Living Out Islam

Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims

Author: Scott Alan Kugle
Secondary Author: Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle
ISBN: 9781479894673

2015 Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award presented by the Stonewall Books Awards of the American Library AssociationMuhsin is one of the organizers of Al-Fitra Foundation, a South African support group for lesbian, transgender, and gay Muslims. Islam and homosexuality are seen by many as deeply incompatible. This, according to Muhsin, is why he had to act. “I realized that I’m not alone—these people are going through the very same things that I’m going through. But I’ve managed, because of my in-depth relationship with God, to reconcile the two. I was completely comfortable saying to the world that I’m gay and I’m Muslim. I wanted to help other people to get there. So that’s how I became an activist.”Living Out Islam documents the rarely-heard voices of Muslims who live in secular democratic countries and who are gay, lesbian, and transgender. It weaves original interviews with Muslim activists into a compelling composite picture which showcases the importance of the sol

Publisher: NYU Press
Publish Date: 2014

Subjects: Religion / General, Social Science / Anthropology / General, Social Science / Gender Studies

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