Halal Bae
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Halal Bae | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sherif Taalab[1] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Drag queen |
| Television | Canada's Drag Race (season 3) |
Halal Bae is the stage name of Sherif Talaab, a Canadian drag performer who competed on season 3 of Canada's Drag Race.
Early life[edit]
Halal Bae is of Egyptian-Palestinian ancestry, and was raised by a Muslim family in the Middle East.[2]
Career[edit]
Halal Bae is a drag performer. She gained prominence in Toronto, and was named the city's best drag performer by NOW Magazine in 2020. She competed on season 3 of Canada's Drag Race, and was the first contestant eliminated from the competition.[3] Halal Bae was also the first contestant to have a mustache, which Screen Rant said "[expanded] the idea of what it means to be a drag performer and how drag queens must look to be considered valid".[4] Tobin Ng of Broadview said Halal Bae received praise on social media "for bringing Muslim and Middle Eastern representation to the show".[2] Michel Cook of Instinct magazine wrote, "Not only did they help shatter stereotypes as to what a queer Muslim person truly is, Bae is the first North African person to hit the Drag Race competition."[5]
Outside of drag, Halal Bae has worked as a project manager.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Halal Bae is queer and based in Toronto.[2] CBC has described her as an "Arab Muslim activist queen".[7] According to The New Arab, she is "a staunch supporter of a free Palestine".[8] Halal Bae uses the pronouns she/her in drag and he/him/they out of drag.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "HALAL BAE: QUEEN OF OUTSIDERS". mojotoronto.ca. Mojo Toronto. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ^ a b c Ng, Tobin (2022-08-30). "Halal Bae wants to shift perceptions of what drag can be". Broadview Magazine. Archived from the original on 2023-02-10. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
- ^ "'Canada's Drag Race' Season 3: After the Sashay with Halal Bae | Xtra Magazine". Archived from the original on 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
- ^ Szelinski, Cailyn (2022-06-29). "Canada's Drag Race: Where To Find The Season 3 Queens on Social Media". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
- ^ "Halal Bae & Miss Moco On Their 'Canada's Drag Race' Journeys • Instinct Magazine". Instinct Magazine. 2022-07-29. Archived from the original on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ Martin, Russ (2019-06-21). ""On a *Really* Good Night I'll Make a Few Hundred Dollars"". FASHION Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-10-27. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ "RuPaul took drag mainstream. Now this Toronto drag queen says it's time to diversify the look". CBC. Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ "Halal Bae 'shockingly' eliminated from Canada's Drag Race". The New Arab. 2022-07-15. Archived from the original on 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
- ^ "Canada's Drag Race season 3 cast sash-ehs this way: Meet the queens!". Yahoo News. 2022-06-15. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2023-10-16.