70+ students at my presentation at Shippensburg Univ. Middle of PA. 98% are white :-)
What happens when an Amish woman, a gay Pakistani and a young Af Am woman are on a plane? :-) lots and lots of stares. Hehe
New rule: Steak and onion sandwich should be outlawed on small regional planes. Eeeks!!
Oh Atlanta airport. We meet again...
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Muslims in America: CNN special report coming on right now.
Sheila vs. Munni 3 am and going... Love NYC!!
ay party/club. :-)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
You know you're in the South when there is a little shack on the side of the road selling "Gourmet Wings" :-)
How and why is it 80 degrees in Atlanta??
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Sooooo just heard a butch gay man... But it was a woman. Usually it's the other way around. Too funny!
hing else! FML!
Apparently I'm a pack rat / hoarder even when I travel. Left 1.5 weeks ago with 2 carry one plus laptop bag. Coming home with one large suitcase + everyt
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Let there be no doubt. The West will NOT intervene in Libya or Bahrain - no oil in Libya and need military presence in Bahrain!
CT has changed soooo much since I lived here. Amazing and powerful to see such a strong LGBT community!
70+ students packed in Rainbow Center at UCONN for my presentation "Hidden Voices: The Lives of LGBT Muslims" :-)
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Kiss me. I'm.... Errr... Pakistani. :-) Happy Imam Patricks Day.
Hilarious to see the New England white kids' reaction to guys on stage doing "ballroom" scene dances. They're like WTF?! :-)
So apparently the new way for young queer bois and gyrls to meet each other is to make signs that say "Free Hugs, Free Kisses" and their cell # :-)
75+ young people crammed in a small classroom at UCONN for my presentation "Hidden Voices" :-)
Glee + Vogue + 500 young queers = nervous Faisal
Friday, March 11, 2011
"Why do we have to label everyone? Why can't we just love for love?"
"Thank you for loving me for being straight. I know I'm a weirdo for liking boys, but thank you!" - young straight HS woman
I love people not genders, asexual, heteromantic, all loving, pansexual, none of the above.
Fantasy, experiences - past and present - queer, bi, sexually one dimension, hetero flexible...
Robin Ochs on stage with 25 youth displaying sexual orientation beyond binaries. 1-6.
Queer Youth + Huge Auditorium Playing Glee + "I am Beautiful" = FABULOUS!
Completely overwhelmed at queer youth conference in CT. I could have never imagined this 15 years ago when I lived here. I feel like a baby amongst these
I love love love Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee!! Fierce comments today at King's hearing.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Sometimes my gaydar gets jammed by guys in business-like attire. Then I just look at their shoes and they're unpolished. Yup he's straight! :-)
Rep King calls the outrage against hearings as hysteria and madness. Ummm. Rep King - I think it's called democracy!!
White guy to Af Am TSA woman: I know you're looking at my mango. TSA agents face: and I thought I heard it all - as real mango rolls through X-ray machine.
In other news Muslims no longer welcome in America. Well were they ever? :-)
Listening to radical Muslim hearings today I am no longer ashamed of Pakistani members of parliament. Some of these congressmen are INSANE!!
Sunday, March 06, 2011
At Bus Boys and Poets at U St. Come say hi. :-)
Saturday, March 05, 2011
In DC for a hot minute. At the Kennedy Center with all the South Asians within a 20 mile radius... Literally!!
Good morning TSA agent (me in uber gay/regular voice). TSA person... Hmmm. Gay? Yup! Terrorist? Nah. Have a nice day sir.
Thursday, March 03, 2011
ny way! Thank u.
Urgent msg to folks in NYC: a young queer Muslim woman is being kicked out of her home. We need to find her a place ASAP. Pls msg me if you can help in a
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Only Christian cabinet member shot dead in Islamabad today. Is anyone watching the Middle East revolution there??