"We Exist, and We're Thriving" | Bollywood x Drag

2023

Local Queens talk about the importance of South Asian LGBTQ2S+ representation, and why performances at events like #BollywoodMonster Mashup are vital for the community.

Are you an artist interested in performing at the LARGEST South Asian festival in Canada? Submit a live performance clip at https://forms.gle/1XA8FFKUZQ8qVtaK6 to apply!Local Queens talk about the importance of South Asian LGBTQ2S+ representation, and why performances at events like #BollywoodMonster Mashup are vital for the community.
 

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Salame Ishq Meri Jaan

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Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar,Kalyanji-Anandji

ALBUM

Lata Kishore – Hit Duets

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saregama (on behalf of Saregama); BMI – Broadcast Music Inc., LatinAutorPerf, Saregama Publishing, and 8 Music Rights Societies

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it’s just an amazing opportunity for

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drag artists to get onto a platform in

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front of you know a big audience

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lgbtq South Asians are not represented

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like they are represented like to a

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marginal effect right so now we are here

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to you know represent the lgbtq who are

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from the South Asian background just so

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you know just tell the people that we

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exist and we are driving yeah

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I’m very glad that I’m I’m part of that

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moment where you know it’s a brown kid

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comes to a club they can see people

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performing in like uh in gay clubs and

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see that okay the language you speak

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there are people on stage performing in

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the same language and speak the same

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language mostly local so we’re also just

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supporting the community once again like

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this is all about community and

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Community Building people are taking it

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you know to a next step and making sure

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that the style this type of drag are

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visible to the audience and you know

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making us like people from Southeast

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like not much more much more visible

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thank you Bollywood monster for having

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us like to represent the lgbtq community

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it’s very hard for us but thank you and

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it’s lifting us so we’re excited to go

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on stage and do what we love to do

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exactly yeah I hope everyone’s excited

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for a fun drag show

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me

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Maybe

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