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The charity project helping young LGBT people overcome their cultural and religious backgrounds to live 鈥榓uthentic鈥� lives

1 June 2018

People raised in more traditional cultures and religions can find it hard to live authentic lives when it comes to such attributes as sexuality and gender.

Actor Taqi Nazeer made a film for 成人快手 Two Scotland’s Timeline exploring some young people’s ‘double lives’ — they hide or suppress an identity that clashes with the belief system in which they were raised.

The Double Life

How do you reconcile conservative culture with things like gender and sexuality?

Bridging the culture gap

Referencing his own background, Taqi explained the challenge of trying to balance the culture and religion of your upbringing with western influences; what may be considered simple choices for most people could have major repercussions for those in a cross-cultural environment.

We鈥檙e hidden voices within a bigger society

Taqi met staff at a youth project in Glasgow that helps LGBT women from Black, Asian and other Ethnic minority background struggling to bridge the cultural gap.

The three women – who describe themselves British, Scottish, Indian & English; Greek-Ghanian; and Filipino, Belgian & European – said that “sometimes you are having to walk a fine line where you are perhaps not always being genuine to yourself.”

“Don’t be afraid to ask. Ask questions about who you are, why we do things the way we do. Ask questions that are related to both cultures.”