Manchester Punjabi Indian Drag Queen Lucky Roy Singh tells their story
Episode notes
This week, GVRNZ and Simran are joined by Manchester’s own Punjabi Indian Drag Queen, Lucky Roy Singh. As well as their drag work, they’re also an award winning activist, charity ambassador, philanthropist, public speaker, influencer, campaigner and author.
Lucky opens up about their past, growing up in Manchester and feeling closeted about their sexuality and identity. At a young age they became engaged to their boyfriend (now ex-husband). Their partner’s family was accepting on one condition, they would have to pretend to be a woman. Once married, Lucky’s situation began to deteriorate. They were subject to honour abuse, leaving them destitute and with extremely poor mental health. Lucky now uses their story and platform to help raise awareness of honour abuse, LGBTQ+ issues, and representation.
The group then discuss discuss the importance of LGBTQ+ representation, intersectionality, performative activism and more, before finishing the episode with a recap of Season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.