Editing LGBTQ people and Islam (section)

===Films and media===
* In 2007, the documentary film ''[[A Jihad for Love]]'' was released. It was produced by [[Sandi Simcha DuBowski]] and directed by [[Parvez Sharma]]. As of 2016 the film has been shown in 49 nations to four million plus viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ajihadforlove.org/home.html|title=A Jihad For Love – A Film by Parvez Sharma|work=AJihadForLove.org|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=11 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511130431/http://ajihadforlove.org/home.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* ''[[Out in the Dark]]'' is a 2012 film about the gay love story of a Palestinian Muslim and an Israeli Jew.<ref name="holden">{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=Love, Forbidden and Persecuted |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/movies/in-out-in-the-dark-an-israeli-palestinian-affair.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/movies/in-out-in-the-dark-an-israeli-palestinian-affair.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=21 January 2020 |newspaper=NY Times |date=26 September 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* ''[[Breaking Fast]]'' is a love story between Mo, a gay [[Muslim]] doctor in [[Los Angeles]] and Kal who get to know each other over nightly [[iftar]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/breaking-fast/ |title=Breaking Fast |last=LePire |first=Bobby |website=[[Film Threat]] |date=29 March 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |archive-date=5 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205150009/https://filmthreat.com/reviews/breaking-fast/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.metroweekly.com/2020/06/film-review-breaking-fast-is-an-engaging-gay-rom-com/ |title=Film Review: 'Breaking Fast' is an engaging gay rom-com |last=Hereford |first=Andre |website=[[Metro Weekly]] |date=28 October 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918230519/https://www.metroweekly.com/2020/06/film-review-breaking-fast-is-an-engaging-gay-rom-com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2015, the documentary film ''[[A Sinner in Mecca]]'' was released. It was directed by [[Parvez Sharma]]. The film chronicles Sharma's [[Hajj]] pilgrimage to [[Mecca]], [[Saudi Arabia]] as an openly gay [[Muslim]]. The film premiered at the 2015 [[Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival]] to great critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press|url=http://asinnerinmecca.com/press/|website=A Sinner in Mecca|access-date=7 May 2015|archive-date=10 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010033125/http://asinnerinmecca.com/press/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film opened in theaters in the US on 4 September 2015 and is a New York Times Critics' Pick.<ref>{{cite news|title=In 'A Sinner in Mecca,' a Gay Director Ponders His Sexuality and Islamic Faith|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/movies/in-a-sinner-in-mecca-a-gay-director-ponders-his-sexuality-and-islamic-faith.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/movies/in-a-sinner-in-mecca-a-gay-director-ponders-his-sexuality-and-islamic-faith.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The New York Times|date=3 September 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015|last1=Webster |first1=Andy }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* In 2015's ''How Gay is Pakistan?'' [[Mawaan Rizwan]] traveled to Pakistan, his country of birth, to film a documentary which explored the issues faced by other LGBTQ Muslims living under Islamic law that deems homosexuality illegal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wyatt |first1=Daisy |title=How Gay is Pakistan? BBC3 - TV review |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/how-gay-is-pakistan-bbc3-tv-review-the-only-offensive-thing-here-was-the-imam-s-outdated-views-a6701576.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/how-gay-is-pakistan-bbc3-tv-review-the-only-offensive-thing-here-was-the-imams-outdated-views-a6701576.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-status=live |website=The Independent |accessdate=12 April 2020 |language=en |date=20 October 2015}}</ref> The documentary was televised internationally, including on [[ABC2]] in [[Australia]], [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] in [[Canada]] and in various markets via [[Amazon Prime Video]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hill |first1=Leigh Andrew |title=Mawaan Rizwan asks 'How Gay is Pakistan?' on ABC2 |url=https://www.outinperth.com/how-gay-is-pakistan/ |website=OUTInPerth - LGBTIQ News and Culture |accessdate=12 April 2020 |date=30 March 2016 |archive-date=12 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412183405/https://www.outinperth.com/how-gay-is-pakistan/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=CBC |title=How Gay is Pakistan? |url=https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/how_gay_is_pakistan |website=CBC |accessdate=12 April 2020 |archive-date=25 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825070856/https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/how_gay_is_pakistan |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Prime Video |title=How Gay is Pakistan? |url=https://www.amazon.com/How-Gay-Pakistan-Mawaan-Rizwan/dp/B01N0SNFQL |website=www.amazon.com |accessdate=12 April 2020 |archive-date=14 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214120842/https://www.amazon.com/How-Gay-Pakistan-Mawaan-Rizwan/dp/B01N0SNFQL |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In 2016, [[Vice News]] released a short documentary ''Blackout: Being LGBT in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan'' in which they showed different members of the LGBT community in Lahore. Young men who are sex workers were shown in the video and they explained the difficulties of being gay in Pakistan. The documentary also focused on some underground organisations that work for basic human rights for the LGBT community. In the film, there is a short clip shown of a young boy getting beaten up and is later sodomised with a tree branch after he was caught in homosexual acts by conservative religious society members. It also displayed how gay and transgender people use social media apps like Tinder to get in contact with other people of the community.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/blackout-pakistan/|title=Blackout: Being LGBT in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan|date=9 June 2016|website=VICE News|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-05|archive-date=2018-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915145942/https://news.vice.com/video/blackout-pakistan|url-status=live}}</ref> However, this documentary, made in collaboration with [[Google|Google's]] technology incubator [[Jigsaw (company)|Jigsaw]], has been criticised by some for its sensational approach and blatantly showcasing Google's agenda of juxtaposing empowerment through digital technologies such as [[Tinder (app)|Tinder]] and the collective backwardness and oppression as shown through the blurred video of the young boy being beaten.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mokhtar|first=Shehram|date=2020-06-15|title=Aberrant sexualities: Others under the gaze of transnational documentary|journal=Sexualities|volume=24|issue=3|language=en|pages=456–473|doi=10.1177/1363460720931339|s2cid=225662867|issn=1363-4607}}</ref>
* [[Gay Muslims]] is a six-part documentary on Channel 4 about the LGBT among Muslims, broadcast in the UK in January.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upf.tv/about-upf/|title=About UPF – UPF (Unity Productions Foundation)|work=UPF.tv|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=2 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302011512/https://www.upf.tv/about-upf/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The Muslim Debate Initiative (MDI) is made up of Muslims "with experience in public speaking, apologetics, polemics, research and community work." One of its aims is "to support, encourage and promote debate that contrasts Islam against other intellectual and political discourses for the purpose of the pursuit of truth, intellectual scrutiny with respect, and the clarifying accurate understandings of other worldviews between people of different cultures, beliefs and political persuasions."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thedebateinitiative.com/about-2/|title=About MDI|date=26 December 2009|website=TheDebateInitiative.com|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=19 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419034044/https://muslimdebate.org/about-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>