ARTICLES & EXCERPTS

Sexual Diversity in Islam: – A Literary Zikr Project

On behalf of Muslims for Progressive Values, Tynan Power produced an adaptation of "Sexual Diversity in Islam: Is there room in Islam for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Muslims?" This Literary Zikr Project was produced in 2010, and is adapted from the chapter “Sexuality, Diversity, and Ethics in the Agenda of Progressive Muslims'' by Dr. Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle in Progressive Muslims (ed. Omid Safi). The project was generously funded by the Human Rights Campaign.

Approaching Islam Queerly

During the last two decades the topic of Islam and homosexuality has received increased attention particularly from scholars and activists involved in challenging and disrupting dominant heteronormative religious paradigms. The queering project of this special issue of Theology and Sexuality is to rupture and destabilize dominant perceptions pertaining to religious normativity and queer identitarian politics by foregrounding different and diverging positionalities, subjectivities, and relationalities.

Quranic Values as an Inspiration for Gay Marriage

(Article) By Pamela Taylor. Revisioning Islamic same-sex relations. This article was originally published by The Washington Post, December 14, 2008.

Being Gay and Muslim

By Imam Daayiee Abdullah. I write this article to help individuals who may not clearly understand the ongoing debate that is utilized by Muslim religious institutions to claim that LGBT people are by nature not LGBT. 

To Be Young, Queer, Black, And Muslim: Vanessa Taylor On The Future Of Black Muslim Liberation & The Bond Of Belonging

When it comes to the future of Black liberation, writer and activist Vanessa Taylor (she/her/they/them) wants you to know that Black Muslims will be there. In catalyzing and curating spaces of Belonging for Black queer and transgender Muslims, specifically, she also wants you to know that they too, have always been here––and they have something to say and more importantly, are here to stay. 

Islamic Texts: A Source for Acceptance of Queer Individuals into Mainstream Muslim Society

By Muhsin Hendricks, This article attempts to reveal that Islam, at its very core, does not condemn non-heterosexual sexual intimacy. Instead, it is embraced as part of a divine plan. Islam, in its true meaning of peace and justice, accommodates the individual’s sexual orientation as an intrinsic part of their biological and psychological makeup. 

Islam, Sexual Diversity and Access to Health Services

At the 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), Busan, South Korea held in August 2011, the Working Group brought together faith-based MSM in Asia and the Pacific, with a range of key experts, to discuss faith, sexual diversity, impact on stigma and discrimination, and access to health, and to formulate strategies. In particular, the discussion raised how religious beliefs, values and practices impact on the constructions of sexualities and masculinities and the resulting frameworks of male-to-male sex. It also highlighted how these constructs have impacts on sexual health, such as access to services including care and support for such marginalized and socially excluded populations. To date, there has not been much literature on this.

Gay and Muslim? The Advice You Should Have Received

 By Ify Okoye. Muslim, writer, RN, embodying a safer space. Also Read - Gay Muslim Survival Guide.
 

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