Google Trend shows that the Borneon states are leading the way when it comes to searching using the keyword "gay" with Sarawak being No 1 in terms of no of searches.

Source: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=MY&q=gay

Sorry to burst your bubble..

Of course LGBT can exist in Islam.

There are lots of gay imams in the world especially in the west. Recently there is a growing number of Islamic scholars too who are pointing out the various inconsistencies of anti-LGBT hadiths and verses in the Koran. They concluded that they were all misinterpreted by scholars before them.

Liberalization is good. It is what drove our ancestors out of slavery and gave various basic human rights for women such as your mom and sister. The next wave of liberalization is finally recognising same-sex relationships and it is going to happen regardless of how you want Islam to be stuck in the 6th century.

The Islamic scholars who are supportive are LGBT never propose to make edits on the original texts. They were only arguing that the texts were grossly misinterpreted and the homophobic hadiths are lack in credibility

I'm glad you decided to stop here because I don't think I'm able to continue debating when this starts to go into the realm of conspiracies ("The West" trying to destroy Islam by purposely trying to come up with alternative views). Apparently everything that Amina Wadud has studied on Arabic, Islamic studies and philosophy up to PhD level is invalidated because she comes from the west.

Thank you for your input, nevertheless. I think I have done my part as well. I pray you will be able to open up to love and tolerate people who comes from different backgrounds.

Cheers!

Contrary to popular beliefs, not all gay people go around harrassing straight men. We do have standards la.

I do have a bf and I only have sex with him.

MENA LGBTQ+ activists slam Facebook for not removing posts calling for gay people to be killed
Source: https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/community/138073...e-to-be-killed/



Posts about throwing gay people off of buildings were deemed not to have violated community guidelines.

LGBTQ+ activists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have slammed Facebook after the platform refused to take action against posts which called for gay people to be killed.

One post, shown to Gay Star News, read: “If you think it’s your right to act on sodomy/ homosexuality, then it’s my right to throw you off the roof.”

Activists reported the post, but Facebook didn’t take action, saying “it doesn’t go against our community standards, including hate speech.”

Activists also reported an account, whose avatar depicts a stick figure kicking another rainbow stick figure in the stomach. The account’s posts are universally all anti-LGBTQ+ including pictures of burning Pride flags and rainbows being swept into the gutter.

Another post from a homophobic user depicts an Islamic warrior standing against a crowd of LGBTQ+ people, Black Lives Matter protesters and features anti-Semitic imagery. And another post shows Egyptian LGBTQ+ activist, Sarah Hegazi, who recently took her own life, burning in animated flames.

Campaigners from Egypt, Morocco, Russia, Sudan, Syria and Tunisia have now signed an open letter to Facebook, calling out the social media platform. Part of the letter read: “The MENA LGBTQI+ community has been reporting thousands of Arabic hate speech posts targeting women in general, and people of different sexual orientations in particular.

“Most of these reports were declined because the content ‘did not contradict the Facebook community standards.’ This is due to the lax implementation of effective anti-hate speech policies in our region, which makes the platform unsafe for sexual minorities.”

The letter calls on Facebook to adopt universal policies on hate speech and train staff in LGBTQ+ matters. It also asks for meetings with senior Facebook figures until the matter is resolved.

Speaking to Reuters, Adam Muhammed, the executive director of the Morocco-based ATYAF Collective, said: “In the U.S. and Europe, there is no room to spread hate speech against any sexual orientation, race, religion, sect or any other social group.”

In an email, a Facebook spokesperson said: “We do not allow death threats, attacks or hate speech directed at the LGBTQI+ community.

“We use a combination of user reports and technology to find this content and remove it. This includes expert teams who review reports of hate speech 24/7 in more than 50 languages, including Arabic, and AI tools that find nearly 90% of the hate speech we remove before users report it to us.

“We know we have more work to do here and we’ll continue to work closely with members of the LGBTQI+ community in the Middle East and North Africa to address this abhorrent behaviour.”

They added they were in regular dialogue with outside experts and organisations in order to get input on their Community Standards and enforcement processes.

They also disputed part of the open letter, saying: “Facebook is a global service, so these rules [on hate speech] apply to everyone – including people in the Middle East and North Africa.”

Facebook still has a mixed history with LGBTQ+ people. In the past, it has removed homophobic content, but it has also allowed content spreading misinformation against PrEP to be published on the website.

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Facebook is increasingly supportive of hate speech. What a way to build your legacy, Mark Zuckerberg.

New York City Pride was canceled this year because of COVID-19, but a smaller celebration, the Queer Liberation March for Black Lives and Against Police Brutality, went ahead as planned.

The march is only in its second year, but it became the de-facto in-person Pride event for New York City in 2020. It also fell at a time when police brutality protests were already raging across the country, sparked by the killing of George Floyd in May, and one year after the death of Layleen Polanco, a transgender woman who died in police custody at Rikers Island prison.

The event was organized by the Reclaim Pride Coalition, a group dedicated to getting back to the roots of the LGBTQ rights movement by rejecting police presence in, and corporate influence over, Pride events.

Gender segregation at cinemas starts today in Terengganu.

Good job Terengganu for being LGBT-friendly.

I'm not sure. I believe they stop operating cinemas altogether ever since PAS takes over.

A call to boycott IKEA for supporting LGBT rights.

Scotland will become the first country in the world to add LGBTQ+ history to school curriculum
Source: https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/community/138273...ool-curriculum/



In 2021, all public schools will receive lessons in issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community such as same-sex marriage, same-sex parenting, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and the HIV and AIDS epidemic.

John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Education Secretary, praised the historic news.

“Scotland is already considered one of the most progressive countries in Europe for LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex] equality,” he said in a statement.

“I am delighted to announce we will be the first country in the world to have LGBTI inclusive education embedded within the curriculum.”

According to Edinburgh Live back in November 2018, Scottish Ministers accepted the recommendations in full to deliver LGBTQ+ inclusive education to improve children’s understanding of the LGBTQ+ history.

Last year, a study found that a majority of British people think primary schools should teach LGBTQ-inclusive lessons.

Amid protests and harmful debates around the topic of LGBTQ-inclusive education in UK schools, Stonewall have found that 60% of British people believe it’s right to teach kids about diverse families including those with same-sex parents.

Support is even higher among young people, as this figure increases to 68% for Brits aged 16-24.

Meanwhile, around one fifth (17%) of those surveyed said they disagreed or strongly disagreed with LGBTQ-inclusive teaching for primary school pupils.

“LGBT-inclusive education is life-changing teaching for so many young people, which is why it’s so powerful to see so much of the British public support the new legislation,” said Paul Twocock, Chief Executive at Stonewall.

“We owe it to the next generation to ensure our schools are a place where all children and young people can be themselves.

“It’s essential the Government invests more in training and resources to better prepare teachers and schools to deliver high-quality LGBT-inclusive teaching now and in the future.”

The new figures show how attitudes have changed since Stonewall was founded 30 years ago to fight against Section 28, a piece of legislation which banned conversations about same-sex relationships and the ‘promotion of homosexuality’ in schools.

While Section 28 was repealed in 2003, its negative effects still live on to this day. Two in five (40%) LGBTQ pupils are never taught anything about LGBTQ issues, and almost half (45%) are bullied for being LGBTQ.

Stonewall hopes this will start to change from September 2020, when secondary schools across England will be required to teach about sexual orientation and gender identity, and primary schools will teach about different types of families including LGBTQ families.

Yeah. I just find it really funny because I've never witnessed this "boycotting power" she claimed Malaysia seem to have.

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Brazilian man becomes first ever person to be “cured” of HIV with medication alone
Source: https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/community/138299...dication-alone/



A 36-year-old Brazilian man has been cleared of HIV following an intensive experimental drug therapy.

The man, who wanted to be referred to as the ‘São Paulo Patient’ to protect his privacy, is the first person in history to maintain long-term HIV remission after being given a year-long course of antiretroviral (ARV) medication.

He received the treatment alongside four other anonymous patients, but is the only one to have been “cured” by the experiment. The researchers, who shared their findings at the virtual International Aids Society conference earlier this week,said further analysis needs to be made before it can officially be classed as a “cure”.

The patient is only the third person to have been “cured” of HIV after Timothy Brown and Adam Castillejo (previously referred to as the ‘London Patient’), who were both cleared of the virus after receiving bone marrow transplants as part of treatment for cancer.

Two months after the São Paulo Patient’s diagnosis, he was put on standard ARV treatment and was enrolled in a clinical trial where he received standard ARTs and HIV drugs dolutegravir and marivoc, as well as nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B.

Nicotinamide has been proven to fight part of the virus that infects cells and causes them to self destruct, as well as activating the immune system. The patient had this therapy for a year and went off treatment in March 2019. He has since been tested every three weeks. One year later, he still has no traces of viral load or any antibodies.

Professor Sharon Lewin, an expert in HIV and infectious diseases at the University of Melbourne who was not involved in the study, said the patient having no antibodies was a significant breakthrough in the fight against HIV.

“When someone is infected with a virus they make antibodies. And antibodies don’t budge, even when you’re on treatment and there’s no detectable viral load. But this showed he had no antibodies which is supportive of him being cured,” she said.

However, Lewin said it is important to remember that this is just one person and the same result did not apply to the three other patients, hence why the findings are being published as a case report rather than an academic paper.

Dr Ricardo Diaz, who led the study at the University of Sao Paolo in Brazil, said he was “trying to wake up the virus” and boost the immune system’s ability to eliminate the cells once they’ve come out into the open.

“We can’t search the entire body, but by the best evidence, we do not have infected cells,” he said. “I think it’s very promising. This patient might be cured.” However, Diaz reiterated that it will take more time to know.

“It’s hard to work out whether this person had the virus under control because we don’t know when he acquired HIV or whether the addition of extra ARVs and nicotinamide made a difference,” added Lewin. “Everyone wants to find a way to allow someone to stop treatment safely. If even three out of 20 patients had the same response to this treatment it would be exciting.”

There are currently 37 million people in the world living with HIV. According to World Health Organisation, 25.6 million of these people reside in Africa, with 3.5 million in East Asia, 3.3 million in the Americas, 2.4 million in Europe, 1.5 million in the Western Pacific and 360,000 in Eastern Mediterranean.

Thai cabinet backs bill allowing same-sex unions
Source: https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUS...impression=true



BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's cabinet approved a civil partnership bill on Wednesday that would recognise same-sex unions with almost the same legal rights as married couples, in one of the most liberal moves yet for a largely conservative nation known for its tolerance.

If passed by parliament, the legislation would make Thailand only the second place in Asia to allow registration of same-sex unions, with couples able to adopt a child and afforded rights to inheritance and joint property ownership.

"The Civil Partnership Bill is an important step for Thai society in promoting equal rights and supporting the rights of same-sex couples to build families and live as partners," Ratchada Thanadirek, a deputy government spokeswoman, wrote on Facebook.

The bill, however, stipulates that one party in a same-sex union must be Thai.

A largely conservative Buddhist society, Thailand has a reputation for openness and free-wheeling attitudes.

It has long been a draw for same-sex couples, with a vibrant lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender social scene for locals and expatriates, and targeted campaigns to attract LGBT travellers.

The bill was introduced in 2018 but the previous legislature was unable to pass it before last year's election.

Taiwan last year became the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. Vietnam has decriminalised same-sex weddings but does not recognise unions of the same sex.

Kittinan Daramadhaj, president of Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand, said the bill essentially allows same-sex couples to marry but stops short of calling it a "marriage", which is legally defined as being between a man and woman.

"What's in a name? It's the content that matters," he told Reuters.

"'Civil partnership' shouldn't distract from the fact that it's about the legal registration of unions."

Kittinan said the bill, if passed, would "sufficiently alleviate pains and support the human rights of LGBT people".

A Thai lawmaker representing LGBT groups is pushing separately for marriage to be redefined as being between "two persons".

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Thailand has seen 12 coup-de-tats and still manage to uphold human rights while Malaysia hasn't even done any Parliament sitting since the pandemic began.

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Fearless Malaysian defies hate with fabulous images of the LGBT community
Source: https://coconuts.co/kl/features/out-and-pro...lgbt-community/



To his family, 24-year-old Daniel Adams is just “someone with a camera.” To those who know his work, he is an artist who creates awareness on issues affecting the local LGBT community.

Drawing people in with stunning visual elements, cleverly planned concepts, and heartwarming stories, his pictures are more than just images – they speak to your soul.

“A lot of what people think of the LGBT community is from a lack of education on gender and identity, and it’s important to be able to put out information that is not only beautiful, but also educational in order to teach and educate people about this community and allow them to understand who these people actually are,” he told Coconuts KL in a recent interview.

“I find it ridiculous that you can judge someone’s sexual preferences just because they’re different from yours when it doesn’t affect you at all.”

The KL-born photographer draws inspiration from various sources for his work, including Instagram, music videos, movies, music, and discussions with creative individuals, which helps him stimulate his thoughts.

While he may not be the only photographer addressing controversial topics through photography, Adams appears to be among the rare few in Malaysia zooming in on stories revolving the queer community.

When asked why he chose to work with Malaysia’s LGBT community, Adams explained that he was always surrounded by them, including his time at the United Kingdom’s Falmouth University, where he studied alongside a diverse group of people who had different sexual orientations and were all full of love.

“How can people so loving, so kind, and so beautiful be discriminated against for their sexual preferences?” he asked.

Growing alongside them, Adams became inspired to fight against the stigma they faced, turning that into the motivation for his passion project. Today, he still believes that the community deserves to be respected for who they are.

Keeping the discourse on LGBT alive

Adams also questioned the morals practiced in Malaysia, given that pedophilia and child marriage are rampant and easily overlooked while an individual’s sexual preference is such a big deal.

Questioning those ideas, Adams decided to take it upon himself to educate people. He said that documentaries, while educational, are also usually draggy and dull. Using photography as a medium, he aims to create aesthetically pleasing bodies of work that would not only draw viewers but also educate them about the marginalized community.

Adams said he hopes to get the ball rolling so that discussions can happen. Even when the attention and comments received can be negative, he believes that it was still important to allow people to respond and keep the conversations going so we can all learn why people think and speak the way they do.

“I understand that everyone has their own opinion. But having their opinions being put out there and having it being argued against or agreed with, you can see where different people are coming from and how their backgrounds have shaped the way that they think and that’s just a discussion,” Adams said.

“If the discussion wasn’t happening, there wouldn’t be this level of awareness.”

Negative feedback used to deter Adams from speaking up, but he has since learned to grow a thick skin and use the negative comments as motivation to tell even more stories. Being told not to do something simply makes him want to do it more, he said. Support from his own friends also goes a long way.

“If I didn’t have support, it would be very hard for me to push it forward,” he said.

He later added: “I would probably follow a different route – instead of social media I’d probably go to another platform or contact another artist to collaborate with to create a platform. But then again, I can’t completely say how much different it would be.”

It is incredibly common for netizens to express hatred to those who show support towards marginalized communities, Adams said. Fortunately, his Instagram followers share similar moral values and beliefs. Negative reactions usually take place on Twitter, where his work reaches users who are more conservative.

LGBT hate in Malaysia

Malaysia’s Department of Islamic Development estimated 310,000 citizens in the LGBT community. That’s a fragment of the country’s population of more than 30 million.

While discrimination might not seem prevalent in Malaysia, it’s a different story on social media, where hate speech targeting Malaysia’s queers are rampant. Despite the onslaught of negativity, the LGBT community continues to react with love and positivity, Adams said.

“The more you put out there, the more you speak about it, the more discussions you have, the more people you get telling you their opinions and the more you understand how skewed people’s opinions of the LGBT community are and that just makes it more eye-opening,” he shared.

It’s not easy for a queer person to open up, Adams said. There needs to be a level of trust between him and his subjects, who are mostly his friends. Beyond images, Adams said that he is also capturing their vulnerability, and he understands when some people are simply not ready to come forward.

“They are not scared, they are just not ready to tell so many people their story, which is completely understandable,” Adams said.

“But a lot of the people I surround myself with are extroverts and very willing to advocate for these things so there wasn’t much persuading needed,” he added.

For his most recent project on transgender men, for example, Adams conceptualized it only after he was contacted by a former schoolmate, who had reached out to him with the idea while he was in mid-transition. The opportunity allowed Adams to connect with the local transgender community.

Adams believes that he will never stop creating content for the LGBT community, a topic he said is close to his heart.

“There is always something new to talk and educate people about,” he said, the passion in his eyes shining through.

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LGBT allies are amazing!

Didik transgender ditangkap JAWI
Source: https://www.hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2020/07/...-ditangkap-jawi



GOLONGAN transgender yang ditangkap oleh Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (JAWI) perlu diberi pendidikan atau tarbiah supaya mereka kembali ke pangkal jalan.

Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Hal Ehwal Agama), Datuk Seri Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri berkata, Islam adalah agama yang mendidik dan pihaknya tidak mahu golongan transgender ini ditangkap semata-mata tanpa memberikan kesedaran kepada mereka.

"Saya beri lesen penuh kepada semua penguatkuasa JAWI untuk laksanakan fungsi Bahagian Penguatkuasaan JAWI dengan sebaiknya di Wilayah Persekutuan.

"Dengan syarat, patuhi Prosedur Operasi Standard yang ditetapkan. ⁣Kita tidak hanya mahu tangkap semata-mata tetapi yang paling utama adalah tarbiah (pendidikan) dengan cara yang paling berhikmah supaya mereka semua (transgender) kembali ke pangkal jalan.

"Islam adalah agama yang mendidik. Ini perlukan usaha yang bersepadu dari semua agensi di bawah JPM (Hal Ehwal Agama)," katanya dalam Facebook.

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The religious ministry is going to start making the lives of our trans brothers and sisters a lot harder.

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Minister’s nod for authorities to go after trans persons will lead to spike in discrimination, violence, says rights group
Source: https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...o-spike/1883702



KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 — Transgender rights group Justice for Sisters (JFS) lambasted minister Datuk Seri Zulkifli Mohamad for giving Islamic authorities a “full licence” to arrest and “educate” the already persecuted gender minority.

In a statement, JFS said it is already observing concerns from the community over their personal security, safety and well-being, and the remark will have hampered the religious affairs minister’s previous efforts in engaging with trans persons when he was a mufti.

“His statement will increase discrimination, violence and mistreatment of transgender women with impunity by enforcement officers of the Islamic Departments as well as members of the public.

“We are already observing questions and concerns over personal security, safety and well-being by transgender persons across the country since the release of the statement,” JFS said.

It pointed to the Study on Discrimination against Transgender Persons in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor by the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam), which revealed that 57 per cent of trans women interviewed had experienced arbitrary arrest based on their gender identity.

JFS said that the study also documented the impact of hostile encounters with the enforcement agencies, which include anxiety, trauma, depression amongst others, with four persons confessing that they have had suicidal thoughts, and one attempting suicide as a result of such encounters.

“The notion that gender identity and transgender persons can be rehabilitated, changed or ‘returned to the right path’ through counselling is completely false and unscientific. It subjects transgender persons, non-binary and gender non-conforming persons to so much harm and human rights violations,” it said.

“In fact, these corrective or conversion therapies, including those that use spiritual and religious methods have been rejected by medical and human rights bodies globally due to its harmful impact, including depression, suicidal ideation and attempts and self harm, among others.

“We reiterate that these practices are forms of torture given the magnitude of harm it has on the individual and their loved ones,” JFS added.

It said although Putrajaya may claim that it has witnessed many transgender who were said to “return to the right path”‘, it must also analyse the factors and circumstances which contributed to the said changes.

JFS said such moves are often made to secure access to opportunities, services, and to be simply accepted by society.

“Given the discrimination, violence and marginalisation that they faced throughout their lives, some transgender people cannot imagine they could be accepted without condition and therefore subject themselves to society’s conditions just to get by.

“We believe that trans people know their own needs and do not need uninvited interventions from others to correct them. We should listen to them tell us what they want,” it said, urging the minister to withdraw his remark.

Zulkifli’s remark appeared to be in response to risqué photos on social media by cosmetics entrepreneur Nur Sajat, which prompted the ire of some Muslim hardliners.

In 2018, when he was then Federal Territories mufti, Zulkifli had called on religious authorities to revisit a fatwa, or Islamic edict declaring transgenderism as un-Islamic, adding that the phenomenon is not inherently wrong.

Conversion therapy, which consists of psychological treatment or spiritual counseling to change a person’s sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual, is widely seen by the medical and scientific community as potentially harmful and a form of pseudoscience.

The practice is opposed and has been legally challenged, or even banned, in countries such as Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Israel, Lebanon, Malta, South Africa, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

In 2014, several medical and gender experts questioned the “success” of Islamic authorities’ spiritual rehabilitation camp for transgenders, insisting they need medical care to transition them into their affirmed gender identities rather than rehabilitation to return them to what some may consider “normal”.

What trans people need is the license to be respected as human — Justice for Sisters

JULY 12 — Justice for Sisters is deeply concerned with and disappointed by Dr Zulkifli Mohamad’s irresponsible and degrading statement about trans people in the media yesterday.

In the statement, he gives full license to the Federal Territory Islamic Department (JAWI) to arrest and counsel or educate transgender people so that they ‘return to the right path’. His statement will increase discrimination, violence and mistreatment of transgender women with impunity by enforcement officers of the Islamic Departments as well as members of the public.

We are already observing questions and concerns over personal security, safety and well-being by transgender persons across the country since the release of the statement.

These concerns are not unfounded. There are many documented evidence and reports of mistreatment and human rights violations by the Islamic Departments against transgender people.

Read more @ https://www.malaymail.com/news/what-you-thi...ice-for/1883690

#Showbiz: Safiey to read law Down Under, fight cyber-bullying
Source: https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/groove/202...-cyber-bullying



KUALA LUMPUR: Transgender cosmetics millionaire Safiey Illias plans to pursue a law degree in Australia soon.

Safiey or Mohd Saifuddin Illias, 26, said that he had planned to further his studies at an Australian university this year.

However, he had to postpone it as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic which restricted overseas travel.

"I want to read law because it is about defending human rights. I am passionate about fighting for the rights of cyber-bullying victims and body-shaming victims, for I have been both.

"Many people have suffered, and I am sympathetic towards them," he said on his YouTube channel yesterday.

Safiey also warned Netizens to stop posting slanderous remarks about him, or risk legal action.

"Beware, cyber-bullies! This Queen of the Jungle will soon be Queen of the Law.

"And I mean it, so stop this nonsense please!"

Safiey admitted that cyber-bullying and body-shaming had brought him depression over the last few years.

But he has now "risen up" with a new resolve to become more successful in life.

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Rooting for Safiey! (The misgendering and deadname in the article are regretable, btw)

Is it Possible to be both LGBTQ and Christian? Yes!



Not a few LGBTQ Malaysian Christians have been forcibly brought by their families to their churches for a ‘cure’. Here, these ‘sinners’ find themselves coerced into undergoing subtle strategies of praying the gay (and trans) away such as counselling, repentance, imposed celibacy and conversion therapies that sometimes involve elaborate rituals of exorcising gay (and trans) demons in the name of the Lord.

Church Injustices

I’ve been researching and writing on the lives of gay, bisexual, and transgender men and women for many years, and I pay special attention to the ways in which their religious beliefs impact their genders and sexualities, and vice versa. The discrimination, rejection, fear and violence as experienced by LGBTQ Christians are heart-wrenching, especially at the hands of their pastors, priests and lay leaders. Among the experiences of Christian gay and transgender men which I feature here are those of ‘Buck’, a 56-year-old gay man who works in the entertainment industry. He decries the sermons and homilies directed at church-going LGBTQ Christians which tell them on a weekly basis from the pulpit that:

“they are an abomination. These young people have been driven to suicide. And that’s exactly against what Jesus taught. You know, instead of saving people, accepting people, and loving people, you drive people to suicide. Jesus never told you to do that. So these churches should be ashamed of themselves.”

‘Rainbowboy’ is a 22-year-old gay man who works in an NGO. He speaks of his friends:

“who used to be Christian, the moment they discover they’re gay, like me they have that internal conflict, then they actually stop going to church completely. Then their life start to fall apart and everything, ‘cause they still get that feeling that whatever they’re doing, the reason they’re being alive is wrong. They’re very insistent, they feel like they’re a whole big mistake.”

Read more @ https://www.queerlapis.com/is-it-possible-t...-christian-yes/