Editing LGBTQ people and Islam (section)

====Active movements====
* In 1996, [[Muhsin Hendricks]] founded the inner circle, a support network aiding gay Muslims in coming to terms with their sexual orientation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-02 |title=A gay mosque in Cape Town sounds the call to prayer for everyone |url=https://qz.com/africa/824711/a-gay-mosque-in-cape-town-sounds-the-call-to-pray-for-everyone |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref> In 2011 he founded Al Ghurbaah foundation.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fullerton |first=Jamie |date=2022-10-19 |title=‘I’m hoping there will be more queer imams’ |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/oct/19/im-hoping-there-will-be-more-queer-imams |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
* In November 2012, a prayer room was set up in Paris by gay Islamic scholar and founder of the group 'Homosexual Muslims of France' [[Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed]]. It was described by the press as the first gay-friendly mosque in Europe. The reaction from the rest of the Muslim community in France has been mixed. The opening has been condemned by the [[Grand Mosque of Paris]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20547335|title=Gay-friendly 'mosque' opens in Paris|first=Robin|last=Banerji|work=BBC News|date=30 November 2012|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=21 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921070447/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20547335|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Pride London 2011 - 001.jpg|right|thumb|Float for gay Muslims at [[Pride parade|Pride]] London 2011]]
* In 2014, [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/21/my-boyfriend-killed-himself-because-his-family-couldnt-accept-that-he-was-gay following the death] of British born doctor Dr Nazim Mahmood, the charity [[Naz and Matt Foundation]] was launched to support LGBTQI+ individuals from predominantly Muslim backgrounds.
* In September 2019, a British charity known as Imaan attempted to crowdfund £5,000 to host a festival for LGBTQ+ Muslims to challenge homophobic laws and societal views of LGBTQ+ individuals in Middle Eastern countries and the larger Muslim community. Many LGBTQ+ Muslims are forced to choose between their sexuality and their religion, often forcing individuals to repress who they truly are.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49796967|title=LGBT Muslims told to choose religion or sexuality|last=Baggs|first=Cherry Wilson and Michael|date=23 September 2019|access-date=6 November 2019|language=en-GB|archive-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926184203/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49796967|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The [[Ibn Ruschd-Goethe mosque]] in Berlin is a liberal mosque open to all types of Muslims, where men and women pray together and LGBT worshippers are welcomed and supported.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cc70b8a4-f14f-4324-a81a-82fe347f9664|website=BBC|series=BBC Three|title=My LGBT-friendly mosque saved me from being radicalised|first=Tugay|last=Sarac|date=2 May 2019|access-date=3 May 2019|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503001654/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cc70b8a4-f14f-4324-a81a-82fe347f9664|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Nur Warsame]] has been an advocate for LGBTQ Muslims. He founded Marhaba, a support group for [[queer]] [[Islam in Australia|Muslims]] in [[Melbourne]], [[LGBT rights in Australia|Australia]]. In May 2016, Wahrsage revealed that he is homosexual in an interview on [[SBS 2|SBS2]]'s [[The Feed (Australian TV series)|The Feed]], being the first openly gay [[Imam]] in Australia.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Power|first1=Shannon|title=Being gay and muslim: 'death is your repentance'|url=http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/being-gay-and-muslim-death-is-your-repentance/148975|access-date=5 May 2016|work=[[Star Observer]]|date=3 May 2016|archive-date=5 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505142450/http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/being-gay-and-muslim-death-is-your-repentance/148975|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The [[Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity]] (MASGD) in the United States began on 23 January 2013. On 20 June 2016, an interview with Mirna Haidar (a member of the MASGD's steering committee) was published in [[The Washington Post|''The Washington Post'']]. She described the MASGD as supporting "LGBT Muslims who want or need to embrace both their sexual and religious identities." Haidar said that the support which the MASGD provides is needed because a person who is "Muslim and queer " faces "two different systems of oppression": [[Islamophobia]] and [[homophobia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/20/what-you-should-know-about-being-lgbt-and-muslim-from-a-leading-lgbt-muslim-group/|title=What you should know about being LGBT and Muslim, from a leading LGBT Muslim group|work=WashingtonPost.com|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=9 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309192935/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/20/what-you-should-know-about-being-lgbt-and-muslim-from-a-leading-lgbt-muslim-group/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Muslims for Progressive Values]], based in the United States and in Malaysia, is "a faith-based, grassroots, human rights organization that embodies and advocates for the traditional Qur'anic values of social justice and equality for all, for the 21st Century."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpvusa.org/who-we-are|title=Who We Are|work=MPVUSA.org|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419012345/http://www.mpvusa.org/who-we-are/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The Safra Project for women is based in the UK. It supports and works on issues relating to prejudice LGBTQ Muslim women. It was founded in October 2001 by Muslim LBT women. The Safra Project's "ethos is one of inclusiveness and diversity."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rabble.ca/toolkit/rabblepedia/safra-project|title=The Safra Project – rabble.ca|work=Rabble.ca|date=11 April 2014|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215181315/http://rabble.ca/toolkit/rabblepedia/safra-project|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:El-Farouk Khaki nomination campaign launch Apr5-07.jpg|thumb|[[El-Farouk Khaki]], founding member of the Salaam group and the Toronto Unity Mosque / el-Tawhid Juma Circle]]
* Salaam is the first gay Muslim group in Canada and second in the world. Salaam was found in 1993 by [[El-Farouk Khaki]], who organized the Salaam/Al-Fateha International Conference in 2003.<ref name="patch">{{cite news|author=Catherine Patch|title=Queer Muslims find peace; El-Farouk Khaki founded Salaam Offers a place to retain spirituality|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=15 June 2006}}</ref>
* [[Sarajevo Open Centre]] ({{lang|sh-Latn|Sarajevski otvoreni centar}}), abbreviated SOC, is an independent [[feminist]] [[civil society]] organization and [[advocacy]] group which campaigns for [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], [[transgender|trans]] and [[intersex]] ([[LGBTI rights|LGBTI]]) people and [[women rights]] in [[LGBT rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Agan Uzunović |url=https://revolution-news.com/bosnian-lgbti-activists-demand-equality-now/ |title=Bosnian LGBTI Activists Demand: Equality Now! |publisher=Revolution News |date=18 May 2016 |access-date=25 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603070018/https://revolution-news.com/bosnian-lgbti-activists-demand-equality-now/ |archive-date=3 June 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://soc.ba/en/about-us/ |title=About us – Sarajevski Otvoreni Centar |date=21 June 2013 |publisher=Soc.ba |access-date=25 May 2016 |archive-date=4 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604193436/http://soc.ba/en/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The organization also gives asylum and psychological support to victims of discrimination and violence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.6yka.com/novost/105440/povecan-broj-slucajeva-krsenja-ljudskih-prava-lgbti-osoba- |title=Povećan broj slučajeva kršenja ljudskih prava LGBTI osoba – BUKA Magazin |publisher=6yka.com |date=19 May 2016 |access-date=25 May 2016 |archive-date=23 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160523011001/http://www.6yka.com/novost/105440/povecan-broj-slucajeva-krsenja-ljudskih-prava-lgbti-osoba- |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The ''Pink Report'' is an annual report made by the organization on the state of the Human Rights of LGBTI People in the country and is supported by the Norwegian Embassy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.norveska.ba/News_and_events/Society-and-Policy/Norwegian-Embassy-supports-Sarajevo-Open-Centres-Pink-Report/ |title=Norwegian Embassy supports Sarajevo Open Centre's Pink Report |publisher=Norveska.ba |date=17 May 2016 |access-date=25 May 2016 |archive-date=7 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807112419/http://www.norveska.ba/News_and_events/Society-and-Policy/Norwegian-Embassy-supports-Sarajevo-Open-Centres-Pink-Report/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In May 2009, the Toronto Unity Mosque / el-Tawhid Juma Circle was founded by Laury Silvers, a [[University of Toronto]] religious studies scholar, alongside Muslim gay-rights activists El-Farouk Khaki and Troy Jackson. Unity Mosque/ETJC is a [[gender-equal]], LGBT+ affirming, mosque.<ref>{{cite web|title=El-tawhid juma circle|url=http://www.jumacircle.com/|access-date=19 April 2017|archive-date=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419195623/http://www.jumacircle.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mastracci|first1=Davide|title=What It's Like To Pray At A Queer-Inclusive Mosque|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidemastracci/toronto-lgbt-unity-mosque|access-date=19 April 2017|work=[[BuzzFeed]]|date=4 April 2017|archive-date=18 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518032950/https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidemastracci/toronto-lgbt-unity-mosque|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Habib|first1=Samra|title=Queer and going to the mosque: 'I've never felt more Muslim than I do now'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jun/03/unity-mosque-queer-muslim-islam-samra-habib|access-date=19 April 2017|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=3 June 2016|archive-date=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419195438/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jun/03/unity-mosque-queer-muslim-islam-samra-habib|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gillis|first1=Wendy|title=Islamic scholars experience diversity of Muslim practices at U of T summer program|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/08/25/islamic_scholars_experience_diversity_of_muslim_practices_at_u_of_t_summer_program.html|access-date=19 April 2017|work=[[Toronto Star]]|date=25 August 2013|archive-date=20 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420045336/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/08/25/islamic_scholars_experience_diversity_of_muslim_practices_at_u_of_t_summer_program.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The mosque offers aims to eliminate gender segregation by removing a dress code for women. While it was the only mosques of its kind when it first opened, more communities and mosques have become more accepting of LGBT members. El-Farouk Khaki has been quoted as saying "more and more groups, communities and mosques that celebrate and embrace inclusion and diversity are forming".<ref name="nbcnews.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/affirming-mosques-help-gay-muslims-reconcile-faith-sexuality-n988151|title=Affirming mosques help gay Muslims reconcile faith, sexuality|website=NBC News|date=April 2019 |language=en|access-date=6 November 2019|archive-date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116193847/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/affirming-mosques-help-gay-muslims-reconcile-faith-sexuality-n988151|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Imam Daayiee Abdullah, one of America's first openly gay Imams, argues that the existing view towards homosexuality among Muslims is based on tradition, not an interpretation of scriptures. In 2011, Abdullah created an LGBTQ+ mosques, known as the Light of Reform Mosque, to provide members of the LGBTQ+ community with marriage ceremonies. Abdullah opened the Mecca Institute in an attempt to open at least 50 LGBTQ+ friendly mosques by 2030.<ref name="nbcnews.com" />