• Home
  • About MMW
  • MMW Contributors
  • Resources

LGBTQ

Advertisements

Use a “Muslim Woman”: Reasserting Dutch Values 101


Posted by syahirah on 02 Dec 2013 / 5 Comments
Tweet



A few weeks ago, I went to a small, local cinema in my city to catch a film. I’ve always liked going to this particular cinema because they screen international and independent films – a fresh change from the standard Hollywood fare at the bigger cinema. The film was about to start, so I quickly […]

Read more →

Pride Parades, Hijabs and Muslim Lesbians


Posted by eren on 11 Jun 2013 / 9 Comments
Tweet



Last Saturday, the city where I live in Western Canada held its annual Pride Parade. This year and against all odds, the first member of my mosque participated in the parade. Sister Sarah (a pseudonym) decided to participate in the parade after years of struggling with reconciling her faith with her sexuality. She decided “to try […]

Read more →

Gay Muslims: Fighting the Oxymoron


Posted by emaan on 21 May 2013 / 1 Comment
Tweet



In 2007, when Iranian president Ahmadinejad declared that ‘we don’t have any gays in Iran’, he was met with widespread media criticism. Yet, much of the world seemed content to believe in the crux of what he was saying: that according to conventional wisdom, there is no space for homosexuality in Islam. As the West’s […]

Read more →

Not There Yet: Inclusion, Acceptance and Support for LGBTQ Muslims


Posted by eren on 18 Oct 2012 / 0 Comments
Tweet



Discussions on LGBTQ inclusion in Muslim communities are one of those things that make my blood boil because in my community, as in some others, Muslims who support same-sex unions and condemn homophobia tend to be disregarded. For many Muslims, the recognition of Muslims who may identify as queer or trans poses a challenge to […]

Read more →

A Gay Girl in Damascus Tells It Like It Is


Posted by sarayasin on 31 May 2011 / 0 Comments
Tweet



Amina Abdullah is being celebrated as the unlikely voice of Syria’s revolution. She is a 35-year-old Syrian-American woman living in Damascus. On her blog, she writes candidly about her life as a lesbian in Syria. She garnered international attention after a post describing how her father was in an altercation with the state police. Abdullah’s […]

Read more →

Two Girls, One Tired Romantic Comedy: I Can’t Think Straight


Posted by sarayasin on 05 Jan 2010 / 0 Comments
Tweet



I Can’t Think Straight is a film by Shamim Sarif that attempts to deal with culture, religion, and sexuality within the period of an hour and fifteen minutes. The story tells the tale of Leyla, an Indian Muslim, who falls in love with Tala, a Jordanian Christian. Heavy on Orientalist porn and thin on a […]

Read more →

Aliyah’s Choice: The LA Times’ Profile of a Lesbian Muslim


Posted by melinda on 07 Jan 2009 / 0 Comments
Tweet



It wasn’t but several years ago when a Google search for “gay Muslims” or “lesbian Muslims” turned up few results on actual people, mainly just pages on why homosexuality is a sin in Islam and perhaps one or two articles, usually focusing on men. Since then there’s been an increase in profiles on people who […]

Read more →

Bekhsoos: Concerning Homophobia


Posted by fatima on 23 Sep 2008 / 0 Comments
Tweet



How excited was I when our editor, Fatemeh, emailed out a link to a new online magazine called Bekhsoos!? Of course, I jumped at the chance to cover the first issue of the mag, which is called Bekhsoos il Homophobia (Concerning Homophobia) and is chock-full of editorials, personal stories, health articles, media analyses and more, […]

Read more →