Drag queen braves documentary backlash

Death threats are nothing new for Asif Quaraishi, but the gay Muslim hopes that a documentary about Muslim drag queens will encourage gay British Asians to come out of the closet rather than provoke a backlash against Britain's "hidden" community.

The film Muslim Drag Queens follows the lives of Quaraishi and two other performers and explores the clandestine nature of Britain's gay Asian, or Gaysian, community.

The police have promised to protect the drag queens and their families amid fears that the film, which was airing in Britain on Monday, could fuel abuse and violence toward gay Muslims.