Queer and Muslim offers a compelling anthology by and for LGBTQ+ Muslims negotiating complex identities within the intersections of faith, family, culture, and community. Through diverse contributions including essays, poetry, and reflective letters, the book delves into the emotional and spiritual realities of queer Muslim experience, challenging the assumption of inherent conflict between faith and queerness.
These raw accounts confront the psychological toll of grappling with tensions between religious expectations and queer identity and offer rare insight into the ways mental health is lived, expressed, and supported across diverse cultural and theological landscapes. They tell of building chosen families and reconnecting with birth families, radical healing, cultivating spaces of belonging, and reclaiming faith on your own terms.
In an era of rising Islamophobia and escalating threats to queer and trans lives, the stories contained within Queer and Muslim—stories of resilience, grief, pleasure, rage, and joy—are vital, each of them an affirmation of the multiplicity of queer Muslim identities. Queer and Muslim invites readers to listen deeply, think expansively, and care more courageously.
Who it’s For:
Clinicians working with Muslim clients, LGBTQ+ community workers, and readers seeking narratives that bridge faith and queer life.
Queer and Muslim offers a compelling anthology by and for LGBTQ+ Muslims negotiating complex identities within the intersections of faith, family, culture, and community. Through diverse contributions including essays, poetry, and reflective letters, the book delves into the emotional and spiritual realities of queer Muslim experience, challenging the assumption of inherent conflict between faith and queerness.
These raw accounts confront the psychological toll of grappling with tensions between religious expectations and queer identity and offer rare insight into the ways mental health is lived, expressed, and supported across diverse cultural and theological landscapes. They tell of building chosen families and reconnecting with birth families, radical healing, cultivating spaces of belonging, and reclaiming faith on your own terms.
In an era of rising Islamophobia and escalating threats to queer and trans lives, the stories contained within Queer and Muslim—stories of resilience, grief, pleasure, rage, and joy—are vital, each of them an affirmation of the multiplicity of queer Muslim identities. Queer and Muslim invites readers to listen deeply, think expansively, and care more courageously.
Who it’s For:
Clinicians working with Muslim clients, LGBTQ+ community workers, and readers seeking narratives that bridge faith and queer life.
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