Transgender Muslim drag queen Asifa Lahore has launched a charity single to celebrate 50 years of the decriminalisation of homosexuality.

The Croydon-based drag queen first came into the spotlight in 2014 after she was censored from discussing Islam and homosexuality on BBC Free Speech. The following media uproar allowed her to speak openly about the topic and her own experiences.

Despite receiving death threats as a result and also due to her stage acts and music videos, she has since risen to prominence, being nominated on The Independent’s Rainbow List as one of the most prominent LGBT people in Britain.

In order to continue to promote her message, she is releasing the single: Love is the Only Cure, to coincide with the historic date.

All proceeds will go to Naz, a sexual health charity which she accessed when she came out as gay 10 years ago.

“It’s a wonderful organisation for everyone, but in particular when dealing with marginalised communities in the UK," she said.

"I accessed their services when I was coming out and they helped me enormously, especially considering me being from the Asian community and being Muslim.

“Despite there being so much more visibility around LGBT issues today and so many landmarks since the decriminalisation of homosexuality such as gay marriage, with so many things changing in the world including Brexit and the deal with the DUP – who are notoriously conservative when it comes to gay rights – there is also an air of uncertainty going forward.”

Asifa cites the example of the 1988 law Section 28 which prohibited teachers educating students about homosexuality.

“The ‘T’ in Transgender still hasn’t really been crossed. It’s actually much more visible and accepted in Asia than here in the west," she said.

"I believe these issues and the perception of gender will be changing hugely as we go forward. At the moment under-25s are classed as either non binary or binary and quite simply that’s too black and white and just not the case.

“It’s a discussion we need to have and I am happy to be the first person to shout about it.”