Last Seen Blogs
communistkenobi
milfs only zone 🇵🇸
orionstarsplayerlounge
Online Sweepstakes & Slot games In USA
jamieisamess
Jamie Posts Shit
helpingall
Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO)
writtenplainandsimple
Untitled
Text
My last donation post got a lot of notes but not a lot of help so I’m trying again.
I am the sole income of a family of 5. My parents are making the transition to government assistance but the process is slow and full of hurdles. I also take care of my younger siblings both of which have asthma.
I work retail and keeping up with everything is incredibly difficult. At the moment we are out of food and I am out of money for the bus to and from work. My mom and sister require monthly medications and are running low. I just spent my last dollar on pads from dollar tree. I haven’t eaten since yesterday afternoon and I work 10 hour shifts.
If you can help please do so with my squarecash cash.me/weedlesbian or $weedlesbian or on PayPal paypal.me/weedlesbian or [email protected]
15K notes
·
View notes
Photo
Now think of who you want to be with on those journeys. Who you want to be standing by your side.
212 notes
·
View notes
Photo
Frontier Raas 2017
Models: Svetlana Gulakova , Shreya Chaudhary & Meenakshi Rathore
2K notes
·
View notes
Photo
VOGUE Wedding Show 2015: Sunita Shekhawat Jaipur
1K notes
·
View notes
Text
Merry Christmas from the Currylangs team!!
And to those who don’t celebrate it, happy holidays!
Tamil: நத்தார் தின நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் [naththaar thina nalvaazhthukkal]
Hindi: मेरी क्रिसमस [merry christmas]
Telugu: క్రిస్మస్ శుభాకాంక్షలు [christmas subhakankshulu]
Bengali: শুভ বড়দিন [shubho bôṛodin]
Malayalam: ക്രിസ്മസ് ആശംസകൾ [christmas ashamsakal]
105 notes
·
View notes
Text
Interviewer: where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Me: I used escapist fantasies as a coping mechanism to get through years of trauma and therefore never learned how to plan for a real life future
290K notes
·
View notes
Text
south asian girl: *addresses the misogyny in her culture*
some brown guy with a shitty beard: lol stop disrespecting our cultures and families like that, it’s not that bad!
6K notes
·
View notes
Text
Queer Muslim Masterpost
This post pretty much came about because I was asked if I had resources for Muslims who were discovering or newly coming to terms with their sexuality. I didn’t, and the poor advice I had to offer was … poor. So, I pulled up a few of the blogs I followed that are targeted towards queer Muslims, and put together this little post for you!
Last updated: 12.23.15 (outdated info italicised)
Queer Muslim Blogs:
QueerMuslims
IamNotHaraam
Ace-Muslim
Trans Muslims
Ahwaa: An open space to debate LGBTQ-related issues in the Middle East
AllahMademeQueer
Bekhsoos
ComingOutMuslim (check out their project here: [x])
YouKnow-You'reaQueermuslim-When
lgbtMuslim
InQueeries channel with Yusef Woof (contact [email protected])
Salaam Canada
TheBisexualBangladeshi
Muslims Against Homophobia and LGBT Hate facebook group
Queer Palestinian Empowerment Network (QPEN) facebook page
Queer Muslims of Boston facebook page
Totally Radical Muslim Zine
Queer Muslim 101:
A quick gender/sexuality 101
But what does a queer Muslim even look like? (hint: they look like people)
Defining homonationalism and pinkwashing. [A little bit more on pinkwashing.]
PDF:Homosexuality In Islam, by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle (Intro + 1st Chap) Buy your own copy!
A good read-along-with the above book, Desiring Arabs by Joseph Massad and an online article here.
PDF:Muslim LGBT Inclusion Project, by Intersections International
More reading (a list w.some repeats): [x]
Why Safe Spaces are Important
“I’m confused about my sexuality.”
“I need proof from Qur'an and Sunnah that I’m not Haraam.”
“What about the Qur'an and Hadith that chastise LGBT*Q Muslims?”
“You cherry pick your hadith!/You cherry pick from your religion!”
Some hadiths can be read in different ways, so it’s best to look at the outcome.
“Islam and LGBT* are not mutually exclusive.”
“But I was taught Islam was the most heterosexist religion.“ [tw: continuously moving background at the link]
”But all Muslims are homophobic!“ (spoiler alert: you’re wrong.)
”But Muslims hate sex - it’s ~dirty~ to them!“ (I would recommend this class for basic 101 on marriage and love [sex] in Islam. Take it with Basyouni.) (See also: x and x)
”Love the sinner, hate the sin, and why that’s bullshit.“
”Should I come out?“ (spoiler alert: that’s up to you!)
”Is there a place for LGBT*Q Muslims?“ (Or ”There’s no place for LGBT*Q Muslims/no organisations/no hope.“)
”Will LGBT*Q Muslims go to hell?“ (spoiler alert: I’m not God, how would I know?)
”But it’s unnatural!“ (lolk)
”There aren’t any gay Imams or Sheikhs, so you’re just making things up!“ (Also here.) (And here.)
”But no fatwa was made!“ (It’s Wahabi.)
Egyptian fatwa
Indonesian fatwa
A post about other Sheikhs’ opinions.
”But there are no inclusive mosques for LGBT* Muslims!“ (Just stop.)
There is no place for homophobia in Islam.
Let’s repeat that: There is no place for homophobia in Islam.
Ayahs that talk about Prophet Lut.
A closer reading of ayahs re: homosexuality (prev here but no longer).
See also: You decide how you interpret your religion.
Homosexuality in Sharia
Homosexuality in Predominately Muslim Countries (and some more on homosexuality in Pakisan)
Pride Parade in Bangladesh (Please remember “hijra” is a slur depending on where in South Asia a person is from – please ask before using it as a catchall!)
Predominately Muslim Countries who are taking steps toward equality. [x] [x, x] [x] [x] [x]
Same-sex marriage
MASGD Statement on SCOTUS Marriage Equality Ruling
Queer Muslim Cinema: Azizah, Illuminations, Coming Out Muslim, A Jihad For Love, I Exist, Coming Out Muslim: Radical Acts of Love, Al-Nisa [BONUS: Show Al-Nisa and Red Summer (the producer) some love!], Circumstance, Naz + Maalik (Currently in production), Gay Muslims (a documentary produced by Channel 4 in the U.K), City of Borders, The Bubble, Out in the Dark (Palestinian and Israeli fall in love. facebook page), Facing Mirrors (2011; ft. an FtM Iranian), I Accept Me! (2011), Hir Poem, My Child. Sexualities and Queer Imaginaries. Oriented. [Article about Oriented, A Gay Girl in Damascus, and A Sinner in Mecca] [Muslim Drag Queens][Color of Water is trying to get funded]
Queer Muslim Music: Tum Hi Ho (by a drag artist in Lahore).
Queer Muslim Literature: [x] [x] [Four Gay Arabs Break the Silence] [Embracing Ramadhan in the LGBT Muslim Community] [Gaylaxy magazine] [Queer Beirut] [Sex and Desperate Hearts] [Bareed Mista3jil] [Totally Radical Muslims Zine] [5 Queer Magazines] [Not Your Tragic Queer Muslim Story/How to De-Queer Your Apartment] [Brown and Queer in America] [Queer South Asians and the Politics of Family] [A Thing of the West] [Coming Out in the Muslim Community] [Queer and Muslim At the Same Time] [9 articles on being LGBTQ in MENA] [Queering the Middle East] [Seeking Home: The Lives of Gay and Transgender Asylum Seekers of the Middle East] [Trans Muslim Honours His Faith] [Under the Gay Skin of Tehran] [Syrian and Iraqi Members of the LGBT Community Find Safe Haven in Istanbul] [Queer and Muslim] [On Community Spaces and Being A Trans Muslim] [‘Yousef and Farhad’ has been crafted by Algerian-American political cartoonist, Khalil Bendib, and Iranian-American author, Amir Soltani.] [Artist Mohammed Fayaz Draws Queer Muslims of Colour] [Xukia]
Desi LGBT*Q Hotline
Queer Pakistan LGBT*Q Voice and Support Group [and here is a news article]
Resources
A good thing to remember is to avoid the self-hatred phase, if you can. Focus on loving yourself, and realising that Allah made you just the way you are, and that you are loved, and that none of this is permanent. If this phase is unavoidable, here are some helpful sites:
Help! I’m losing my Islam
Feeling suicidal?
Suicide prevention
Supporting someone who self-harms
Suicide and Crisis Hotlines
Online Crisis Network (for those with anxiety which prevents them from talking on the phone)
Online Chat (Arabic) for Queer Arabs
If you are a student and would like to get Faisal Alam to speak at your uni, or to see if he is coming to your uni soon, click here.
If you would like to attend Faisal Alam’s Retreat for Queer Muslims and their partners, here is more info.
If you would like to book Irshad Manji for an event click here.
If you are a PoC LGBTQ identified Muslim, QWOC is looking for submissions.
If you are from Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, or India and want to share your experiences (anonymously), please click here.
If you are South Asian and queer, consider submitting to Dayaar-e-Yaar! And if you are South Asian, queer, and between 18-25, consider attending this SoCal retreat (deadline for 2015 registration is Dec. 8th, 2014).
If you are a young activist, an independent researcher, a graduate student, or a fresh graduate, consider submitting a paper to the second issue of Kohl, a journal for body and gender in the MENA region that wishes to explore the ways in which the erotic has been used as a means of economic and political exploitation in the MENA, within the region and outside it. Deadline to submit is Aug 2, 2015.
If you can spare some funds, help navigatethestream, a queer Muslim, become an Imam to help the Muslim LGBT* community!
Lastly, here is a link if you are NOT a queer Muslim, but want to be a good ALLY! (And here is another on how NOT to be a saviour!) (And here is another on how to support a queer Muslim you happen to be dating!)
Muslim-Queer-Friendly Blogs:
Keep reading
15K notes
·
View notes
Text
being muslim and lgbt is really…complicated, i guess? because you don’t really have that “i can come out and never speak to my family again and i’ll be fine” mindset that christian lgbt people seem to have and you can’t just “keep it hidden away–for your family’s sake. and just pray.” the way straight muslims will tell you do. you understand the seriousness of what calling yourself gay means, but you don’t really comprehend the vehement hatred of lgbt people and why you have to keep one of the biggest parts of your life hidden from your family. you hate yourself for being gay sometimes and other times you hate yourself because you aren’t willing to abandon everything to be able to safely exist as a gay person. you want your family to understand you and accept you, but the chances of you ever coming out and actually telling them are slim to none. your non-muslim lgbt friends don’t understand your attachment to your family and faith and blame you for not coming out of the closet without understanding that you grew up in a community where it’s just not that easy. it just feels like existing in a constant state of paradox where you’re constantly battling internally with yourself and also everyone around you & it’s really, really lonely.
2K notes
·
View notes
