1. »  Trans* Community in Color: As Salaam Alaikum: CALLING ALL QUEER MUSLIMS IN NYC!

    transcommunityincolor:

    Where y’all at?!

    Allo! I’m a recent revert to Islam, alhamdulillah! I don’t know any Muslims here in NYC and being queer, I don’t feel comfortable finding a community at a local masjid just yet.

    I am sure there are plenty others out there who want a comfortable safe space to praise Allah and be…

  2. »  Detroit conference for gay and lesbian Muslims aims for inclusion, empowerment

    Gay and lesbian Muslims are holding a two-day conference in Detroit this weekend featuring a gay Muslim leader who grew up in Detroit.

    Called the “Queer Muslim Gathering,” the event is hosted by Kick, an African-American gay and lesbian group based in Detroit, and Muslims for Progressive Values. Read more.

  3. »  How the Dialogue on Queer Muslims Is Shifting

  4. »  Let me know what you think - yes YOU!

    chashmesia:

    I’m just excited to share the latest Queer Theory and want to know what you think!

    Let a girl know!

    You can let me know here on tumblr or comingoutmuslim@gmail.com

    xoxo w

  5. »  collective striving & struggle: Coming Out Muslim Blog: Resistance as Liberation

    chashmesia:

    http://comingoutmuslim.squarespace.com/com-blog/2012/11/15/resistance-as-liberation.html

    Last Saturday, TTG and I met up at Columbia University for the first ever Muslim Writer’s Symposium entitled, The Muslim Protagonist: an opportunity to convene some of the most brilliant writers and…

  6. boyprincessftw: Signal boosted from The Inner Circle’s facebook page: In order to assist in the emancipation of LGBTQI Muslims in the IndoPak region, The Inner Circle is looking for volunteers that are willing to be interviewed (anonymously) by Imam Muhsin Hendricks to find out about your experience. We need three people each from Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and India. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Please inbox if you are interested or have any questions. Thank you. Imam Muhsin Hendricks is a really wonderful person who is also an openly gay Imam. Please help out the project if you’re a queer Muslim from the above areas and you feel comfortable reaching out to share your experiences.

    boyprincessftw:

    Signal boosted from The Inner Circle’s facebook page:

    In order to assist in the emancipation of LGBTQI Muslims in the IndoPak region, The Inner Circle is looking for volunteers that are willing to be interviewed (anonymously) by Imam Muhsin Hendricks to find out about your experience. We need three people each from Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and India. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Please inbox if you are interested or have any questions. Thank you.

    Imam Muhsin Hendricks is a really wonderful person who is also an openly gay Imam. Please help out the project if you’re a queer Muslim from the above areas and you feel comfortable reaching out to share your experiences.

  7. »  Divine Alignment

    chashmesia:

    Ch-ch-check out the latest Coming Out Muslim blog!

  8. "It aims to “prune” the tradition of old branches that may have once been vital but are now dead and serve only to justify injustice in the name of religion. In pruning the living tree of Islam, they hope to revive the flow of its life-giving sap, clearing the way for new growth in hopes of future fruit."
    Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle, Homosexuality in Islam, page 39. (via eibmorb)
  9. Salaam! I am in the process of learning about Islam before deciding if I truly feel called to convert. I am just slightly worried about learning Salaat. I feel comfortable with the motions, but I am not sure about the spoken prayer. I have been told that I must learn it in Arabic, but I don't feel that I can connect to it that way just yet. So, my question is, do I have to pray in Arabic? Or, is it acceptable to use English?
    Anonymous

    Salaam

    if there is one thing i learned after converting is there are many Muslims who don’t speak Arabic and still lead faithful lives. Arabic takes a lot of time to learn, and not everyone has the resources available to them to learn it when they first convert.

    if you ask me, i would just focus on learning your prayers in English first and slowly unpacking what your prayers mean in Arabic. i personally think its really pointless to learn your prayers in Arabic if you never really stop and think about what you’re saying and why. prayer is an intentional act, an intentional devotion to Allah, and it takes time to develop comfort with it that shouldn’t be rushed. i’m still learning my prayers in Arabic because Hebrew is my second language and i can chant better in Hebrew than i can Arabic. 

    my point is that it takes time, don’t rush yourself, and really enjoy learning your prayers as part of your deen. 

  10. so I'm a muslim and I try to treat queers just as respectfully as anyone else .. in my view, I absolutely hate the sin, but if as long no one acts on their desires I'm obliged by Islam to treat as good as any muslim. I was told that this opinion is wrong and should be ok with queers acting out their desires, but I'm not even ok with straight people acting out their desires outside wedlock? am I wrong?
    Anonymous

    yeah you are doing it wrong. hate to break it to you. 

    you saying “i’m not even okay with straight people acting out their desires” doesn’t make it any better. its not a smoke screen for your own internalized bigotry. 

    you need to do some hard work on

    • the concept of wedlock and relationships- i hate to break it to you but not everyone desires to get married in order to have a relationship. the world is changing, people are changing, Muslims are changing. are you really going to hold up some bullshit purity test of “marriage or wedlock” in order to determine whether you treat people with humanity let alone like a good Muslim? 
    • EDIT: also the concept of wedlock and having babies out of wedlock is an inherently sexist belief. nobody ever goes to men and says “omg you had a baby out of wedlock. shame on you!” usually that’s a standard that’s upheld unfairly in respect to women. and don’t even bother claiming you apply such a standard equally, because chances are you don’t. 
    • your anti-LGBT bigotry. you saying you’re not okay with straight people doing it outside of wedlock is most likely bullshit. its a lie homophobes tell themselves in order to avoid working on their own prejudices. sorry, you’re not getting off that easy 
    • hating the sin? is loving everything a person does really necessary for you to treat them like a good Muslim? is it really my place to determine whether your behavior gets you treated like any other Muslim? do i really get to make that judgement call and still call myself a good person? 

    you have a lot of work to do, in my opinion 

    this is the only ask i will be answering about this 

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