Making Room for Diverse Trans Identities at the May LGBT Muslim Retreat

Apr 05, 2012
By: Tynan Power*/TRT Columnist

http://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/2012/04/05/making-room-for-diverse-trans-identities-at-the-may-lgbt-muslim-retreat/

For the last few months, my life — or at least my e-mail — has been dominated by the upcoming LGBT Muslim Retreat. Last year's retreat was a wonderful opportunity for education, support, connection and community-building. This year promises to be even more rewarding, though we are still ironing out a few wrinkles.

The people involved with planning this event are some of the best of the LGBT Muslim movement: scholars with deep compassion, religious leaders unafraid to acknowledge where their expertise ends, volunteers who put their time and energy into doing the work because it needs to be done. They are all genuinely committed to meaningful inclusion.