Guest Post: My queerness and identity as a Muslim rarely sit at the same table - and I want that to change
When I tell people that I’m queer, I’m typically bombarded with a cacophany of questions.
Muslim
September 11, 2020
Author Shamim Sarif is making huge waves in the YA thriller and screenwriting worlds
Award-winning Canadian/British novelist/screenwriter/director Shamim Sarif—a brown/feminist/lesbian/of South African/Indian/Muslim heritage—is out this fall with THE SHADOW MISSION, the sequel to THE ATHENA PROTOCOL, which itself is receiving its paperback release this week.
August 9, 2019
Jewish, Muslim, and Christian people describe coexisting in LGBTQ and spiritual spaces
We must be able to have meaning in faith, and in doing so, we must be critical of traditional and exclusionary aspects of faith.
August 24, 2017
Blair Imani gets real about queer Muslim representation, shares exclusive "The Bold Type" clip
I came out very publicly on Fox News as a black queer Muslim woman. During this chaotic time, support also came from an unexpected source: The Bold Type on Freeform.
July 7, 2014
Al Jazeera America examines what it means to be LGBT and Muslim in the USA
Al Jazeera America's America Tonight explored what it was like to live at the intersection of two minority identities in the United States, being LGBT and Muslim.
June 13, 2014
Religion News Summary - June 13, 2014
Anti-trans but pro-gay Baptists, Methodist church may officially split over marriage equality, lots of projects reconciling faith and being LGBTQ, and more.
May 30, 2014
"Just me and Allah": Photography series and Tumblr documents Queer Muslims
Photographer Samra Habib from Toronto launched a new photography series and Tumblr documenting Queer Muslims.
July 22, 2013
Snapshots of our work: Latino/a Queer Film, Pro-LGBT Muslim Orgs, and promoting ENDA coverage
Wonder what we’re up to at GLAAD? Be sure to check out GLAAD's Blog each week for updates about our latest work to build support for LGBT equality through news, entertainment and online media.
July 18, 2013
Balancing family, faith, and love in the Muslim community
Ramadan is an important time for all Muslims, even those searching for where they belong in their religious body as an LGBT person of faith.
June 21, 2013
Openly gay imams serve as an affirming gleam of hope in Muslim LGBT community
Mainstream Islam has a reputation of being rabidly anti-LGBT, but that reputation is being challenged. Gay Muslims around the world are working slowly-but-surely to reach out to other LGBT Muslims looking to reconcile their identity with their faith. Read about two openly gay imams and others who are paving the way for LGBT Muslims in America and overseas.
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