Tan France

Tan France
France in June 2018
Born
Tanveer Wasim Safdar

(1983-04-20) 20 April 1983 (age 41)
Doncaster, England
EducationDoncaster College
Occupations
  • Fashion designer
  • entrepreneur
  • television personality
Years active2011–present
Spouse
Rob France
​
(m. 2007)​
Children2

Tanveer Wasim "Tan" France (né Safdar; born 20 April 1983) is a British-American fashion designer, entrepreneur, and television personality.[1] He is best known as the fashion expert for the Netflix series Queer Eye, host of the web series Dressing Funny, and co-host of Next in Fashion.[2][3][4] His memoir, Naturally Tan, was released in June 2019.[5] Of Pakistani descent, he is one of the first openly gay South Asian men on a major show,[a][12] and one of the first openly gay Muslim men on western television.[12]

  1. ^ Ross, Sophie (7 February 2018). "The One Thing You Should Never Wear to a Wedding, According to Tan France of 'Queer Eye'". The Knot. XO. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. ^ Crummy, Colin (9 March 2019). "Queer Eye's Tan France: 'The word gay was never mentioned in my parents' home'". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Naturally Tan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 6 January 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Peregrin, Tony (26 June 2019). "BOOKS Tan about town, 'Queer Eye' guru pens new memoir - Gay Lesbian Bi Trans News - Windy City Times". Windy City Times. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ^ Peregrin, Tony (26 June 2019). "Books: Tan about town, 'Queer Eye' guru pens new memoir". Windy City Times. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. ^ Stroude, Will (5 November 2018). "Strictly's Dr. Ranj Singh: 'Coming out as gay to my wife was hard, but telling my family was another level'". Attitude. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. ^ Thompson, Danny (20 November 2018). "Dr Ranj Singh Gaysians cover interview: "As queer Asians, we have so much to offer ourselves and to the wider world"". Gay Times. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. ^ Zane, Zachary (27 November 2017). "The Doc 'How Gay is Pakistan?' Is Now on Netflix, and It's Required Viewing for LGBTQ Millennials". Hornet. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. ^ McGrath, Rachel (30 October 2015). "'Great British Bake Off' Star Tamal Ray Shares His Coming Out Experience: 'The Conversations Were Canyons of Awkwardness, The Freedoms They Gave Me Were Priceless'". HuffPost. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  10. ^ Rudolph, Christopher (26 November 2019). "When 'The Great British Bake Off' Met "RuPaul's Drag Race U.K."". LOGO News. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  11. ^ "I cried like a baby". The Tribune India. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  12. ^ a b Sarner, Lauren (31 January 2020). "'Queer Eye' expert Tan France lands new show 'Next in Fashion'". New York Post. Retrieved 14 April 2020. "France is also the first out gay South Asian man – and openly gay Muslim man – on TV".


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