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Thread. A friend alerted me yesterday to one of those "power gays" lists. For the millionth consecutive time I was nowhere to be seen. It got me thinking.....
I'm constantly being told that the mainstream media is not inclusive enough. In the last twelve months I have done interviews for the Guardian, Independent and Lorraine. I have turned down five further newspapers and four tv shows.
I've been on the radio, on numerous podcasts. I rapped on Beat the Chasers. My wedding made the press. As did my Parkinsons my Covid, and winning the UK quiz championships. There are two parts of the media with no interst in me whatsoever.
The gay media. And the Asian media. They've simply never been interested. Since the Parkinsons not a single interview request. I'm neither the right sort of gay nor the right sort of Asian it seems.
I made a fairly bold decision two decades ago. To be frank and honest on stage about life as a gay British Asian. It's taken me round the world, I've won awards, I've loved my career. But my face has never fitted in these 2 worlds. Even with the test I've had.
Inclusivity is a fine ideal. It also means expanding the idea of the expectations of what a gay man and a Britush Asisn man can do.
