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Product DescriptionMP3 CD FormatAmrou 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 …Review"Amazing...It provides so much nuance to the multiverse of identity."-- "Gay Times"About the AuthorAmrou Al-Kadhi is the founder of drag troupe Denim and has written an episode for Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V. Gordons series for Apple (US), Little America, as well as for BBC Americas series The Watch. Amrou has two original TV series in development, one with Channel 4 Comedy and the other with BBC Drama. Amrou has written and directed several short films that focus on the intersection of queer identity and race. Their journalism has appeared in the Guardian, Independent, Gay Times, Attitude, CNN, and Little White Lies, among other publications.