Podcaster Mufseen Miah on being a Pokémon gay, uplifting his queer POC peers, and his “British accent and deep voice”
A post shared by Mufseen (@mufseen)With a steady supply of thought-provoking tweets and dreamy selfies—and the occasional Pokémon joke thrown in—Mufseen Miah has quickly become one of our favorite follows.Based in London, Miah keeps busy with a career in finance (he was the former Finance Director for Pride in London), but also manages to find time to be both a prolific podcaster and LGBTQ activist.
As a gay, Muslim man, he is an outspoken advocate for the queer community, striving to amplify QPOC voices and working toward a more inclusive world.His podcast, Queer Talk—which he co-hosts with Spencer Cooper—takes an engaging, wide-lens look at topics facing queer people today, putting an emphasis on on positive, uplifting stories.
In addition to Miah and Cooper’s fantastic banter, the program frequently invites on LGBTQ thought leaders and other celebrity guests for in-depth interviews about how they’re working to push the community forward.Given the chance, Queerty decided it was time to turn the interview tables on Miah, and invite him to be the latest guest of our rapid-fire Q&A series, Dishin’ It.
In the spirited back-and-forth, he touches on how comics showed hopeful future as a closeted kid, the queer pop star we need to be listening to right now, and the biggest difference between American gays and British gays.
