Life as a Unicorn

Amrou Al-Kadhi

Published 2020

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Content notes

Shared plainly so you can choose what’s right for you:

alcohol
anxiety panic attacks
body shaming
bullying
child abuse
drug use
grief
harassment
homophobia
islamophobia
mental illness
racism
religious bigotry
self harm
sexual assault
sexual violence
transphobia

Amrou knew they were gay when, aged ten, they first laid eyes on Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. It was love at first sight. Amrou’s parents weren’t so happy… From that moment on, Amrou began searching in all the wrong places for ways to make their divided self whole again. Life as a Unicorn is a hilarious yet devastating story of a search for belonging, following the painful and surprising process of transforming from a god-fearing Muslim boy to a queer drag queen, strutting the stage in seven-inch heels and saying the things nobody else dares to …

Shelved under: memoir, autobiography, real-lives

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