{"id":5133,"date":"2017-07-21T15:03:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/?p=5133"},"modified":"2017-07-21T15:03:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:03:45","slug":"queer-arab-gay-baths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/21\/queer-arab-gay-baths\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Queer Arab At The Baths"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amrou Al-Kadhi<\/strong><\/a> is a writer, performer and filmmaker in London. He is also a Queer Arab who does drag. Which is a double whammy because not only does he face discrimination in the gay community, Strictly for being a visible minority. But in the Arab community. <\/p>\n

He recently wrote a piece for The Independent about his ethnic identity. He was recently at the baths when (in his words)<\/p>\n

I heard a group of men speaking my mother tongue of Iraqi Arabic. Once we all got talking, it was liberating to freely speak the dialect in a gay environment. Growing up queer in my household was traumatic and silencing; verbalising any feelings about my sexuality was just not an option \u2013 when you did, there were consequences.<\/p>\n

So to visit the language of my childhood as an out and proud gay adult was reparative. For a moment, I felt genuinely at peace in my intersectional identity. But it turned out the men were there as some sort of \u201crepressed\u201d dare, and proceeded to taunt me with insults like a gang of bullies;\u200b I was left vulnerable and humiliated. The suppressed voices of familial rejection infiltrated my queer refuge, and my illusion of a harmonious intersectional identity was quickly shattered. I\u2019ve since felt fragmented.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is really a fascinating and terrific op-ed by Amrou Al-Kadhi on being a Queer Arab. To read it in its entirety go to What speaking Arabic at a gay sauna in London made me realize about my identity<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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