Maryland Parents Ask Judge to Allow Students to Avoid LGBTQ+ Books
The parents say that if their children have to read books about or by LGBTQ+ people, that would violate their rights to religious freedom.
August 10, 2023
CONTACTStaffCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
© 2024 Pride Publishing Inc.
All Rights reserved
All Rights reserved
By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use.
islam
Liberals, Conservatives Alike Praise High Court's Religious Accommodations Ruling
The court set a new standard for consideration of religious accommodations in the workplace but did not rule on the merits in the case of a man who refused to work Sundays because of his Christian beliefs.
June 29, 2023
Queering Islam
Three out imams are upending the idea that LGBT people are not welcome in Islam, while offering comfort and self-acceptance to congregations that seek a welcoming faith.
Â
January 18, 2017
Radical Islam in your backyard
The quality of life enjoyed by gays and lesbians living in Western Europe has been threatened by an increase in radical Islamic immigrants. Is the United States next?
May 8, 2006
Oped Islam and LGBT Are Not Mutually Exclusive
Urooj Arshad, a queer Pakistani-born woman, tells us why she devotes her life to helping LGBT Muslim youth.
September 14, 2012
FBI: Omar Mateen Claimed to Be an 'Islamic Soldier'
Investigators released a timeline of what happened that night in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
True
June 20, 2016
What Does Islam Really Say About LGBT People?
The founder of Muslims for Progressive Values criticizes 'deviant, draconian, and hateful' variants of Islam and advocates for LGBT and gender equality.
November 17, 2014
Paul Ryan Blames Radical Islam for Orlando But Opposes Muslim Ban
Although the House speaker was quick to criticize the president, he broke with Donald Trump in declaring, "I do not think a Muslim ban is in our country's interests."
June 14, 2016
This Will Get You Angry: Islamic State Boasts About Orlando Massacre
Describing the murdered and wounded patrons as "followers of Lot," a spokesman hailed Omar Mateen and his bloody "incursion."Â
June 13, 2016
LGBT Muslims, Allies Come Together for Pride
Islam and queer are not mutually exclusive.
May 18, 2018
Sit Down: Islamophobes Trying to Fit Orlando Into Narrative
There's a religion in America with way too much influence over LGBT lives. It isn't Islam.
June 17, 2016
To Be Queer and Muslim in the Age of Trump
The fear about Islam being spread by Donald Trump only added to anxiety for these queer Muslims.
June 15, 2016
Another 'Gay' Man Stoned to Death by ISIS
Gruesome photos have emerged of an allegedly gay man being murdered by terrorists in Islamic State-controlled territory.
December 11, 2014
Report: Iran Executed 2 Men Over 'Charges Related to Homosexuality'
Human rights organizations say thousands of LGBTQ+ people have died since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
January 31, 2022
Nine Trans Women Convicted in Malaysia
Human Rights Watch has demanded Malaysia's Islamic government take anti-trans Sharia laws off the books.
True
June 22, 2015
ISIS Executioner Who Threw Gay Men Off Roofs Is Arrested
Abu Omer, a.k.a. "White Beard," had been in hiding after the collapse of the Islamic State's control of Mosul.
January 3, 2018
A Muslim First
Filmmaker Parvez Sharma gives a first-person account of making his new documentary, A Jihad for Love, about homosexuality in the Islamic faith and how his commitment to his faith and his desire to show the world another side of Islam brought him to his own jihad.
April 23, 2008