg this, she recently lnched a book for children tacklg the issue of homophobia a Pakistani ntext. My Chacha is Gay, tells the story of young Ahmed whose uncle (chacha) is gay and he wonrs at the societal homophobia bee for him ’s jt another maniftatn of love, like that of his own parents.

Recently, I had the privilege to talk to her for Gaylaxy about this lightful iative which has bee a crowd-fund mpaign was your spiratn behd startg this iative?

To me, this is ditive of the fact that tim are changg, and a nice cross-sectn of ‘everyone’ is terted progrs and, My Chacha is Gay was even read assembly on the big screen one school ( Canada) and was so heartwarmg to see that. Jt image the possibili if we were specifilly tght of social acceptance, tolerance and Chacha Is Gay beg read out to children school TorontoAlthough, we did experience a backlash schools wh Pakistani and Mlim parents. It’s been the typil thgs you would expect to hear like, “You are sick, promotg immoraly”, “You are teachg children to be gay”, etc.