5d ago

Question to all Queer Muslims

Okay so I'd like to start this off with saying that I mean no harm by any of this and I'm so sorry if it's offensive in any way.

Do let me know if it is.

I'm just genuinely curious.

So I come from a very religious Muslim family, and I'm queer, the thing is as soon as I saw how the lgbtq+ community is treated in Islam and in Muslim communities, I stopped labelling myself as a Muslim and following the religion.

So I just want to ask, how are you guys still doing it?

And why?

Again, genuinely asking to educate myself on the topic because I truly can't understand, thought I'd ask here directly.

Thanks in advance!

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It's not just religion, it's also culture. You can denounce the religion but you can't go back in time and not have been raised in a Muslim culture. You share things with queer Muslims -- whether or not you or they are practicing -- that you don't necessarily share with other queer people.

I let go of my faith in my teens. For a while I was pretty set on not calling myself a Muslim. I think that 'Muslims' is not always a description of someone's literal faith, but perhaps the experience they live(d) through. I have no problems identifying myself under 'Queer Muslims', even though I am technically an atheist and therefore don't practice, because that is not always relevant. I was raised as a Muslim, and therefore have a lot in common with others who are Muslim.