First Muslim Queer Immigrant Councilwoman Says America Isn’t Free
Duluth, Minnesota, a place that most liberals agreed was too white, finally made history when the otherwise boring 87% white city elected its first Muslim lesbian councilwoman. Azrin Awal, a Bangladeshi immigrant, moved to Duluth to attend the University of Minnesota, got a degree in gender and sexuality studies, co-founded the local NAACP chapter (despite not being black) was part of the Muslim Students Association and decided to run for public office because Duluth was Islamophobic and needed to fundamentally change to suit her tastes. And that’s after only being there for 5 years. But they were busy years in which the Bangladeshi immigrant claimed that she was a victim of Islamophobia because she had been called a ‘terrorist’ and had a hijab snatched from her head. Also she came out as ‘queer’ and her pronouns are either “She/They” or “She/Them/Theirs”. She took part in ‘drag shows’ and discussions about ‘Islamophobia’, telling students that “Islam means peace”, but not telling them...