On being a homosexual Muslim

http://www.helium.com/items/249134-on-being-a-homosexual-muslim
7/12/2008

It took Salma Rehman (name changed), a 27-year old lesbian, a couple of
years to accept her sexuality and 7 years to gather the courage to tell
her father. She is still not comfortable talking about it to most in
her extended family.

"Not everyone wants to know and is ready to know," she said. "There
isn't much room in the Muslim culture to identify oneself as homosexual."

Being Muslim is difficult in a post 9/11 world and if you are a
homosexual, it is a double whammy. You are in a constant battle of fighting off Islamophobia with other communities and homophobia with your own.