Iman Janmohamed

Iman was The Ubyssey’s 2024/25 editor-in-chief, 2023/24 features editor and 2022/23 opinion + blog editor. She was a finalist for the Canadian University Press's 2023 Feature Writing Award for reporting on UBC's sexual misconduct policy, and she received the Canadian University Press's 2025 Community Service Reporting Award for covering UBC's Palestinian solidarity encampment. Iman graduated from UBC with an honours degree in English literature in 2025. Email her at i.janmohamed@ubyssey.ca.

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She was known for pioneering roles for women in Canadian journalism and politics as the first female Conservative member of Parliament elected in BC and the first female Conservative appointed from the province to the senate.

Before she was a drag queen, Anita Wigl’it had a job that was, at times, “boring.” But then, she ushered the Australian classic Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and a seemingly normal shift and show would forever changed her life. The then-twenty-year-old saw something in that theatre that she had never seen before — drag queens on stage.

Ever asked Iman (hey, that’s me!) a question that was short, sweet and maybe not actually something anyone can actually give you advice on? Well, this is for you! You asked. I answered. Below is a bunch of questions — some silly, some serious — that you’ve sent in.

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