Queer Muslims from Around the World

Gay imams, a trans man theologian, trans femmes running religious schools, and a nonbinary elected official

Have you heard of the Muslim couple who accepted their transgender son’s transition as the will of God? By the way, their family has been running a religious school for decades in the country with the largest Muslim population in the world.

Meet their beloved son and 5 other remarkable individuals whose faith is central to their lives. The 6 individuals listed below have lived on 4 different continents; all were born in Muslim families and raised in Muslim majority countries.

This short list of LGBT+ Muslims is NOT intended to be an exhaustive list of all out Muslim activists in the world. There are many more!