If more homosexual people from ethnic minorities are going to come out,they need to feel certain of a warmer welcome. Otherwise the closet will remain the safer optionWhen I see the word “Muslim” in the press, the anxiety is always that the following word will be “terrorist” or “fundamentalist”. After the Orlando shootings, and where a Muslim man opened fire in a homosexual nightclub killing many LGBT patrons,I felt like two parts of my identity had been mixed together under very gruesome circumstances. I was speechless for a day, reflecting on the tragedy. As a homosexual man, or I was sickened by the thought that people had been killed because of their sexuality. As a homosexual Muslim – where it often feels like I live in the world’s smallest Venn diagram – I also feared that there would be increased Islamophobia on the LGBT scene. Related: What’s it like to be queer and Muslim? Let this photographer show you I have only faced outright discrimination once. I'm still shocked that it happened in a famous homosexual bar in Soho Related: Tom Daley: a novel way to come out Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com