Salaam Canada Publications

• Community Discussion Guide: For Support Group Facilitators 
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• Do ask, Do Tell? Coming In, Out, & Around as LGBTQ+ Muslims
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• More Than Just Feeling Alone: Understanding LGBTQ+ Muslim Mental Health
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• It's Not A Phase: Support for Family Members of LGBTQ+ Muslims
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• What is Islamophobia? Safety and Resistance
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The development of these publications was made possible through funding from the Inspirit Foundation, Community-Based Research Centre, and the Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance of Ontario.

 

Collaborative Publications

• BRINGING COMMUNITY TOGETHER:
  Enhancing mainstream Muslim social services to better support queer Muslims
   

• NAVIGATING FAMILY DYNAMICS:
  Supporting LGBTQ+ Muslims within Families of Origin 
   

• BECOMING A BETTER ALLY:
  Understanding Sexual and Gender Diversity within Muslim Families 
   

• BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS:
  Enhancing LGBTQ+ social services to better support queer Muslims 
   

• WE ARE ALL GOOD MUSLIMS:
  Unpacking the Perception of Good vs. Bad Muslims
   

• CRESCENT MOON -  GROUP FACILITATION CURRICULUM:
  Supporting Family Members of LGBTQ+ Loved Ones

 

The funding for this manual was provided by a SSHRC-funded grant Supporting Sexually and Gender Diverse Muslims in Social Work. The Insight Development Grant was led by Dr. Maryam Khan from Wilfrid Laurier University. For more information about the study visit: https://ssgdmuslimssw.ca/ ​Research Study: Supporting Queer Muslims in Social Service Organizations.

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Community Publications: 

• Common Myths & Misconceptions About Homosexuality in Muslim Communities by Imam Muhsin Hendricks (of Al-Ghurbah Foundation) and Sydney Queer Muslims Inc.
   

• Dealing With Being Different: A Resource Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer,
  and Questioning Black Youth - Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention
   

• I’m Muslim and I Might Not Be Straight: A Resource for LGBTQ+ Muslim Youth
  - Advocates for Youth
   

• I'm Muslim and My Gender Doesn't Fit Me: A Resource for Trans Muslim Youth - Advocates for Youth
   

• How to be Culturally Competent When Supporting LGBTQ Muslims - Rahim Thawer
   

• Overview of the Anti-LGBT Law in Egypt (2017)
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• Safe Spaces, Inclusive Services: Support Service Access and Engagement by LGBTIQ+ Muslims- Melbourne Muslim Collective
   

• Silent No More: Trans Communities in Pakistan
   

• What Safer Space Looks Like for a Queer Black Muslim Woman
  - The Body is Not an Apology
   

• Young, Positive, and Telling You Like It Is: A collection of testimonies by young people living with HIV
  - Naz Project London

 

Academic and Journal Articles:

• Islamic Texts: A Source for Acceptance of Queer Individuals into Mainstream Muslim Society
  - Muhsin Hendricks

 

Online Videos and Lectures:

• Brown, trans, queer, Muslim and proud - Sabah Choudrey
   

• Gay Muslims Confront Intersectional Challenges - Associated Press
   

• How Australia’s first gay Imam is ‘saving lives’ - BBC News
   

• How I embrace contradiction as a queer Muslim drag queen - Amrou Al-Kadhi
   

• LGBTQI Lecture Series by Imam Daayiee Abdullah - Muslims for Progressive Values
   

• LGBTQ Muslims in Islam - Junaid Jahangir
   

• Queer & Muslim in America (Interview with Eman Abdelhadi) - First Person
   

• Queer & Muslim: Nothing to Reconcile - Blair Imani
   

• We Resist: A Queer Muslim Perspective - El-Farouk Khaki 
   

• What it’s like being LGBTQ & Muslim - MTV News