Avoiding My Anxiously Attached Boyfriend
Welcome to "Avoiding My Anxiously Attached Boyfriend"! (AMAABF). A podcast that delves race, relationships and the LGBTQ+ community.
Join the first visual and audio LGBTQ+ podcast hosted by a mixed heritage couple! Get to know Faris (anxiously attached), who's always seeking reassurance, and Josh (Avoidant attached), who self-sabotaged every relationship, until this one! No matter how hard he tried.
This podcast came to fruition from long night chats in the garden with a cuppa, solving all of the world’s issues. Originally, starting as a podcast in our garage, to a beautiful studio in London.
We want this podcast to be a place our beautiful listeners can enjoy, have a laugh and escape yaylity!
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Avoiding My Anxiously Attached Boyfriend
Muslim, Jewish & A Love Story: Ali & Adam
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In this episode, we’re joined by Ali and Adam, a married queer couple whose relationship sits at the intersection of faith, politics, identity and love.
Ali, who is Muslim, Palestinian and Turkish, and Adam, who is Jewish, share how they met, fell in love and built a life together and how their marriage became a flashpoint for online debate, media attention and, at times, serious hostility.
They reflect on navigating religion, queerness and cultural expectations, coming out within very different family dynamics, and what it means to be constantly asked to “pick a side” in a world that struggles with nuance.
We explore how social media collapses complex identities into headlines, how algorithms amplify extremes, and why being visible can come with real emotional and physical costs. From dating, family acceptance and faith to Israel–Palestine, pinkwashing, online hate and the limits of performative allyship, this is a deeply human conversation about love, belonging and refusing simple narratives.