North Africa and Middle East: Regional MSM
Resources for and about MSM.
"Fighting homophobia means treating the person who sits next to you properly; it means that if your son is homosexual and his [brother] shouts at him for it, you have to defend him," Parsi says. "You who are his mother, father, or brother -- you have to support him."
-Arsham Parsi, Persian Activist
eForums and Email Groups
- Muslim Gay Men:
"This is a discussion, information, and support resource for believing Muslim gay men who wish to maintain their faith and continue to serve Allah SWT while they are at various stages of dealing with and accepting their homosexuality."
- Queer Jihad:
"Queer Jihad is a forum for the respectful exchange of ideas toward the aim of achieving greater understanding and increasing love among Muslims. Through sincere dialogue, Queer Jihad seeks to overcome all kinds of oppression of LGBT Muslims based on hatred and ignorance."
- Bisexual Muslims: "An email discussion group for Muslims who identify as bisexual or who may be questioning their sexual orientation. Anything relevant to the bisexual Muslim community can be discussed on this forum."
- Transgender Muslims: "An email discussion group for Muslims who identify as transgender, and for those that consider themselves gender variant."
- LGBT Morocco: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Moroccans exchanging information.
- News - Al-Fatiha Foundation:
"Al-Fatiha-News is an announcement-only email list for Al-Fatiha, a US-based organization dedicated to Muslims who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, intersex, questioning (LGBTIQ) & their allies."
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