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.
Contents:
- IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
- ANTI-ISLAM, BUT PRO-GAY? HOW MOSQUE OPPONENTS TIE THEMSELV KNOTS
IN A SURVEY OF AMERIN MLIMS, 0% INTIFIED AS LBIAN OR GAY. HERE’S THE STORY BEHD THAT STATISTIC
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans people solidary wh Mlim muni unr attack * lgbt against islamophobia *
We often face homophobia wh our faial and cultural environments, as well as Islamophobia perpetuated by the world around . It is also problematic to generalise lns of people, and this further ntribut to an Orientalist perspective that homogenis the diversy of Mlim muni and thought. This bigotry disregards the part the wtern world, more specifilly Bra and s former empire, had proselytisg legislative homophobia through s lonial projects the 19th century.
I’d also remend you read up on LGBTQ+ history wh Islamic societi – Islamic Homosexuali: Culture, History and Lerature by Will Rose and Stephen O. Murray, and Homosexualy Islam by Stt Siraj al-Haqq Kugle are great plac to start. LGBT+ Agast Islamophobia at London Pri wh Lbians and Gay Men Support the Mers and Tra Unns – thank you to everyone that held the banner throughout the day.
Dancg Dulais” wh Geth Roberts and Nila Field om Lbian and Gays Support the Mers. As a rult, their beliefs on issu relatg to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people nnot be easily summarized. However, acrdg to a recent survey by Public Relign Rearch Center, more than half (52%) of Amerin Mlims ageed that "society should approve of homosexualy.
ANTI-ISLAM, BUT PRO-GAY? HOW MOSQUE OPPONENTS TIE THEMSELV KNOTS
The basis for this attu of acceptance is the belief that a person is born transgenr but choos to be homosexual, makg homosexualy a s. IntroductnThis year on May 17, Canada’s Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, a poster, promoted unr the spic of a Canadian universy, picted two Mlim women headsrv on the verge of kissg. ” The poster also featured a biracial homosexual uple, a black heterosexual uple, and a uple nsistg of a fully-abled and a disabled person, alongsi the two Mlim women, wh each uple engagg a romantic act.
The LGBTQ Natn article end wh the followg statement: “Mlim culture isn’t herently anti-gay: the Qur’an says nothg about homosexualy (unlike the Bible); Islamic history is filled wh texts openly pictg homosexualy as a betiful, matter-of-fact thg; and more Amerin Mlims support same-sex marriage than do Christian Evangelils, Prottants, and Mormons, acrdg to a Pew Rearch Study. ” The amg of the article as a whole, om s tle to s fal paragraph, portrays Mlims who objected to the poster as unnecsarily “homophobic”: they were prottg a betiful thg that their own relig scripture supposedly do not nmn and that their own history has allegedly celebrated for the end, however, the universy acquiced to the mands of the Mlim muny and pulled the poster down.