Editing LGBTQ people and Islam (section)

====Ex-gay organizations====
There are a number of Islamic [[ex-gay]] organizations, that is, those composed of people claiming to have experienced a basic change in [[sexual orientation]] from exclusive homosexuality to exclusive [[heterosexual]]ity.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Throckmorton |first=Warren |author2=Pattison, M. L. |date=June 2002 |title=Initial empirical and clinical findings concerning the change process for ex-gays |url=http://www.drthrockmorton.com/article.asp?id=1 |url-status=dead |journal=Professional Psychology: Research and Practice |volume=33 |pages=242–248 |doi=10.1037/0735-7028.33.3.242 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504130831/http://www.drthrockmorton.com/article.asp?id=1 |archive-date=4 May 2008 |number=3}}</ref> These groups, like [[Ex-gay movement#Ex-gay organizations|those based in socially conservative Christianity]], are aimed at attempting to guide homosexuals towards heterosexuality.
One of the leading LGBT reformatory Muslim organization is [[StraightWay Foundation]], which was established in the [[United Kingdom]] in 2004 as an organization that provides information and advice for [[Muslims]] who struggle with [[homosexual]] attraction.<ref name="samar">{{cite book |last1=Habib |first1=Samar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9y_TyzK9_5oC&q=straightway+foundation&pg=PA217 |title=Islam and Homosexuality |date=2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313379031 |page=217 |language=en |access-date=2 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419034037/https://books.google.com/books?id=9y_TyzK9_5oC&q=straightway+foundation&pg=PA217 |archive-date=19 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Badgett |first1=Lee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmyUAgAAQBAJ&q=straightway+foundation&pg=PA221 |title=Sexual Orientation Discrimination: An International Perspective |last2=Frank |first2=Jeff |date=2007 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781135987657 |page=222 |language=en |access-date=2 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419034033/https://books.google.com/books?id=wmyUAgAAQBAJ&q=straightway+foundation&pg=PA221 |archive-date=19 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitaker |first1=Brian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0YhBQAAQBAJ&q=straightway+foundation&pg=PT83 |title=Unspeakable Love: Gay and Lesbian Life in the Middle East |date=2011 |publisher=Saqi |isbn=9780863564598 |language=en |access-date=2020-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419034027/https://books.google.com/books?id=e0YhBQAAQBAJ&q=straightway+foundation&pg=PT83 |archive-date=2023-04-19 |url-status=live}}</ref> They believe "that through following God's guidance", one may "cease to be" gay. They teach that the male-female pair is the "basis for humanity's growth" and that homosexual acts "are forbidden by God".<ref>{{cite web |title=The StraightWay Foundation Homepage |url=http://straightway.sinfree.net/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212012014/http://straightway.sinfree.net/ |archive-date=12 December 2006 |access-date=6 April 2007}}</ref>  [[NARTH]] has written favourably of the group.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 8, 2008 |title=Help for Same-Sex Attracted Muslims |url=http://www.narth.com/docs/muslims.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403082058/http://www.narth.com/docs/muslims.html |archive-date=April 3, 2008}}</ref> In 2004, Straightway entered into a controversy with the contemporary [[Mayor of London]], [[Ken Livingstone]], and the controversial Islamic cleric [[Yusuf al-Qaradawi]]. It was suggested that Livingstone was giving a platform to Islamic fundamentalists, and not liberal and progressive Muslims.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sohaib |first=Saeed |date=April 2005 |title=London mayor stands firm despite sustained campaign |url=http://www.iwitness.co.uk/politics/0405p01.htm |url-status=live |access-date=2019-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802135153/http://www.iwitness.co.uk/politics/0405p01.htm |archive-date=2019-08-02}}</ref> Straightway responded to this by sending Livingstone a letter thanking him for his support of al-Qaradawi.<ref>{{cite news |last=Waugh |first=Paul |date=3 March 2005 |title=Ken in Row Over Anti-gay Link |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-17022032-details/Ken+in+row+over+anti-gay+link/article.do |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211111441/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-17022032-details/Ken+in+row+over+anti-gay+link/article.do |archive-date=11 February 2009}}</ref>  Livingstone then ignited controversy when he thanked Straightway for the letter.<ref>{{cite news |author=Caroline Fourest and Fiammetta Venner |date=30 March 2005 |title=Ken le rouge vire au vert islam |language=fr |url=http://www.prochoix.org/cgi/blog/index.php/2005/03/30/277-ken-le-rouge-vire-au-vert-islam |url-status=live |access-date=2 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927225812/http://www.prochoix.org/cgi/blog/index.php/2005/03/30/277-ken-le-rouge-vire-au-vert-islam |archive-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>