Workplace issue / LGBT
Hi all,
I’m looking for some understanding and advice. I am a manager (UK) in a medical field. I have a group of 4 young new qualified men in a team who studied and lived together at university. All Muslims.
It turns out that one of them has opened up to colleagues about his sexuality and being gay.
This has now led to 3 of the others removing him from chats, ignoring him at work etc. this has been flagged to me as it’s apparently blatantly obvious with colleagues stating they will walk out of rooms that he enters.
I have had to look in to this and spoken directly with each person involved. From what I understand, the men are not unhappy with their friends sexuality, they are unhappy with their friend claiming he is Muslim. That he can not be a true Muslim if he is gay.
All have been very respectful in how they talk to me and have an open dialogue around this issue without being offensive (I am a gay man myself).
I just wanted to hear and try to understand from other Muslims perspectives on this issue as it’s something completely new for me to navigate.