I’m More Than One Thing
School talk · Peel District School Board (YANA) · May 2024 · 47 min
Recorded live at Sunny View Middle School, this talk shares Rahim's own story of growing up as a queer, South Asian, Ismaili Muslim young man in the Greater Toronto Area.
He describes navigating identity and gender expectations, academic challenges, homophobia and the complicated process of coming out, and he talks about the importance of finding supportive communities and “sanctuaries” for mental health. The talk reframes queerness as a source of strength and critical perspective, and encourages students toward self-acceptance and the active, inclusive creation of culture.
What it covers
- Personal storytelling
- Coming out
- Holding multiple identities
- Supportive communities
Related on this site
- Speaking & training
- Essay: Classroom storytelling as anti-homophobia education
- Essay: Identity formation theory and queer Muslims
Archived record: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19038032
