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Fawzia Mirza on coming out again and again

4,803 views · Published 17 June 2016 · 18:40 · Indexed 31 October 2026

Channel: Q with Tom Power · 2016 · Entertainment

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Not Muslim enough. Not Pakistani enough. Not lesbian enough. Fawzia Mirza got sick of other people defining her personal layers and limiting her acting roles. So she started making her own. Following screenings of her short films "Spunkle" and "The First Session" in Toronto, Mirza joins Shad to discuss the disappointingly flat depictions of "those people," whether their race, ethnicity or sexuality trumps their character development, and why the process of "coming out" is lifelong for those who aren't part of the presumed norm.

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