#pakistani queer

[desi-lgbt-fest]

@indiansapphic had sent an ask about the Pakistani Queer film Joyland and i saved a draft to answer it and Tumblr ate it :/

But anyways omg there's a Pakistani Queer Film!! And it's apparently the first Pakistani film to be shown at Cannes Festival... If I'm not wrong it was also Pakistan's entry for Oscars as well

Look at its Salman Toor poster!!

Anyways @indiansapphic had asked about any place online to watch it and man.... Idk I didn't find it anyyy whereeee... Even if you hop in my dms I won't be able to send you.... :/

[jareckiworld]

Salman Toor — Ghost Ball (oil on linen, 2023)

[queer-poc-otd]

ballister boldheart

ballister is shown to be gay early on into the film nimona (2023) and his relationship is important throughout the film. although ballister's race is never specified (probably due to the fantasy setting), his appearance resembles his voice actor riz ahmed, who is british pakistani.

[kindwhispers]

Joyland (2022) dir. Saim Sadiq

[yourdailyqueer]

Sara Gill

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: N/A

Ethnicity: Pakistani

Occupation: Doctor, activist

Note: First transgender doctor in Pakistan

[not-your-asian-fantasy]

The term ‘Khwaja Sira’, ‘khwaja’ meaning ‘master’ in Persian and ‘sira’ associated with a person in service, is an umbrella term for people who identify as trans, intersex, or eunuch. During the Mughal rule in the subcontinent, the Khwaja Sira community had many important roles to play as they acted as advisors to the emperors, contributing largely to poetry and the arts. They were seen as spiritual guides with heavy political influence, establishing trade, mediating between squabbles in the courts, and blessing ceremonies.

[moonlightsapphic]

Uh guys, in case you aren't all caught up, the graphic novel that started as a little queer comic on Tumblr by ND Stevenson (creator of Shera: Princesses of Power) has been adapted by Netflix into an adorable movie about the contemporary genderqueer experience. Go watch Nimona. RIGHT NOW. (Also read the book!)

The movie also features an API gay couple. Ambrosius Goldenloin is an Asian American descendant of the revered knight, Gloreth, and he dyes his hair blonde to match hers and fit the white saviour image that the public expects from him. He is manipulated golden child of a conservative white woman trying to assert control over the kingdom. Ballister Boldheart is a darker-skinned (desi! muslim!) British Pakistani sweetheart who had to bootstrap his way to the top and still couldn't win model minority status with the head of the institute, and is framed for crimes he didn't commit and condemned by the state. The character designs are both modeled after their voice actors, Eugene Lee Yang and Riz Ahmed. Both actors have done extensive DEI work for the API LGBTQ+ community and visibility!

They are archenemies. They are lovers. They are husbands but also kind of divorced. They will find their way back to each other because they are simply victims of the same system, and they are just so soft for each other and what they want to protect. They are also Nimona's dads. They're slightly different from how they were in the book, but I'm so glad for the changes. And I'm so glad for what remained exactly the same as ND Stevenson envisioned years ago:

[celluloidrainbow]

جوائے لینڈ | JOYLAND (2022) dir. Saim Sadiq The middle-class Rana family, headed by elder patriarch Amanullah, yearns for the birth of a grandson. Amanullah forces his daughter-in-law Mumtaz to quit her job after Haider, his youngest son and her husband, finds work at an erotic dance theater. However, complications arise when Haider becomes infatuated with Biba, the transgender dancer he works for. (link in title)

[hamari-dulari]

me, my husband, and our baby 🧑‍🧑‍🧒🤎

[aeolianblues]

In a world of micro-divides between like, different religions and castes and the rural/urban divides and colourism and nationalism and whatnot that's rotting our countries, sometimes all it takes is an old-fashioned dose of white-person ugly racism to remind you that bitch! Those guys don't know the fucking difference. They don't know your cast. They don't care that you're 'wheatish' or the 'most desired' or 'undesirable' skintone in the country. They don't know whether you're a hindu or muslim or sikh or buddhist or a kazhak or pakistani or sri lankan; girl they cannot pronounce those places. They can't place them on a map. They don't care, nor want to know your history. Their history begins and ends with the bridge of their nose and vague, unfounded prejudices fed to them as a placeholder blame for economic instability. They are irritated that your entire hemisphere exists, at best. At worst, they're sore that you remind them their imperialism failed. What tf are you fighting amongst yourselves for

[theinfinitedivides]

Sid. Sid ily ty for Pathaan and War and sh*t but we were doing so well until the 'POK will turn into IOP if you f*ck around and find out' line in the Fighter trailer like what are we doing. what are we trying to achieve pls help me out here

[desi-lgbt-fest]

Anupama Chopra interview with maker of Joyland Saim Sadiq at Cannes

The point where she pointed out how even the smaller characters in the film are made part of the larger theme of desires and attraction and Saim saying it would be dishonest to the culture if the story was just individual story and whatever you do always has an impact on others so all of them have to be connected...

[eohachu]

Joyland is coming to German cinemas in November, Hamburg and Leipzig are confirmed to have showings starting 9th Nov

sources: Missy Magazine, filmstarts.de

[harrisburgmusings]

Minority in Medicine

So far in medical school, I have never had a patient of my own race. Having done rotations all around Georgia, I'm suspect I'm a lot of people's "first." Their first Muslim. Their first Pakistani. Hell, maybe even the first Queer person they've ever met.

But I have to admit that it has not caused me too much strife. Aside from confused looks accompanied by "but where are you from from?" when I tell patients I'm from Atlanta and that time a nurse asked to call me Aladdin because she kept forgetting my name, I don't have too much to say. This is in contrast with my other peers who, on their rural rotations are denigrated by attendings or mistaken for janitorial staff by patients.

However, one of these same peers also told me of an impactful interaction she had in southwest Georgia where she worked at a facility that historically has only had white providers. She stepped into a patient's room to see his face light up —he had lived there his whole life, and had never had a physician who shared the same skin color as him.

I had a similar interaction when I was in northwest Georgia, with a patient who was gay and HIV positive. It felt like other providers were harsh on him, but I found him to be one of my most pleasant patients! These experiences reminded me how important it is to be comfortable with traversing our diverse identities, especially as physicians.

Since day one of medical school, we're prompted to learn about the injustices that have been committed against minoritized communities throughout America's history and examine our own biases. Patients do better when they can see themselves in their provider. Much of the discussion around improving racial health disparities in healthcare revolves around promoting diversity and equity in our medical education.

This can be reflected in diversifying our incoming medical school classes, and learning from our peers and patients who come from different backgrounds from us.

[gulabi-gal]

Told my mom about me and my gf and that I’m gay. She was supportive which was really nice. Never would my younger self have thought my Pakistani Muslim mother would ever accept me but here we are! Just gotta tell my dad next, which might have a different (worse) reaction, but Ik I’ll be fine 🌈

[yourdailyqueer]

Mehrub Moiz Awan

Gender: Transgender woman

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: N/A

Ethnicity: Pakistani

Occupation: Activist, performance artist, drag artist, researcher