For many LGBT Mlims, g out of the closet to their fai and relig muni n be a ght cisn. One Mlim lear says she receiv lls regularly om young gay and lbian Mlims who are aaid to reveal their sexual inty.
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- AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
- MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
- IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
AFFIRMG MOSQU HELP GAY MLIMS RENCILE FAH, SEXUALY
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HOUSTON - Hoton has a pretty sizeable Mlim populatn and while may e as a surprise, there are members of the muny who happen to intify as gay, lbian, transgenr, or queer. "I want them to know Iftikhar is here, and to make sure I am that rource and be like ‘hey, this is what we have, ’ and I want them to be able to have a muny that is for them to be weled to and feel fortable bee we have a lot of refuge g on asylum that are gay and everythg is the sry for them as they may not have a fay here, or know anyone or even have a muny so they all end up lost, and I don't want that, " she said. "I knew all my life that I was gay, but I jt I never really accepted for myself bee my dad was so polil the Islamic Society [of Greater Hoton] so was a very big thg for me to e out and I wasn't able to, so was very hard for me.
" Currently, Rani said they have a clear unrstandg of their Islamic inty but bee var members of the Mlim muny have negative opns of homosexuals, n raise some eyebrows when others fd out about her sexualy. Salaam is a volunteer-n anizatn that advot for social jtice and addrs the tersectg issu around homophobia, transphobia, and Islamophobia/racism.
CALEM received the SOS Homophobia 2010, was supported by the European Council 2012, was an advisor to the Brish urt of jtice to the stat of refuge, was advisor to the French ernment regardg the law on marriage for all, and advisor to the nstutn of ILGA Ai (Biggt LGBT NGO worldwi).
MEET AMERI’S FIRST OPENLY GAY IMAM
Hoton, Texas is the 4th largt cy the untry and is a diverse area brimmg wh gay-iendly nightlife, dg, hotels, events, ftivals, bars and shoppg. Fd out what's happeng now, learn about Hoton's LGBTQ muny and let help plan your vatn today. * houston lgbt mosque *
Wh the largt LGBT muny the state of Texas, and one of the largt the South, Hoton has a rich gay history and an abundance of social and philanthropic anizatns. Disver Your Gay Hoton.
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Now that gay marriage has been legalized natnwi, we n't help but be giddy about all the... E: I lerally knew nobody else that, you know, intified as such - plenty of Christians, even some Jewish dividuals, but not Other relig muni are havg the same ternal stggl about cln and homophobia. A survey by Pew Rearch Center asked people whether, quote, "homosexualy should be accepted by society.
IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
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Wh two servic each weekend, RMCC is one of the biggt church the cy to support the gay muny. RMCC put a foc on cln and even feature a whole webpage dited to providg rourc to expla the relatnship between homosexualy and the Bible.
Loted the Montrose area, Kdred is brgg worship to the gay-oriented neighborhood. Wh a mment to beg a welg ngregatn to all people om all walks of life, First Unarian Universalist puts an emphasis on fightg homophobia and beg as clive as possible. In 1987, they found the Hoton Area Teen Coaln of Homosexuals (HATCH) to provi a venue for gay and lbian youth to meet and support one another.
Ryan Bellghsen is a gay wrer and pop culture junkie who was born and raised Hoton. LGBT History, which embodi my gay agenda of gettg our history onle. My Gay Amerin Road Trip: A Slice of Our Pre-AIDS Culture"1981.
Hoton, Texas is the 4th largt cy the untry and is a diverse area brimmg wh gay-iendly nightlife, dg, hotels, events, ftivals, bars and shoppg. Fd out what's happeng now, learn about Hoton's LGBTQ muny and let help plan your vatn today. * houston lgbt mosque *
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Imam El-Faro Khaki -found Toronto's first LGBTQ-iendly mosque, Uny Mosque, 10 years ago to allow lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Mlims to attend prayers whout havg to hi their sexual orientatn or genr inty for fear of discrimatn. INTERPRETATIONGay Mlim scholar Stt Siraj al-Haqq Kugle has spent two s rearchg LGBTQ issu the Islamic fah and said many people are surprised to disver that Islam is not herently nmng of LGBTQ people. “In the Quran, there is no word that explicly scrib homosexual or transgenr persons; the Arabic terms were vented after the Quran’s revelatn, by medieval jurists and ntemporary journalists, doctors and social crics.