Lucky Roy Singh

“I will continue to be me and express my queerness how I see fit. I will continue to adore my faith my religion and that is all”

Hello

My name’s Lucky Roy Singh. My experiences as lgbtq+ person of colour has been nothing more than a major trauma.

Coming from a Sikh background I found that I really don’t count and that I’m alone. It’s so sad that in 2021 with a global pandemic going on and in the month of LGBTQ History month that I have to say this.

What happened to me shouldn’t befall any QPOC. My past was traumatic not because of my religion but because of culture, being abused both mentally and physically, dealing with disownment and dealing with honour based abuse and a broken marriage, I still strived for change, speaking nationally at conferences charity events and training professionals like the NHS, police, social workers, parliament and schools and colleges.

Winning the attitude pride award in 2019 has given me a platform to be recognised and do more. I’ve been able to collaborate with huge fashion brands, to tell my story on news platforms and self publish my own diary called Take a Walk in my Big Indian Heels: MR SINGH'S DIARY .

Being part of the LGBTQ community doesn’t define my religion or who I am as person.

“I believe more needs to be done to show that you can still have faith and still have love for your faith. Disownment isn’t down to religion it’s down to a person’s backward view.”

A lot still needs to be done for the queer community as charities nationally are still receiving a huge amount of calls from victims and I truly believe this is happening due to lack of awareness and representation.

At the moment there is no one out there doing what I’m doing. I myself have no one I can look to, there is not enough representation especially from a Sikh background as we are not really acknowledged in mainstream, in tv, fim, music or drag.

For example why are we not talking about what is happening in india with the #istandwithfarmers movement? Why are we not on day time tv shows, dramas and Netflix? Never mind Dragrace lol!

The world talks about how inclusive and diverse they are but I’ve been told to my face that I’m not good enough because I’m brown or I’m not what’s in right now.

I will continue to be me and express my queerness how I see fit. I will continue to adore my faith my religion and that is all ❤️

Lucky Roy Singh

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