A Letter from the MMW Editors
On Thursday, Eren published a great piece on the marginalization of lesbians in Indonesia. As with all MMW pieces, it received mixed feedback. Because we are fairly diligent regarding comment...
View ArticleIntersections of Gender and Sexuality: LGBT Muslims in the U.S.
Intersections International, a New York-based nonprofit that “works at the intersection of communities in conflict” to “promote peace through dialogue using direct service programs, advocacy,...
View ArticleAre We So Different: A Documentary Short Film That Falls Short of Telling...
Taking the title of “Best Documentary Short Film 2012” in the third Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is the telling documentary, “Amra Ki Etoi Bhinno.” The KASHISH – Mumbai International Queer...
View ArticleOn the To-Watch List: Braids on a Bald Head
Braids on a Bald Head is a short movie, released in 2010, by Nigerian director Ishaya Bako. The film shows the day in the life of a poor, married hairdresser, Hauwa Bello, “who through a brief...
View ArticleTrans and Muslim: Portraying the Lives of Warias in Indonesia
I recently came across a short movie on the life of transsexual Muslims in Indonesia. In the last few years, MMW has covered a few different stories in terms of LGBT activism in Indonesia: issues...
View ArticleCreating Spaces of Reconciliation: Queer Muslims Congregate
Queer Muslim. These two words appear to be incongruent terms in many contexts; however, there has been a real commitment recently to creating a discourse that allows for queer Muslim voices to be...
View ArticleBlack Muslim Lesbians Find Community in Atlanta’s Gay Mecca: Part 1
Oppression works in strategic ways. When we think of who is the oppressor and who is the oppressed, as Muslim women in “the West” we often automatically think about the white liberal feminist who...
View ArticleBlack Muslim Lesbians Find Community in Atlanta’s Gay Mecca: Part 2
In Part 1 of this post, I introduced to you activist, artist and documentary filmmaker Red Summer. She along with the women in her upcoming film Al Nisa: Muslim Women in Atlanta’s Gay Mecca have been...
View ArticleFat, Brown, Muslim LBT Women Say No
This post was written by guest contributor Fakhra Hassan (@DragittotheTop). “Fatness and obesity in Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans (LBT) women are a result of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) –...
View Article“Allah Makes Muslims, Allah Makes Queers”: A Interview with Terna...
Coming Out Muslim: Radical Acts of Love is a storytelling performance that highlights the experiences of LGBT Muslims. While I was aware of Coming Out Muslim, I did not realise that one of the people...
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