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BBC Asian Network's Big Debate: Shazia Awan

Shazia Awan

06/07/2017

BBC Asian Network - BBC Asian Network's Big Debate, Shazia Awan

Why do gay people from the Asian community feel pressure to marry the opposite sex?

Shazia asks, can you understand why gay people in the Asian community feel pressure to marry people from the opposite sex?

Shazia asks: Can you understand why gay people in the Asian community feel pressure to marry people from the opposite sex? Also, Shazia is joined by a panel of guests to talk about whether religious societies at universities need to be monitored. Sukhminder Kaur talks to Shazia about participating in the Plus Size Beauty Pageant in Punjab. Umair Bajwa, from the Newham peoples alliance, a group focussing on social and religious issues in the Newham borough, speaks to Shazia about why he joined a demonstration to make a stand against recent acid attacks.

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