When I became a co-moderator for the queer Muslims tumblr in October of 2011, I began scouring the internet for everything and anything related to presenting LGBT in a multi faceted light. I wanted sources where LGBT Muslims testified to personal journeys of...
It was almost summer break during high school, the year I’d come out. I was on a date. With a girl. Who I liked. Who liked me. We met in the gay neighborhood of our city. Here, no one cared that we held hands, that Aisha was black and I was Hapa (half Asian),...
[pullquote3 quotes=”true” align=”center” variation=”purple”]Big ups to my ancestors and universe for allowing me this gift… reminding me that for as long as I have a breath, I have a pen and I am one of many vessels for...
Mia McKenzie founder of Black Girl Dangerous, began the blog with two goals in mind; first to provide a safe and nurturing space for queer and trans* writers of color to develop their talents, and to give visibility to queer and trans* writers of color in a market...
As the UK celebrates in 2012, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Olympics and World Pride in London, Imaan – the world’s largest LGBTQI Muslim organisation — plans to host only the fifth ever international conference on August 24th-27th.. This annual conference...
