[8] Mathew acknowledged he was queer in September 2014, and credits his mother for the courage to do so.

[2] He has promoted local cultural identity in the drag art form, performed in many places in India, given multiple TEDx talks, and conducting workshops.

The intention was not to win a prize; I just wanted to express my feminity.” Now, having been part of Bengaluru’s drag scene for about a decade, Bangalore has been very open to outsiders as well as new experiences.”.

Keeping this and Nirbhaya in my mind, I felt I had to make a change when it comes to individualism, gender equality, and feminism.

I started including messages in my performance and people liked it,"[14] Alex Inaugurated a pride cafe in Bengaluru in Jan2023.

[15] Alex as Maya has been featured in a French documentary by Nickie Doll titled The Queer Explorer.

Speaking about his experience to come out to his mother Alex said "That day, my mother gave away the sari reluctantly because she couldn't approve of my drag identity," says Mathew, an artist manager who lives in the southern city of Bangalore.

It took her three years to accept my drag identity and understand that I perform in a sari to break the gender stereotypes in this patriarchal world.