Gay Muslims

What if Jason Collins Was a Muslim?

Khaled A. Beydoun | Posted 05.10.2013 | Religion

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"Gay and Muslim American," for both Muslim and non-Muslim Americans, reads like an oxymoron. Yet, is a largely harmonized yet hidden identity that characterizes the experience of many Muslim American men and women.

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Lesbian Muslim Unveiled: The Quest For Progressive Islam Values

SheWired | Nazly Siadate | Posted 01.29.2013 | Gay Voices

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A good friend of mine and I were in a heated debate at Starbucks—naturally—over whether or not it’s possible to reconcile Islam with the LGBTQ c...

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Police Arrest 5 Linked To Muslim 'Vigilante' Video

AP | Posted 03.26.2013 | Gay Voices

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LONDON — British police say they've arrested four men linked to a video of self-proclaimed Muslim vigilantes threatening revelers on the streets...

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WATCH: London's 'Muslim Patrol' Hurls Insults At Man They Believe Is Gay

The Huffington Post | Glennisha Morgan | Posted 01.22.2013 | Gay Voices

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Disturbing video footage of an East London-based group identified as the “Muslim Patrol” harassing a man they believed to be gay has surfaced. ...

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WATCH: Coming Out Gay In The Muslim World

Posted 12.07.2012 | Religion

Read More: Lgbt, Islam, Homophobia in Islam, El-Farouk Khaki, Gay Muslims, LGBT in Islam, Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed, Queer Muslims, Arsham Parsi, Religion News

Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed was 17 years old when he understood that he was in love with his Qur'an teacher. For the next ten years he struggled to separat...

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Gay Muslims: The Elephant In The (Prayer) Room

F. Yusef | Posted 02.02.2013 | Gay Voices

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Now that we've established, I hope, that sexual orientation isn't a choice, Muslim communities need to stop sweeping the topic under the carpet and start providing the right kind of support and advice. We Muslims need to be doing far more to support the LGBT individuals among us.

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Muslim Man In France Seeks To Open Mosque For Gays

The Huffington Post | Samreen Hooda | Posted 11.20.2012 | Gay Voices

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Mohammed Ludovic Lütfi Zahed wants to open a mosque for gay muslims in France. According to Hurriyet Daily News, Zahed realized he needed to start a ...

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LGBT History Month Icon Of The Day: Ifti Nasim

The Huffington Post | JR Tungol | Posted 10.29.2012 | Gay Voices

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In July 2011, at 64 years old, Ifti Nasim, an openly gay Muslim Pakistani poet, human rights activist and Chicago radio host (even a luxury-car salesm...

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Mr. Gay Denmark On Coming Out -- As A Muslim

HuffingtonPost.com | Daniel Basteiro | Posted 09.24.2012 | Gay Voices

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[Editor's note: This interview originally appeared in Spanish and has been translated.] Mr. Gay Denmark, who is also Muslim, says “it’s not eas...

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You Can't Be Gay; You're Arab

Nedda Alammar | Posted 08.22.2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: Islam, Gay Middle Easterners, Gay Arab, Gay Arabs, Islam Homosexuality, Gay Muslims, Gay Voices News

A friend of mine accidentally came out to his parents on his birthday. I say "accidentally" because he wasn't planning on it -- not ever. He's Arab.

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The New Radical Islam

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 01.30.2013 | Religion

At first, the devout Muslims who gathered in a Washington, D.C., conference center seemed like they could have come from any mosque. There were women ...

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Good Tidings To All: LGBTQs Still Looking For Holiday Celebrations

Ankita Rao | Posted 02.18.2012 | Religion

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Despite increased awareness, parties and worship services have not always been welcoming to the LGBTQ community. But advocacy groups, cultural organizations and mainstream religious institutions have stepped in.

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Inspiring LGBT Religious Leaders

Posted 12.20.2011 | Religion

Reflecting and shaping the culture in which it is embedded, religion has historically been hostile to LGBT-identified people and communities. However,...

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Don't Ask, Don't Tennessee: Why Muslims And The LGBTQ Community Should Be Allies

Chris Stedman | Posted 09.08.2011 | Religion

The Muslim and LGBTQ communities face common challenges that stem from the same problem -- that diverse communities don't have robust and durable civic ties.

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A Living Hell: LGBT Iranians And The Islamic State

Joseph Ward III | Posted 08.01.2011 | World

The Islamic Penal Code and other institutions across the country designed around religious doctrine have proven incapable of supporting a standard of human rights acceptable in today's world.

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Gay Day or May Day

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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The irony of the gay rights movement is that it demands that sexual differences be accepted as normal while portraying these variations in an "un-normal" way. It's self-contradictory.

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