Resources for LGBTQ+ Muslims
A few days ago, I came across a document I had created nearly a year ago when I was first beginning to seriously consider that I could be bisexual. In the document were a myriad of links and resources I had found that discussed being queerness and Muslim. I thought that these links and resources, which had taken me last year a while to compile, could inshAllah help any other Muslims who identify as queer, are questioning or are struggling to reconcile their certain parts of their identity together. Some of these resources provide explicit reconciliation for queer Muslims, while others thoroughly explore several views of LGBTQ+ within Islam and the Muslim community, including views that are disagreeing, homophobic and/or hostile. InshAllah, I will add more as I find more. While I tried to look into these resources thoroughly, some of the longer ones were skimmed through at some parts. Anyone is welcomed to add more, and please, let me know if there are any problems found in this post and/or the resources listed below.
TW // Several of these resources either briefly mention or discuss sexual violence, homophobia, transphobia, problematic age gaps, Islamophobia, assault, hate crimes, discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community, questionable/ambiguous age gaps and unbalanced power dynamics.
Platforms, Organizations and/or Guides That Contain a Multitude of Articles, Essays, Resources, Sermons, Stories of the Prophet (PBUH), Proofs from the Quran & Hadiths, or Groups for Muslims to Explore and Join:
Muslims for Progressive Values
Queer Jihad
Salaam Canada
I’m Muslim And I Might Not Be Straight
I’m Muslim And My Gender Doesn’t Fit Me
The Muslim Alliance for Sexual & Gender Diversity
Coming Home to Islam and to Self
Mecca Institute
Queer Muslim Resistance
Queer Muslim Reading Group
Resources Organized by Queer Muslim Resistance –> Highly, highly recommend this! The documents included in this folder explore films, books, podcasts, books, literature, accounts, poetry and many articles that are resources for queer Muslims.
What Imams/Scholars Have to Say:
There are 8 openly Gay imams in the world
A gay IMAM’S story: ‘the dialogue is open in Islam – 10 years ago it wasn’t’
Q&A: Islamic scholar Omar Suleiman on the Quran and homosexuality
Affirming mosques help gay Muslims RECONCILE Faith, sexuality
Essentialism and islamic theology of homosexuality: A critical reflection on an essentialist epistemology toward same-sex desires and acts in islam
Includes Evidence and/or References to the Quran and Hadiths:
Q&A: Islamic scholar Omar Suleiman on the Quran and homosexuality
Opinion | What Does Islam Say About Being Gay? (Published 2015)
Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ Issues: Islam - Sunni and Shi'a - HRC
Affirming mosques help gay Muslims RECONCILE Faith, sexuality
Essentialism and islamic theology of homosexuality: A critical reflection on an essentialist epistemology toward same-sex desires and acts in islam
Islamic Texts: A Source for Acceptance of Queer Individuals into Mainstream Muslim Society
The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam
A Muslim Non-Heteronormative Reading of the Story of Lot: Liberation Theology for LGBTIQ Muslims?
What’s wrong with being gay and Muslim?
Sexual Diversity in Islam
Homosexuality, Transidentity, and Islam
Queer Muslims (+ their experiences) and Community:
What’s wrong with being gay and Muslim?
Gay Muslims - How you can be LGBTQ+ and Muslim
What’s it like to be queer and Muslim? Let this photographer show you
Lut’s People: The struggle to be gay & Muslim in South Africa
As a trans Muslim, I used to feel vulnerable all the time. Then I found a community of people like me.
Persian poetry lovers
‘I feel caught in the middle’: queer Muslims on the LGBTQ lessons row
Just Me and Allah: A Queer Muslim Photo Project
How Queer Muslims are Rewriting Their Stories
Queer Muslim Heroes to Celebrate This Muslim Women’s Day
Queer Muslim Women Reflect On Navigating Their Faith and Sexuality
Queer Muslims Are Carving Out Their Space On TikTok
Why Samra Habib wrote a memoir about growing up as a queer Muslim woman — and it’s now a Canada Reads winner
Being a black, British, queer, non-binary Muslim isn’t a contradiction
Bangladesh opens first Islamic school for transgender Muslims
Affirming mosques help gay Muslims RECONCILE Faith, sexuality
Interview: Summayah Dawud talks about being a transgender Muslim woman
“It’s between me and Allah!”: Queer Muslims explain how they reconcile faith with love
Homosexuality, Transidentity, and Islam
Views Throughout History:
A historical look at attitudes to homosexuality in the Islamic world
Gay Sex Didn’t Scare Muslims in Islam’s Golden Age
Medieval Arab Lesbians and Lesbian-Like Women
The Amazing Way Islamic Middle Ages Celebrated Lesbian Loves
How homosexuality became a crime in the Middle East
Vanishing Source Materials and Medieval Arabic Lesbianism, by Boyda Johnstone
The Historical Context and Reception of the First Arabic-Lesbian Novel, I Am You, by Elham Mansour
Study examines the same-sex relationships of Medieval Arab Women
Persian poetry lovers
Sexual Diversity in Islam
The Qur’an, the Bible and homosexuality in Islam
Literature and Poetry:
A historical look at attitudes to homosexuality in the Islamic world
Gay Sex Didn’t Scare Muslims in Islam’s Golden Age
Study examines the same-sex relationships of Medieval Arab Women
How homosexuality became a crime in the Middle East
Vanishing Source Materials and Medieval Arabic Lesbianism, by Boyda Johnstone
Persian poetry lovers
For Queer Muslims, Islamic Poetry Represents Solace and Acceptance
Male-Male Love in Classical Arabic Poetry (Chapter 6) - The Cambridge History of Gay and Lesbian Literature
Persian Literature from Homoeroticism to Representations of the LGBT Community: an Introduction
The Amazing Way Islamic Middle Ages Celebrated Lesbian Loves
If I see explicit hate of any kind (from TERFs, or promoting transphobia, Islamophobia, homophobia, racism and/or discrimination of any kind), I will report and block.
