Transgender and Non Binary in Islamic History

Building upon our exploration of gender in Islamic history we dive into the topic of gender bending and how it can help us see gender as socially constructed, historically contingent, and contextual. We explore multiple figures throughout Islamic history from the ghulamiyya to th ...  Show more

In this episode we dive into the history of homosexuality, same-sex desire, and gay love in Islamic societies. We examine the realm of religion, scripture, literature, and medicine and what they tell us about same-sex desire. We recount the lives of famous gay and lesbian figures ...  Show more

“And the Male Is Not like the Female”: Sunni Islam and Gender Nonconformity https://www.academia.edu/34017417/_And_the_Male_Is_Not_like_the_Female_Sunni_Islam_and_Gender_Nonconformity "And the Male Is Not like the Female": Sunni Islam and Gender Nonconformity (Part II) https://www. ...  Show more

Within one generation, LGBT ideas and behaviors have gone from being taboo to mainstream. The questions we need to ask are:How did we get here and why should we care?How can we build a conceptual framework on gender, sex, and morality based on Islamic sources?Read the full paper. ...  Show more

Sexuality and gender have come to serve as measures for cultural belonging in discussions of the position of Muslim immigrants in multicultural Western societies. While the acceptance of assumed local norms such as sexual liberty and gender equality is seen as successful integrat ...  Show more