From GayandRight:
Faisal Alam was 20 years old when he started living a double life.
By day, he was a self-proclaimed Muslim poster child, involved in multiple Muslim youth organizations. By night, he was partying in the Boston gay-club scene.
It wasn't long before this "schizophrenic" lifestyle lead to a breakdown, in which only Alam knew his secret: He was a gay Muslim, unable to part from either his sexuality or his faith.
Last night in the HUB-Robeson Center Auditorium, Alam explained myths and truths about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Muslims and their struggle for acceptance in a presentation called "Hidden Voices: The Lives of LGBT Muslims," sponsored by the LGBTA student resource center and part of National Coming Out Week....
Alam explained the current status of LGBT Muslims and their stance in the Muslim community, saying how there isn't a single mosque in the United States that openly accepts gay members.(I'd like to know why you don't see the LGBT community holding their little rainbow flags and marching up and down in front of the local mosques here in the good old US of A. Just saying.)
2 comments:
Hey Dinah , Welcome !
It is amazing that there are not more protests at Muslim centers around the country for any number of reasons !
This would be one more to add to the list !
Thank you #1 infidel. It's a pleasure to be among friends here at ROA. (I sure hope I can get the hang of this double posting business)
And yes, THAT list is long...personally I'd start with that "all the wimmen locked up and praying in the basement segregated from the men" business myself. But that's just me.
Hah.
Dinah
Post a Comment