this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2025
6 points (100.0% liked)

QueerMuslims

41 readers
1 users here now

Want a place to talk about your day with queer Muslims who share similar religious backgrounds?

Maybe you have a few questions and need some advice.

On Queer Muslims you can post and discuss your lives, politics, issues, interests, and passions.

We emphasize Respect above all, and there will be no tolerance for hate here.

founded 1 week ago
MODERATORS
6
submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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!

Link to Subreddit Post

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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.