Returng emigre Mawaan Rizwan disvers unexpected facets of gay life the untry. TV review by Tom Birchenough
Contents:
- HOW GAY IS PAKISTAN?
- BBC DOCUMENTARY PRENTER TAK BIZARRE £12 GAY 'MIRACLE CURE' REMEND BY RELIG LEAR
- MAWAAN RIZWAN ASKS ‘HOW GAY IS PAKISTAN?’ ON ABC2
- HOW GAY IS PAKISTAN?
- 7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE
- HOW GAY IS PAKISTAN?, BBC THREE
- RACE IS ON TO REVIVE MUCH-LOVED LONDON GAY PUB THE JOERS ARMS
HOW GAY IS PAKISTAN?
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Rizwan me out as gay to his tradnal Mlim parents at the age of 24. In 2016 he hosted the documentary How Gay Is Pakistan? Which explored the issu faced by other LGBTQ Mlims livg unr Islamic law that ems homosexualy illegal.
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MAWAAN RIZWAN ASKS ‘HOW GAY IS PAKISTAN?’ ON ABC2
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HOW GAY IS PAKISTAN?
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Picture: Channel 4Meet Mawaan RizwanMawaan, 28, is a wrer and edian who began his reer on Youtube when he was 16 years then, he has bee the wrer for Netflix’s Sex Edutn seri, stars Two Weeks To Live as an actor and has performed at Live At The Pakistan before movg to London when he was 2 years old, he went on to host How Gay is Pakistan? Documentary explor the issu faced by other LGBTQ Mlims livg unr Islamic law that ems homosexualy illegal. He me out as gay to his parents at the age of 24.
7 HILAR GAY COMEDIANS WHO SLAY EVERY PERFORMANCE
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HOW GAY IS PAKISTAN?, BBC THREE
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" * How Gay is Pakistan? Pakistani-Bron Mawaan Rizwan heads back to South Asia to try and better unrstand why his Pakistani parents stggled wh their son g out as a gay man.
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