I Kissed a Girl contestant on tackling taboos

Priya came out to her parents in 2020.

She said: “I only recently came out to my family. I was definitely nervous about telling my dad because he’s an old Punjabi man.

“I didn’t know how to tell him, but it ended up being really easy because I had my ex-girlfriend over.

“I was like, ‘oh dad, by the way, this girl who’s been coming round, she’s not my friend. She’s my girlfriend’.

“He just said ‘okay’ and walked off. I didn’t make a big deal about it.”

When Priya told her extended family, she described them being shocked at first, but her mum was also very supportive.

“She was really happy for me,” Priya added.

“I’m so lucky to have such a supportive family, because I know not every South Asian queer woman has that experience and may not have a safe space.

“I think it’s really important for people in my community to talk about it more so it becomes less of a taboo.”