#lgbtq muslim

[mysweetsinfulobsessions]

HIJAB BUTCH BLUES by LAMYA H.

Alright, changing it up a bit with my book stuff but this one hit home with me. The author draws very interesting parallels between stories in the Quran and her experiences as a gay muslim woman that are very interesting. And if you think you can’t be muslim and gay, or wear a hijab and be gay, or even tackle muslim culture and queerness in one, then you’re bound to be pleasantly proved wrong with this one.

#and you know what? the way the author handles the concept of coming out and anonymity is so fucking relatable #the author remains anonymous per her own choice and thats fucking something #lgbtq books #lgbt books #book recommendations #lgbt book recs #queer book recommendations #queer books #gay muslim #lesbian muslim #queer muslim #muslim representation #muslim books #lgbt muslim #lgbtq muslim #lgbt+ books #hijab butch blues #lamya h #hijab butch blues lamya

[muslimah-thoughts]

Would any other queer Muslims please reblog/like this post? I desperately want to become mutuals with y’all ❤️

#queer muslim #queer islam #gay muslim #bisexual muslim #lesbian muslim #lgbtq muslim

[mlm-revert]

i received some hateful words on Instagram from a fellow Muslim. the usual "oh you're not fasting for Ramadan? Don't be Muslim then." and also the usual "queer Muslims don't exist." I try not to let these things bother me. I ended up blocking this person because I really don't need that energy in my life. It just got me thinking.

I'll never be the "ideal" Muslim. Never. I'll never be able to pray 5 times a day. I'll never be able to fast for Ramadan (not because I don't want to. I do want to. I have health issues that prevent me from doing so.) I'll never be seen as valid because I'm queer. I'll never be able to give up certain spiritual practices i had in the past. I'll never be accepted by the general Muslim community.

And as much as I want to ignore all the people saying I can't be Muslim because of so and so, it makes me wonder if they're right. I'm trying my best.

#queer religion #queer muslim #queer muslim revert #lgbt muslim #religious lgbt #muslim revert #muslim #revert islam #lgbtq muslim #lgbtqia muslim #revert

[wildfeather5002]

Progressive & inclusive Christians I love you 💙

Progressive & inclusive Muslims I love you 💜

Progressive & inclusive Jews I love you 💚

Progressive, inclusive & accepting religious people in general I love and cherish you ❤💞❤

Have a blessed day/night!

#progressive religion #progressive christianity #lgbtq christian #lgbtq muslim #jewish #jumblr #positivity #religion #spirituality #religious pluralism #random stuff #❤ #progressive islam #progressive judaism #anti conservative #anti right wing

[hobiebrownsslut]

i think im going to start practicing islam again, im for sure not gonna convert rn but i'll try to pray and shit so assalamualaikum my brothers and sisters!

#lgbtq #queer muslim #lgbtq muslim #muslim

[queer-muslim-culture-is]

Welcome to queer-muslim-culture-is !

[PT: Welcome to queer-muslim-culture-is !]

My goal here is to foster a sense of community and to share queer muslim experiences, struggles, and joy. This blog is largely run on your asks, so dont be shy sending them in. I'll also routinely reblog art, resources, and general positivity

While the blog is run mainly in english, I'm fluent in arabic and will translate some posts I really like or for anons if necessary :]

MOD INFO

[PT: Mod Info]

Hiya ! You can call me Mod Amber (Anbar / 3anbar / عنبر) or Mod Ilyas (إلياس), it all works. My pronouns are he/she, ze/hir, and it/its. I'm a queer (mithliya), trans (3abir), and polyamorous north african

WHO'S WELCOME ON THIS BLOG ?

[PT: Who's welcome on this blog ?]

You don't have to be a queer muslim to follow, interact, ask questions, etc as long as you're respectful

I am a radical inclusionist (supportive of all good faith queer identities including the "contradictory" ones) and do not tolerate queerphobia, racism, ableism, pluralphobia or bigotry against any religions. I'm liberal with the block button and won't engage with blatant hatred

Blank blogs (no rbs, default pfp, etc) and fully nsfw blogs will be blocked. This is to try and reduce bot spam

*** Under the cut is accessibility info and the tagging system

[PT: Under the cut is accessibility info and the tagging system]

ACCESSIBILITY

[PT: Accessibility]

I greatly value accessibility, so on this blog I'll be :

Ensuring images and videos have descriptions (they might not always be perfect, but I'll try to have *some* kind of description for everything)

Adding plain text for colorful and non standard sized text

Adding appropriate trigger warnings to posts (including flashing lights if it ever comes up)

If you have suggestions on how to make this blog a more accessible place, please feel free to send me an ask or dm :]

TAGGING SYSTEM -- will be updated as necessary

[PT: Tagging System -- will be updated as necessary]

Main tags :

#queer muslim culture -- the regular asks

#not queer muslim culture -- everything else

#arabic -- anything that contains arabic writing, all posts include translations

Trigger tags :

#[trigger] -- e.g. #homophobia

#tw [trigger] -- e.g. #tw homophobia

"Queer muslim culture" includes :

#qmc pos -- for more positive asks

#qmc neg -- for more negative asks

*** Note : Not every ask will be sorted into one of these two tags. This tagging system is purely for filtering purposes and not meant to shame anyone. Im fully ok with asks about the painful parts of being a queer muslim, we're all in this together :]

"Not queer muslim culture" includes :

#blog update -- announcements, blog upkeep, etc

#art -- visual, written, etc

#media -- movies, shows, books, etc

#queer muslim experiences -- public personalities, pictures from events and protests, life stories, etc

#resources

#blog appreciation -- y'all sending me really sweet messages :']

#activism -- currently mostly palestine related, but possibly other stuff too

#positivity

#will add links to the tags hopefully soon #not queer muslim culture #blog update #queer muslim #trans muslim #muslim #queer #lgbt muslim #lgbtq muslim #queer islam

[lgbtqiamuslimpedia]

Al-Fatiha Foundation

Al-fatiha foundation was an international queer muslim focused organization based in USA. Al-faitha advanced the civil,political & legal rights of LGBTQ+ Muslims.It was founded in 1997 by a Pakistani-American muslim gay man Faisal Alam .

Type : Non-Profit

Founder : Faisal Alam

Purpose : Raising awareness on LGBTQ+ muslims,combatting muslim homophobia

Headquarter : USA

Chapters : Al-Fatiha had 15 chapters in USA,UK,Canada,South Africa.Al-Fatiha also had offices in UK,South Africa,Spain,Turkey.

Website : www.al-fatiha.org/

History of Al-Fatiha

Al-fatiha foundation was founded in November of 1997.Initially it started as an internet listserve.The org. had members from 25 countries, & by October 1998 had developed numerous in-person chapters. Al-fatiha foundation first opened its office in New York.Al-fatiha helped to established a largest queer muslim network.Al-fatiha was a member of Global Queer Muslim Network.

Al-fatiha members hosted international retreats & conferences annually for LGBTQQIA+ Muslims.

Al-fatiha's first International Retreat for LGBTQ Muslims was held in October of 1998.

Al-fatiha convened the 1st American LGBTQ+ conference “Creating a Community,” for LGBTQ+ Muslims,LGBTQ+ people from muslim backgrounds.

Al-Fatiha organized conferences which took place in Boston, New York and London in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and focused on issues such as the reconciliation of religion and sexual orientation.

In 2003, Al-faitha & Salaam Canada co-hosted the ''Salaam/Al-Fatiha International LGBTTIQQ Muslim Conference'' in Toronto.

The last conference of Al-fatiha was held in 2005 in Atlanta,GE.

International Queer Activism:

Through the first International Retreat for LGBTQ Muslims of Al-fatiha,the participants officially decided that the muslim community needed an international org. to address their concerns.

Since 1998, the Al-fatiha foundation has expanded significantly, with 15 chapters located in the United States, United Kingdom,South Africa and Canada.Furthermore, Al-faitha foundation opened its offices in UK,Canada,Spain, Turkey,Jerusalem,South Africa.The Al-fatiha-UK chapter is currently known as Imaan. Al-fatiha South Africa chapter is currently known as The Inner Circle/Al-Fitrah Foundation.

The Al-Fatiha Foundation has received extensive media coverage in the United States and around the world. Many LGBT newspapers and publications have written about its activities, featuring the organization and its members in The New York Blade, Southern Voice, The Advocate, Out Magazine and Diva Magazine, among others. Mainstream publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post also have covered Al-Fatiha’s activities. Featured abroad in Bangladesh,India,South Africa & the Far East, Al-Fatiha has been on radio programs such as BBC and National Public Radio.Al-fatiha's extensive media coverage brought visibility on Queer Muslims globally.

Closure of Al-fatiha:

Al-fatiha foundation was highly criticized by other islamic conservatives & radicalists.In 2001, Al-Muhajiroun, an international organization seeking the establishment of a global Islamic caliphate, issued a fatwa declaring that all members of Al-fatiha foundation were murtadd (apostate).The organization Al-Muhajiroun also demanded death of Al-fatiha's members.

Due to constant death threats and fear of getting shunned by their muslim communities, many members of the Al-fatiha still prefer to be anonymous so as to protect their identity.While Al-Fatiha worked to combat homophobia within Muslim communities, it also felt it faced the challenge of seeking to avoid provoking an Islamophobic reaction among non-Muslims.

After the organization's founder, Faisal Alam, stepped down, subsequent leaders failed to sustain the organization.It began a process of legal dissolution in 2011.

#queer muslim #lgbtq muslim #gay muslim #bi muslim #trans muslim #transmuslim #Homosexuality in Islam #Queering Muslim #lgbt muslims

[kodieskhalwa]

Hear me out

Pride flag themed thobes, and other hijab wear.

#queer muslim #queer islam #queer muslims #lgbtq muslim

[asunnycoffee]

Anyone who thinks Muslims have to leave their religion solely due to their sexuality, gender, pronouns, etc. are real vile people. Seriously, some of you guys don’t hear yourselves when you claim you respect the LGBTQIA+ community yet flat out exclude your OWN members from the thing they’ve been taught since a kid. Some of you are downright retched. LGBTQIA+ Muslims you’re great. Don’t listen to those complete asswipes.

#lgbtq muslim #lgbt muslim

[shaykappa]

I think that people should stop asking awkward and personal questions to gay couples and instead ask the real questions we all have, such as "so who gets the Mehr?"

#lgbtq muslim #islam #no homophobia or islamophobia please #funny #joke #lesbian #gay #queer #mlm #wlw #queer muslim

[deenahalaqsa]

My identity as a Muslim lesbian is one that I will continue to keep close to my chest.

For some people, that mere label is a misnomer – or, worse, an oxymoron. I’m not going to go into the interpretative religious nitty-gritty, because I can guarantee it will only serve to confuse or aggravate people further. But in case you’re wondering, the short answer is that, yes, I am Muslim, meaning I follow the five pillars of Islam, including five daily prayers and fasting during the month of Ramadan. Simultaneously, I identify as a gay woman, which means my sexual and romantic attraction is confined to other women.

From an outsider: The reality of being lesbian and Muslim

#islam #queer muslim #muslim lesbian #queer muslims #lgbtq #lgbtq muslim #lgbtq+ #faithfully lgbt #lgbt muslim #pride 2022 #pride month #happy pride

[muslimah-thoughts]

Rant warning;

Having a massive struggle of faith because I’m in this Islamic class and the teacher is such a knowledgeable person but she and everyone else keep saying homophobic things and it makes me feel so discouraged to keep practicing.

Like she was indirectly saying that Muslims should avoid interacting with lgbtqa+ people. Which makes me mad on so many levels, but most of all I’m not gonna stop talking to my sisters that I love second only to Allah swt just because of your discriminatory and hateful stances

Any advice I would love

#gay muslim #lgbtq muslim #queer islam #islam #queer muslim #lesbian muslim

[mlm-revert]

a very important reminder to everyone that no matter what religion you practice, if you think you're better than someone else for whatever reason, you are not doing it right. I don't like telling people that they practice a religion incorrectly, because I don't feel there's one right way to practice, but...if you're using your own relationship with God (or whoever you worship) to try to say you're better than someone else, you're not doing it right. At all full stop.

#yes this is directed at people who tell me I'm going to hell because I'm gay. #lgbt muslim #queer muslim #religious lgbt #lgbtqia muslim #lgbtq muslim #queer religion

[cinnamonmustard]

Lots of progressive Muslims like to reference the Hadith where a mukhannath (effeminate man, in Classical Arabic) is banished from Medina, instead of killed, as an example of Islam’s tolerance. So, ok, we get banished, the mukhannathun and mutarajjilat (females/tomboys). Then what? Where do we go? Are we still Muslim? Do we get to have families? Is marriage still half our deen? Why does the mainstream Muslim community only narrate Islam centring their own lives? What more is there to know about being Muslim unconventionally? Where do I find it? They banish us, then get to go on living, doing the Right Thing. Then what? How about me? What comes after?

#queer muslim #lgbtq muslim #islam /

[rizz-penguin]

Hello, I’m Ameera a 23 years old Muslim lesbian who is trying to come out, I’ve been in the closet with my girlfriend for way too long, because of how dangerous and hard it is to come out as a lesbian to a religious Muslim family, but me and my girlfriend have decided to do whatever it takes and risk it all to come out, do you mind supporting and encouraging us?, we have the plan to go away which is why I have my donation campaign pinned on my profile, if I raise at least that goal I can start the process with my savings, I can’t come out until I’d gotten my apartment and I’m away from family, so please support by donating if you can and help reblog though I know we all have what we dealing with, so I’m not imposing we just need all the support and encouragement we can get, check my pinned post for more information on how you can support, if you are a Muslim queer and you are out, please help with tips on how to make it less complicated, any word of advice is also really needed, we really wanna come out but we need y’all 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ pride please come through for us, I believe pride is for all

I hope that you and your girlfriend are able to make it to a place that is safe for you. Unfortunately I am unable to donate, but I know others can, and I hope they do donate.

For everyone who's reading this, please help our friend out.

Please, everybody who reads this, donate if you can and reblog.

Im sorry I can't help, and I hope you and your girlfriend find a safe place to come out. <3

#lgbtqia #lesbian #islam #muslim #Please for the love of whatever you believe in #DONATE AND HELP THIS PERSON #Important #very important #Like please donate #If you can of course #lgbtq muslim

[queer-muslim-culture-is]

heyo ! im the new mod here and you can call me amber or anbar/3anbar/عنبر (however youd like to spell it :p). ill have a new pinned post with a proper intro soon but in the meantime, please start sending in some asks ! additionally :

if you have ideas for other content youd like to see feel free to reply or send in an ask as well :]

#excited to get this started :D #queer muslim #trans muslim #lgbt muslim #lgbtq muslim