When I first heard Jeff Goldblum ask “RuPaul Drag Race” contestant Jackie Cox about the seeming contradictions between being Muslim and LGBT, I didn’t think much of it, and went right back to staring at Instagram. As somebody whose interpretation of the Muslim world has been filtered through news packages depicting war-town cities and news reports about oppressive regimes, I thought it was an appropriate question to pose. Homosexuality is outlawed in 70 countries, including every majority Muslim nation in the Middle East. Cox also frequently talks about her Iranian heritage, making the issue pertinent to her persona.
But I was wrong.
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