Yellow Brit Road: Interview With Desi LGBT Fest

<p>It's finally here! Here's the full, unabridged interview with the hosts of the Desi LGBT Fest, an online festival celebrating and spotlighting queer voices, expression, experiences, art, activism, and media created by and about members of the desi queer community. We discussed queerness in South Asia, expression, progress and of course, favourite queer media, art and literature.</p> <p>Some of their desi recommendations: the movie <em>'Badhai Do'</em>, books <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50523477-the-jasmine-throne" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Jasmine Throne</a> by Tasha Suri, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/50266871-hani-and-ishu-s-guide-to-fake-dating" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating</a> by Adiba Jaigirdar.</p> <p>Other recommendations: (story behind) Portrait of Madame X by John Singer Sargent, the book <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42115981-loveless" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Loveless</a> by Alice Oseman.</p> <p>Get in touch with them at <a href="https://desi-lgbt-fest.tumblr.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://desi-lgbt-fest.tumblr.com/</a></p> <p>Do touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in the Kingston area, or on<a href="https://www.cfrc.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;cfrc.ca</a>, Sundays 8 to 9 PM! (Full shows are available in the<a href="https://www.cfrc.ca/yellow_brit_road" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;archive</a>&nbsp;for 3 months from release)</p> <p>Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email&nbsp;<a href="mailto:yellowbritroad@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">yellowbritroad@gmail.com&nbsp;</a>or tweet @<a href="https://twitter.com/YellowBritCFRC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YellowBritCFRC</a>.</p> <p>PS: submissions, cc <a href="mailto:music@cfrc.ca" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">music@cfrc.ca</a