There have been \u201ccountless\u201d same-sex marriages between gay and lesbian Muslims, Britain\u2019s first Muslim drag queen says.<\/p>\n
According to Asifa Lahore, 34, the country has a \u201cthriving\u201d Muslim LGBT community.<\/p>\n
Ms Lahore was brought up in west London by a devout Muslim family with a Pakistani background. She was born Asif Quraishi and married another gay man of Pakistani heritage in July 2014, months after same-sex marriages were permitted in March that year.<\/p>\n
Ms Lahore appeared on Channel 4\u2019s Muslim Drag Queens in 2015, billed as Britain\u2019s first Muslim drag performer. She began the process of gender transition to become a woman this year.<\/p>\n
She spoke to The Times about her same-sex wedding after Jahed Choudhury, 24, claimed last week that his wedding to Sean Rogan, 19, at a register office in Walsall last month was the first same-sex marriage in the UK involving a Muslim. \u201cThere are countless,\u201d Ms Lahore said. \u201cIn the last three years I\u2019ve been to dozens of gay Muslim, same-sex marriages. I attended one last Thursday, of two gay British Bangladeshi guys.<\/p>\n