'It’s not easy to believe in a god when people tell you God doesn’t like us' from The Sidney Morning Herald, Jan 2020. "If a LGB person, for example, wants to date someone of the same sex and they're in a welcoming but not affirming church, they either have to make this quite difficult decision to leave their community, their home … or they have to keep it to themselves which is often a wrenching, deeply painful experience."
A gay imam's story: 'The dialogue is open in Islam – 10 years ago it wasn't' from World Economic Forum, "I went to Tibet and saw some homophobia there as well. I started telling myself, finally, the problem isn’t religion or Islam in particular: the problem is discrimination, prejudices and ignorance. "
Struggling With Same-Sex Attraction at a Christian School from The Atlantic.
In the LGBTQ community, faith brings comfort and pain. Six Pittsburghers reflect on feeling rejected for who they are. from the Public Source, May 2019.
What’s it like to be queer and Muslim? Let this photographer show you Samra Habib, a queer Muslim photographer, has been travelling through North America and Europe to take the portraits of LBGT Muslims willing to share their life stories and desire for connection. Guardian 15 Jun 2016.
*A gay Filipino priest's story: In God's service from Rappler, Aug 2016. "This represents my sexuality and religiosity," the 36-year-old priest said, pointing to his rainbow-colored bracelet of crosses. "Why should I be ashamed? My sexual preference never hindered my mission as a Catholic priest."
*Living with my lesbian partner where it's illegal to be gay from BBC News, Jun 2016. "Once I saw a counsellor and she started swearing at me. "Why don't you understand that even cows know how to have normal sex?" she asked. She told me that I was breaking nature's law."
'Being Muslim and Being Queer Is Possible' Wazina Zondon is Muslim and queer. She shares her experience navigating her two identities, and how she eventually came to embrace them both.
Meet the imam of Africa’s first gay-friendly mosque IIn Cape Town, South Africa, there is a mosque that welcomes LGBT Muslims. World Economic Forum, 4 Mar 2017.
Religious Views Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexuual, Transgender People Revealed In New Survey, Huffington post, 19 Jun 2013
Does Japan’s Conservative Shinto Religion Support Gay Marriage?, "And when will gay marriage be legal in Japan?", Foreign Policy, 29 June 2015
Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ Issues: Buddhism, Human Rights Campaign
Religious exemptions and LGBTI rights: Should Australia follow Ireland? Last week Ireland passed a Bill to prevent Catholic schools from discriminating against LGBT teachers. Would similar moves work in Australia? SBS, 8 Dec 2015.
Religious faith is no obstacle to support for marriage equality This article points out that a majority of Australians of faith are in favour of same sex marriage and that it is dangerous to assume that people who are religious are against lgbt rights. The Guardian, 18 Nov 2016.
United States: State Laws Threaten LGBT Equality A recent Human Rights watch Report has said that new “religious exemption” laws passed by state legislatures around the United States are an attach on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Download the full report here. Human Rights Watch, 19 Feb 2018.
‘LGBTQ people are also humans’: Thai Buddhist monk backs equality from Hindustan times, Aug 2020.
Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ Issues: Buddhism from the Human Rights Campaign,
I am Queer Enough. I am Trans Enough. I am Muslim Enough The campaign held in Toronto.