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Berner Phone

Amir Yass: The Queer Muslim & Human Unicorn

Berner Phone

Hannah Berner and Des Bishop

Stand-up, Comedy

4.45.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Amir is a queer Persian muslim who is an LGBTQ activist battling transphobia, femme bashing, body shaming, and racism in the queer community. His story is unique, colorful, painful, hysterical, and beautiful. Enjoy xo

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0:00.0

You're 150,000 times stronger and better than us because you motherfucking bleed.

0:06.8

If we bled out of the tip of our penises, the whole world would shut down. Like a pandemic.

0:11.8

God shut down.

0:13.6

Welcome to Burnin' in the Air.

0:27.1

Okay guys, we are in Queer Persian Muslim Hell today.

0:36.0

I don't want to make me laugh so hard because it seems like a lot of fun. The devil's dancing

0:41.2

down a strip pole. It's basically just the music video we all love. So we have a mere yes,

0:49.3

LGBTQ activists and a regular host for many panels and he really battles a bunch of different

0:56.9

topics including transphobia, fem bashing, body shaming, racism in the queer community.

1:02.0

He's hosted the take on pod that I was on definitely listened to the episode.

1:06.0

And he also, okay this is like extensive but it's important. He is a queer Muslim and he changes

1:14.0

the way religion and sexual orientation are mutually exclusive and he really talks on that which

1:18.6

is super important to bring awareness to. And he's a self-proclaimed human unicorn.

1:22.5

This is a fact because it was on the internet and he said the three ways to explain him

1:27.6

are queer, compassionate and colorful and most importantly he's a Gemini. Amir, thank you for coming

1:33.6

out today. I'm so happy to be in Holland. I just feel very welcome. This is a Gemini. This is my

1:39.2

space. You're like I know I identify other things with Gemini is my most important. Amir and I

1:46.9

have known each other in the industry for a while. I've done pods with him and I think we do lots of

1:53.1

podcasts but there's a rare time where you just have that magical chemistry with someone. I think

1:57.7

it's because we're both colorful, compassionate humans. Amir, where are you recording from right now?

2:02.6

I'm in Orange County and I want people to know how we met because I was actually interviewing the

2:08.0

man who shall not be named Voldemort Amir House and he popped up and I recognized your eyebrows

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