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Some LGBTQ+ Muslims for pride !! Y’all are very valid and I hope you have a good pride month !
If anything I’ve done is offensive or you want a flag that’s not here, feel free to message me or send an ask !
Please DNI if you are: nsfw, truscum/transmed, exclusionist, anti mogai, anti anti, etc etc
Being Asexual in the Church
I’ve seen a lot of posts about the difficulty in figuring out that you’re ace, but can we talk about the complete mindfuck that is figuring out you’re ace when you grew up in the church in the American South.
The South doesn’t even do sex ed. How to use a condom?? No, they rub two latex gloves together to make little holes and show you that condoms don’t work. Birth control?? They scare you with stories about how some girl missed one pill and got pregnant. The culmination of “sex ed” in my state was signing a piece of paper saying that either you were or weren’t going to stay abstinent until marriage. That is the public school system 1) not informing students about birth control methods 2) actually telling them those methods never work and 3) giving the underlying messaging that abstinence is the most morally upright way to avoid getting pregnant or getting diseases.
Now imagine being ace in this environment. Your public school system is literally telling you not to have sex, something you never wanted in the first place. What’s the big deal? Why are they investing in videos and teachers and weird analogies to teach entire rooms of students not to do a thing that you have no interest in doing? Why does everyone else seem to struggle with this thing that you can do no problem? You must be somehow better than them, right? What’s wrong with them, just stay abstinent, it’s not that hard.
Now add church to the mix.
It is morally wrong to have sex outside of marriage, period. So pile onto any lessons you are getting in your public school systems with the messaging you are getting about resisting lust and staying pure. PURE. That is the terminology that is used for teenagers in church youth groups, and they do entire “purity” lessons and breakout sessions and guest speakers at every church youth group event. To illustrate a person who is sexually active, they use analogies like chewed gum, or a beat up car, or tape that doesn’t stick anymore.
Again, you are hearing this messaging, and you are ace. Well, I don’t want to be a chewed up piece of gum, or a beat up car. Who would? I don’t have a problem being pure, I’m very pure, I don’t even think about not being pure. So why does everyone else? Why do they keep telling me the same thing over and over when I don’t have a problem with it? WE GET IT. DON’T HAVE SEX. Can we PLEASE move onto something else!? What is WRONG with everyone, just be pure, like me!
This is so, so dangerous. You could grow up being ace in the church and/or American South and actually think you are on morally higher ground than your peers, simply because you don’t experience sexual attraction, because “purity” as they call it, is elevated to such high moral importance. You grow up thinking you are such a good kid, you have this purity thing down pat.
…until you learn what asexuality is, and realize that the reason why churches and public schools are pumping so much money and resources into screaming at teenagers not to have sex is because most teenagers want to have sex. And that you, as an asexual person, have a get-out-of-jail-free-card when it comes to sexual lust as a sin. THEN you have to unlearn all the coding that caused you to look negatively upon people who were sexually active, because you realize it’s just a part of being human, and actually, those analogies were bullshit because having sex doesn’t devalue a person.
Having sex doesn’t devalue a person.
This is, among many other things, something I actually had to learn because of Southern culture in America, and the way the church talks about sex. (For the record, I’m a Christian so this isn’t bashing on the religion but rather the dangerous messaging that can come with religious institutions.) I don’t talk about my orientation much on this site, but I have felt strongly about this for a while and wanted to share.
Noah Fence, but I have long lost my ability to even listen to the advice of non-religious people telling religious lgbtq+ people to just “leave their religion,” as if religion to us is merely just a set of traditions and steps we follow that we can step out of at any moment. Like our religion is a cage, trapping us inside, and we desperately need to escape it so that we can live a better life.
It never has been a cage. It’s never been God pressing His hands down on me, or casting me aside, no. It has never been God telling me that He hates me. It has never been God telling me that I am not redeemable. It has been people. Fallible humans telling me those things and oppressing me- not God.
“Leaving Christianity” has never been an option- not because anyone has ever forced me to stay, but because I want to stay. Yeah, there are a lot of Christians who want me to leave- or think I never was with them in the first place. Who think I don’t belong here. But God wants me to draw near to Him. Those people can never take that away from me. They can’t pull me away from God.
It wasn’t my religion- it wasn’t my God who made me feel rejected and alone and scared and hate myself. It was people. Fallible people who have hurt me.
I just wish those non-religious people would take a second to understand that.
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Image Set #3: Aro Jews
Link: Image Set #1: Queer Jews
Link: Image Set #2: Ace Jews
This is true all throughout the year, but I want to highlight these affirmations this Hanukkah. The phrases on these sets are based on a set by @genderqueerpositivity about trans lesbian women. I have a different identity set for each night of Hanukkah, so if you don’t see your identity here, please be patient. =D
And because I’m not Jewish and I want to center Jewish voices, I’ll be featuring a link to a different @shiraglassman story each night.
Featured Shira Glassman story: Climbing the Date Palm (Mangoverse Book Two, link here)
Carnival of Aro’s- May Round Up
Hi all! The May Carnival of Aro’s is now officially over, so it’s time for the end of month round-up. This may I wanted to focus on the intersection of aromanticism and religion. I ended up getting 10 submissions, all with different and equally interesting perspectives, and all of them worth a read! Thank you so much to all of the writers who participate in the carnival, I really appreciate it.
Without further ado, here are the May carnival submissions:
Experiencing Neither Romance Nor Spirituality by Sara K.
In this post, the author discusses the similarities in the way the words romance and spirituality are used, and how the vagueness and assumed universality of these terms can affect people who experience neither.
Oy Gevault! Navigating Judaism as an Aromantic by Zazz
In this post, the author discusses the ways in which Jewish youth groups and Summer camps are often used to encourage romantic relationships and the difficulty that comes with being aromantic and navigating such a romance heavy religious space.
Amatonormativity Made Vows Attractive by Mesotablar
In this post, the author discusses how being aromantic in a Catholic family made joining the convent an attractive alternative to romance.
Religion? What Religion? by Lib
In this post, the author discusses the challenges of trying to find a religious path that works for them, with an eye towards the way that being aromantic makes finding a religion more difficult.
An Aromantic Journey Through Religion by Grey
In this post, the author discusses the ways in which Satanism makes them feel less confined by amatonirmativity than their Evangelical Christian upbringing did.
Becoming a Satanic Aro by Emily
In this post, the author discusses how the cultural expectations of Catholicism that she was raised with clashed with her wants and needs as an aromantic person, and how that experience lead her to the Satanic community where she feels she can be more open about her identity.
Love Language by Primeideal
In this post, the author discusses how Christian views of love, and in praticualr God’s love, differ from the portrayals of love that are commonly shown in media and pop culture.
How being aro affects my relationship with religion by Aceofarrows
In this post, the author discusses both how their aromantic identity influences what deities they work with as a Hellenic Pagan, and how the social benefits non-romantic Christan community influence their connection to Protestantism.
Atheism and Aromanticism: Viewing Marriage Law as Contract Law By Sennkestra
In this post, the author discusses the connection between religion and marriage, and how a more secular, legal view of marriage could change the way we look at legal partnerships.
Jewish arospecs are marvelous.
hey there LGBTQ kids who are also Christian/Jewish! If you feel like you’re disobeying God, questioning your faith, or feel wrong and dirty for loving who you love, there’s this fantastic site I found today called hoperemains that accurately and thoroughly combs through scripture and its (many) mistranslations, validates your orientation, and basically let’s you know that you’re not pissing off God. It’s insanely thorough and after reading through every page on the entire site it’s super helpful. Go check it out!
No no no! Jewish LGBTQ kinderlach! Go to Keshet!
hoperemains is completely from a Christian perspective, and not pluralistic or interfaith at all.
If you reblogged the first post from me please reblog this amendment so the Jewish peeps can access this resource too!
Trans Jewish kids, you can go to TransTorah as well!
Muslim LGBTQ kids, you can go to iamnotharaam! It’s run by a mod squad of different genders and orientations, and they take submissions from everybody!
–BB
Please Share. LGBTQ Teen Jewish resources save lives. You never know if one of your Facebook friends could use this important information.
JQY (Jewish Queer Youth) is a nonprofit organization supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Jews and their families in the Orthodox community.
Our mission is to address the unique needs of frum* and formerly frum LGBT Jews. JQY is dedicated to cultivating a Jewish community where no one feels alone, bullied or silenced because of their orientation or gender identity. Special attention is given to youth, young adults and their families; however we have programs for all ages.
*Frum includes: Orthodox, Yeshivish, Chasidish, Sephardic, modern, and traditional Jewish identities.
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Yes! Thank you! This is awesome
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I know this says “youth” and I’m a blog for adults but it also says they have programs for all ages. So for any of y'all who may need this kind of support: here you go. 💖
Happy Rosh Hashanah to my Jewish asexuals and aromantics! אלוהים יברך את כולכם!
Odd note but apparently this information is hard to come by (who knew?) But my coworker brought be a rosary they found on the street the other day not knowing what else to do with it which, yes. That is exactly what you do with it.
If you find a dropped rosary and decide to pick it up there are two important things to know 1) Almost every catholic gets their rosary’s blessed. Yes even the super cheep plastic ones and 2) that means rosaries cannot/should not simply be discarded
If you are not catholic and you end up with a rosary the best thing for you to do is to 1) give it to someone you know is catholic (specifically catholic. Protestants do not use rosaries) and, if you don’t know someone who is catholic and you feel okay doing so 2) take it to a Catholic Church and, if none of those are an option, 3) put it somewhere safe and highly visible and chances are someone who does know what to do with it/can do something with it will pick it up.
This also includes broken and heavily damaged rosaries. They need to either be properly buried or burned.
I should mention that this goes for any physical sacramentals that you might, inadvertently, find/end up with for unknown reasons.
Things that can be burnt get burnt (books, Saint cards, palms from Palm Sunday, wooden objects, etc.)
Metal objects (Saint metals, medallions, some rosaries, etc.) get smelted down (or buried if they can’t be returned to a church).
Statues and everything else (minus holy water): buried, preferably in ground that is not likely to be re-disturbed.
Holy Water: poured either into a Sacrarium (preferable) or simply poured directly into the earth (again in an area that is unlikely to be overly disturbed. Not in a potted plant or anything like that. Never down a drain.)
This has been, apparently, a very long catholic PSA.
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Hey so it’s already well into ramadan but I just want to say:
If you are an LGBT muslim, you are not a sin. Allah (swt) does not hate you and is full of love and kindness
You deserve to be happy this ramadan and you are absolutely a true muslim.
Ramadan Mubarak to all my great sisters, brothers and siblings of islam.
non-muslims can reblog this, I’m absolutely tired of feeling like a sin this ramadan even though I know it’s absolutely not true.
European LGBT Muslims Resources
if you have more contacts/informations in any European country, please message me and I will add it to the list.
France
Yazid - HM2F/MPF (Musulman-es Progressistes/Inclusifs/Homosexuel-les de France) [email protected] [email protected] -Tel: +33 (0)684488885
Germany
MILES center for migrants, lesbians and Gays; A Project of the Lesbian and Gay Asociation Berlin –Brandenburg Kleiststraße 35 - 10787 Berlin - Phone: +49 (0) 30 - 22 50 22 15 - Fax: + 49 (0) 30 - 22 50 22 21 - Website - Facebook
Ibn Rushd-Goethe Moschee - Website
Spain
Ahmed D. de NASIJ Nasij : project based in Barcelone proöoting inclusive and queer Islam. - Facebook Italy
Pier de MOI Musulmani omosessuali in Italia. - [email protected] - Website - Facebook
Netherland
Maruf - Advocating for more social acceptance of queer Muslims in the Netherlands and abroad
Döne de Haarvdur Avond - Website - Facebook
Serbia
Adam Puskar - Webiste - Facebook
United Kingdom
Imaan – The UK’s leading LGBTQ Muslim Charity - Website
Daily Affirmation 853.
Jewish aros, you are incredible. You deserve support and acceptance of your peers and communities. You are strong and deserving of happiness.
Resources for LGBT Muslims
Networks/groups:
[Trans Muslim Support Network]
[Muslim Europeans]
[Muslims for Progressive Values Rescources]
[Muslims for Progressive Values on Sexual Diversity in Islam]
[Bedayaa, Egypt and Sudan]
[H2M, France]
[Hidayah, UK]
[CALEM, Europe]
[Queer Muslim Project, India]
Tumblrs/Blogs:
[I am not Haraam]
[Queer Muslims]
[Transgender Muslims]
[Bisexual Bangaldeshi]
[You Know You’re A Queer Muslim When]
[Allah Made Me Queer]
[Just Me and Allah: A Queer Muslim Photo Project]
[The Huriyah Blog]
Reading:
[Op-ed: Islam and LGBT are Not Mutually Exclusive]
[Tuwais and the Mukhannathun (Transgender reading)]
[I need a proof from Quran and Sunnah that I’m not Haraam]
[Egyptian Fatwa]
[The Lut Problem]
[Embracing Ramadan in the LGBTQ Muslim Community]
[Seeking home: The lives of gay and transgender asylum seekers of the Middle East]
[How a transgender man tries to honour his Muslim faith]
[Coming Out in the Muslim Community]
Personal Issues:
[I’m losing my faith!]
Places:
[LGBT Muslim Retreat, a retreat for LGBT Muslims and their partners in Philadelphia, PA]
Masjid An-Nur Al-Isslaah, Washington D.C
The People’s Mosque, Cape Town South Africa
MPV Unity Mosque, 5998 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
[MPV Unity Mosque, 3500 Piedmont Road, Atlanta, GA ]
[Masjid Al Quraan, Huston TX 5922 Hillcroft Street, Suite C]
Got a lot of messages over the past few days trying to “inform” me that Muslims “actually are homophobic though, so stop saying we can’t criticize Islam, blah blah blah.” No, I am going to call you out, because saying that Islam is inherently homophobic is exactly the narrative that both right-wing Muslims around the world and right-wing xenophobes in the West want you to believe. And the statistics don’t back it up. Muslims in the US are more accepting of homosexuality than white evangelical Christians by a significant margin. And their support for LGBT issues in the US rises every single year. That is what exposure and solidarity does. Not to mention the literally millions of gay Muslims all around the world. http://www.pewforum.org/2015/11/03/chapter-4-social-and-political-attitudes/
So your “woke” bullshit on gay acceptance never justifies Islamophobia. We should always stand together. If you see a Muslim that is being homophobic, you can rightly call them out on it, but don’t you ever chalk up their behavior to “Islam” and give the right-wing ghouls their narrative. We stand together.
Also homophobia in the middle east and muslim countries is largely influenced by western imperialism and colonization in the last few hundred years, so the claim that Islam is inherently homophobic is just more imperialistic nonsense
