#muslim lgbt

[booasaur]

Special Ops: Lioness - 1x07

#specialopslionessedit #special ops lioness #special ops: lioness #aaliyah amrohi #cruz manuelos #stephanie nur #laysla de oliveira #special ops lioness 1x07 #special ops lioness spoilers #aaliyah x cruz #femslash related stuff #muslim lgbt #this was literally the hottest thing #until the take me convo five seconds later #and then the car ride right after #and then them arriving at the hotel with literally one thing on mind #lol #but like..it IS very hot right but the emotional stuff is being so well done #in turn they're nervous and guarded and hopeful and afraid #and so achingly vulnerable #also very horned up heh #they did very well casting these two :o

[soft-sapphic-love]

Queer Muslims deserve so much more recognition and adoration than they get. I hope you all know how absolutely worthy and important you are to the queer community!

#q #sapphic #lgbt #muslim sapphic #queer muslim #lgbtqia #religious lgbt #muslim lgbt #muslim sapphic positivity #our post

[ssnake-party]

I am so so tired. Popular media is spewing queerphobic bullsh#t and my parent is eating it up.

Today, I tried explaining that those media are not giving accurate information. I tried to explain what LGBTQ+ is, and how it's totally normal and valid, and that my parent shouldn't be learning things about this community through the mouths of straight and cis people.

I just want to come out, and have some support. I just want to tell someone I know. My parent is always like they'll support me no matter what, but if they have such a misguided view of queer people- how can I tell them that I am queer as well. That's why I care SO much about this. Just please understand me.

My parent is not so accepting wherever I say something they don't want to hear. When I said I will not be having children, they see it as something sad. When I say I'm autistic and I have ADHD (my doctor literally told me), he again looks hurt. And says, no way don't say things like that.

I can't tell him I'm queer now, I just don't want to explain to someone who doesn't want to understand. I'm so heartbroken. My head hurts, and I want to cry.

And he just says everything while acting like he's not queerphobic like what? And the media he follows is supportive when they are perpetuating harmful stereotypes..? Why is he always like this.. if you say you're gonna support someone no matter what, then you should. Like what exactly should I expect from you when your words don't match..

#audhd #autism #Adhd #queer #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbtq community #muslim lgbt #transgender #trans #nonbinary #neurodivergent #child free #antinatalism #chronic illness #Queer Muslim #genderqueer

[omnist-angels]

Transgender and Muslim solidarity. We face the same threats, and the overlap in our communities cannot be neglected.

#trans #islam #queer muslim #lgbt muslim #muslim lgbt #trans muslim #transgender #hijabi #solidarity #trans muslim solidarity #muslim trans solidarity

[bellamycarter]

Hi,

I am a 24 year old muslim male from London, UK.  I am looking for a MOC. Unfortunately, I have urges toward men, something I am ashamed of and disgusted of. I have no desire to women, which hurts me because if i get married, i would not be able to satisfy her, and it would cause marital problem which would be unfair. I am at the age, where I am feeling family and social pressure of marriage. Also i do not want to live a life alone. I do think same-sex relationships are haraam, and the action of these sins are haraam too. People being gay, or lesbian, or whatever isnt a sin but the action to follow the desire is. I come from a traditional Somali family. I am looking for a marriage of convenience, ideally long term, where we can be ourselves with each other. In sha Allah even try/ attempt to have kids ourselves and start a family. I just want to be honest in my marriage, and not to pretend as i feel like this would drive me crazy. I want a wife where we can support each other in preventing each other from doing same sex action, be there for each other and eventually grow old together. If things got too hard being in the marriage, then we could talk about a separation or couple therapy like normal married couples do, but i do think this would be a better option than marrying a straight women, and constantly lying to her. Ideally looking for someone with the same background as me. But i am very open to other ethnic backgrounds! If you are interested/know someone in the same position as i am, please feel free to contact me!

#marriage of convenience #islam help #muslim #muslim lgbt

[commiepinkofag]

LGBTQ Muslims Call for Permanent Ceasefire in Front of Stonewall

One-hundred LGBTQ Muslims gathered for a jummah prayer for Palestine in front of the Stonewall National Monument on Friday to demonstrate that there is “no pride in genocide.” “Queer Muslim New Yorkers are rising up in solidarity with Palestinians, and through a queer Muslim-led interfaith prayer, they will stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people who are facing genocide, starvation, and ethnic cleansing at the hands of the Israeli government backed by the United States,” organizers said in a statement. “Queer communities face historical discrimination, prejudice, violence, criminalization, lack of proper healthcare and/or gender affirming care, and more — and here in the U.S. queer activists have been rising up against increased LGBTQ+ attacks, yet their struggles are being exploited in a dangerous narrative war to suggest that there would be no place for queer people in Palestine,”

[ 📷 Stonewall Park, NYC, Dec 15, 2023. © Graham MacIndoe ]

#stonewall #queer muslim new yorkers #queer #muslim #nyc #new york #new york city #protest #activism #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbqti #jummah prayer #palestine #queers for palestine #free palestine #genocide #2023 #2020s

[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

[newsfromstolenland]

I feel like islamophobia in the lgbt+ community, especially from white people, is something that is often overlooked

but as a muslim lesbian...it hurts. it's alienating. you're harming us when you say religion can't coexist with our identities because islam is as much a part of my identity as being a non-binary lesbian is!

there are plenty of legitimate criticisms to be made about white christianity and it's weaponization against the lgbtq+ community, but lumping muslims in with that is so harmful

the same people who persecute lgbt+ people also persecute muslim people, and if you can't see us as your allies or fellow community members, then you have some islamophobic views to work out

and before you tell me that muslims don't accept lgbt+ people, I'd like to mention that I have come out to multiple mujtahids (religious leaders at ismaili mosques) in my lifetime and they have all welcomed me

for every white lgbt+ person who doesn't accept my faith, there is a muslim who accepts my sexuality and gender identity

do better. because this is our community too.

#mine #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbt+ #muslim #islam #islamophobia

[original-username42]

I'm so sick of queer spaces being so heavily anti religion to a comical degree. We always preach intersectionality or to look at nuance but then when religion is brought up it's all black and white "hur dur religion bad, you're bad because religion all religious people are going out in the streets murdering trans people and eating gay babies" like do none of us see the irony here? I'm trans, bi and religious and I've gotten hate for it but since I'm a pagan I get less hate than I've seen trans Christians or Muslims get. Not everyone who is religious is bigoted, not every religious person is the strawman in your head. Religion is not inherently bigoted, most of the time the stuff actual bigoted religious people use as justification for bigotry is mistranslations or blatantly wrong interpretations of religious texts. I'm not trying to convert anyone to any religion I'm just begging other queer folk to stop being hypocrites and to stop harassing other queer people for being religious

#religion #trans #LGBTQ #LGBT #pagan #Christian #islam #Muslim #bisexual #bi #transgender

[booasaur]

Special Ops: Lioness - 1x07

#specialopslionessedit #special ops lioness #special ops: lioness #aaliyah amrohi #cruz manuelos #stephanie nur #laysla de oliveira #special ops lioness 1x07 #special ops lioness spoilers #aaliyah x cruz #femslash related stuff #muslim lgbt #if only they could stay here :x #man this show lives and dies by these two and their chemistry #it's kind of hilarious that the ep kicks off with all this government agency stuff #politics and mobilizing a ship and blah blah #and meanwhile these two are having just an honestly really compelling love story in the middle of it #and then back to kaitlyn's weirdass marriage and joe's family drama

[queerism1969]

#christian faith #ex christian #christians #christian motivation #christianity #christian quotes #bible #christian blog #faith #holy bible #islam #hadith #muslim #quran #zikr #islamic #pride #queer community #lgbtq #lgbt community #lgbtqia #queer

[palipunk]

Palestinian Sapphics, happy pride to my lgbt Palestinians <3 

#my art #i said i was going to do it and. i did it #palestine #lgbt #wlw love #wlw art #woc #muslim wlw #sapphic art #pride month #lesbian #sapphic #digital art #artists on tumblr #Palestinian wlw

[aeniiac]

em eem new to tumblr,,,, throws my pride hijabi girls at u

#aeniiac #pride #hijabi #queer #queer muslim #lgbt

[hussyknee]

Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani’s Kitab al-Aghani records the lives of a number of individuals including one named Tuways who lived during the last years of Muhammad and the reigns of the early Muslim dynasties. Tuways was mukhannathun: those who were born as men, but who presented as female. They are described by al-Isfahani as wearing bangles, decorating their hands with henna, and wearing feminine clothing. One mukhannathun, Hit, was even in the household of the Prophet Muhammad. Tuways earned a reputation as a musician, performing for clients and even for Muslim rulers. When Yahya ibn al-Hakam was appointed as governor, Tuways joined in the celebration wearing ostentatious garb and cosmetics. When asked by the governor if he were Muslim Tuways affirmed his belief, proclaiming the declaration of faith and saying that he observes the fast of Ramadan and the five daily prayers. In other words, al-Isfahani, who recorded the life of a number of mukhannathun like Tuways, saw no contradiction between his gender expression and his Muslimness. From al-Isfahani we read of al-Dalal, ibn Surayj, and al-Gharid—all mukhannathun—who lived rich lives in early Muslim societies. Notably absent from al-Isfahani’s records is any state-sanctioned persecution. Instead, the mukhannathun are an accepted part of society.

...

Far from isolated cases, across Islamic history—from North Africa to South Asia—we see widespread acceptance of gender nonconforming and queer individuals. - Later in the Ottoman Empire, there were the köçek who were men who wore women’s clothing and performed at festivals. Formally trained in dance and percussion instruments, the köçek were an important part of social functions. A similar practice was found in Egypt. The khawal were male dancers who presented as female, wearing dresses, make up, and henna. Like their Ottoman counterparts, they performed at social events.

- In South Asia, the hijra were and are third-sex individuals. The term is used for intersex people as well as transgender women. Hijra are attested to among the earliest Muslim societies of South Asia where, according to Nalini Iyer, they were often guardians of the household and even held office as advisors.

- In Iraq, the mustarjil are born female, but present as men. In Wilfred Thesiger’s The Marsh Arabs the guide, Amara explains, “A mustarjil is born a woman. She cannot help that; but she has the heart of a man, so she lives like a man.” When asked if the mustarjil are accepted, Amara replies “Certainly. We eat with her and she may sit in the mudhif.” Amara goes on to describe how mustarjil have sex with women.

...

Historian Indira Gesink analyzed 41 medical and juristic sources between the 8th and 18th centuries and discovered that the discourse of a “binary sex” was an anachronistic projection backwards. Gesink points out in one of the earliest lexicography by the 8th century al-Khalil ibn Ahmad that he suggests addressing a male-presenting intersex person as ya khunathu and a female-presenting intersex person as ya khanathi while addressing an effeminate man as ya khunathatu. This suggests a clear recognition of a spectrum of sex and gender expression and a desire to address someone respectfully based on how they presented.

Tolerance of gender ambiguity and non-conformity in Islamic cultures went hand-in-hand with broader acceptance of homoeroticism. Texts like Ali ibn Nasir al-Katib’s Jawami al-Ladhdha, Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani’s Kitab al-Aghani, and the Tunisian, Ahmad al-Tifashi’s Nuz’ha al-‘Albab attest to the widespread acceptance of same-sex desire as natural. Homoeroticism is a common element in much of Persian and Arabic poetry where youthful males are often the object of desire. From Abu Nuwas to Rumi, from ibn Ammar to Amir Khusraw, some of the Islamic world’s greatest poets were composing verses for their male lovers. Queer love was openly vaunted by poets. One, Ibn Nasr, immortalizes the love between two Arab lesbians Hind al Nu’man and al-Zarqa by writing:

“Oh Hind, you are truer to your word than men. Oh, the differences between your loyalty and theirs.”

...

Acceptance of same-sex desire and gender non-conformity was the hallmark of Islamic societies to such a degree that European travelers consistently remarked derisively on it. In the 19th century, Edward Lane wrote of the khawal: “They are Muslims and natives of Egypt. As they personate women, their dances are exactly of the same description as those of the ghawazee; and are, in like manner, accompanied by the sound of castanets.”

A similarly scandalized CS Sonnini writes of Muslim homoerotic culture:

“The inconceivable appetite which dishonored the Greeks and the Persians of antiquity, constitute the delight, or to use a juster term, the infamy of the Egyptians. It is not for women that their ditties are composed: it is not on them that tender caresses are lavished; far different objects inflame them.”

In his travels in the 19th century, James Silk Buckingham encounters an Afghan dervish shedding tears for parting with his male lover. The dervish, Ismael, is astonished to find how rare same-sex love was in Europe. Buckingham reports the deep love between Ismael and his lover quoting, “though they were still two bodies, they became one soul.”

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Today, vocal Muslim critics of LGBTQ+ rights often accuse gay and queer people of imposing a “Western” concept or forcing Islam to adjust to “Western values” failing to grasp the irony of the claim: the shift in the 19th and 20th century was precisely an alignment with colonial values over older Islamic ones, all of which led to legal criminalization. In fact, the common feature among nations with anti-LGBTQ+ legislation isn’t Islam, but rather colonial law.

Don't talk to me I'm weeping. I'm not Muslim, but the grief of colonization runs in the blood of every Global South person. Dicovering these is like finding our lost treasures among plundered ruins.

Queer folk have always, always been here; we have always been inextricable, shining golden threads in the tapestry of human history. To erase and condemn us is to continue using the scalpel of colonizers in the mutilation and betrayal of our own heritage.

#islam #queer muslims #queer history #lgbt history #colonization #colonialism #imperialism #world history #trans positivity #gay positivity #intersex positivity #queer poetry #queer love #queer art #islamic culture #lgbtqia #islamic history #global south #pinkwashing #islamphobia #colonial violence #queer erasure #arab culture #ottoman empire #hijra #wlw #mlm #knee of huss #same sex love #egyptian culture

[queeerbutch]

there's always a lot of talk about how being gay or trans is a "sin." and a lot of people have reclaimed this, have joked about their "sin," have held it up yourself so it can't be held against you.

but to all of the religious queers, the ones trying to find or create a home in themselves where their identity and their religion don't contradict... i see you. i've been you, i am you, i love you.

your orientation is not a sin.

your gender is not a sin.

you are not sinful or wrong or bad just for being who you are.

your identity does not contradict your religion.

you are beautifully and wonderfully made, just as you are.

you are loved by your creator, just as you are.

nobody can take any of that away from you.

[ please do not tag or censor my use of the word queer. do not derail this post by talking about how much religion sucks. ]

#girl help there are transphobes on my facebook #religion #lgbtq #gay #lesbian #bisexual #asexual #nonbinary #transgender #transsexual #mogai #trans #pride month #lgbt christian #lgbt jews #lgbt muslim #im definitely missing things but i cant think of them #txt

[patron-saint-of-lesbeans]

Very interesting (concerning) that while there’s a general consensus of “of course there’s queer Muslims and Jews and Christians we love them!” But that love is conditional. You can be religious but not too religious. You can be spiritual as long as it’s not actually that important to you. You can be observant of your religion’s dogma and traditions as long as you keep it away from everybody else.

But I don’t want to cut myself into smaller pieces. I don’t want to take a part of my life and culture and being and hide it away behind closed doors. It’s just…hypocritical and disappointing when people, who clamor about their love for the contradictory and self-authentic, hate when they’re confronted with it.

#tower of babble #catholic #lgbt #side b #sorry I saw a very good post pointing out the way queer Jews are often cited with the caveat that they’re not observant Jews #and how there are queer observant Jews but I didn’t want to derail so I made my own post #because fuckin hell how often do you see white queers telling queer Muslim women to stop wearing their hibjabi (unless it’s for ~cultural~ #purposes). it’s disgusting and demeaning to assume queer people don’t have deeply meaningful spiritual lives. #side b Christians 🤝 observant queer Jews 🤝 devout queer Muslims #me. happily trans and gay: I’m so happy and blessed to have this body and life - #homo/transphobes: you’re going to hell you’re evil you’re stupid you’re faking it #me: huh. oh. um. well I’m still blessed because I know you are not speaking with Christ in your heart- #a surprising number of self proclaimed radicals: uhhhh please don’t acknowledge that you’re Christian it makes us. uncomfortable. #me: …being uncomfortable and confused about others is the pride of Pride? the queer community thrives on contradiction and self definition? #anyways. prof put my pronouns down as he/she/they on the syllabus and I am popping the biggest gender affirming bottles tonight #(praying a chaplet and eating rice like the grad student peasant I am)