Asalam alakum!

I want to thank yall for your support in this sub, it's been lovely having support from all of you ❤️❤️

I'm openly trans. I was told when I was a kid that basically my chromies are wonky. I don't really know what that means other than the fact that gender was confusing for a long time. I'm 29 now, camr out as trans at 22. I thought I was gender fluid for awhile, or maybe I was but ran out of gender fluid lol It's always a journey for sure

I work with a lot of Muslims, mostly people from Afghanistan. Truly such wonderful people they are family truly ❤️ I only realized that after converting to Islam. I didn't know how wonderful these people are mashAllah they're so kind! And a lot of people seem to think mainstream Islam is inherently anti-trans. That's not my experience at all.

These are very traditional Muslims who've taken me in, seen my womanhood and femininity and accepted me. Most know I'm trans, still they are the only people who gender me correctly consistently without issue. Hell, I've already had a marriage proposal which I'm not even sure if that's a joke or not 😅😅 and tbh he is cute Idk anyway lol

In fact, I've come to realize that my gender journey and my faithful journey are linked. Allahu akbar I only came to see that God's plan unravel before me once he came into my life. Once I wore hijab mashAllah I was overwhelmed with joy! I felt like a woman, I real woman for the first time without any question! I felt Allah like a warm hug from a loving father Alhamdulillah it's incredible!

My new Islamic name is Bibi Amina! I love it so much, my teacher was teaching me about her, inshAllah I will bring do that name justice and honor Allah everyday 😊😊

I tried to find an answer to these questions, but considering most islamic sources are "traditional" people with bigoted views, I decided it would be better to ask open-minded, fellow queer Muslims/Muslimahs :3

1. Considering some rules are different for women and men in Islam, what rules do non-binary people follow?

2. Is it Haram to marry atheists?

3. Is covering your hair obligatory for women? (Please give me the source for this one)

Hi, I'm not a Muslim but I am a Queer POC. I know how it feels to have a lack of representation or even acknowledgement of my kind of identity within media. I feel like the best way to create characters within certain circles that I'm not familiar with is to just ask people from there, so that's my aim with this post.

I have two characters who are both Muslim and Queer, and I don't want to create a depiction that feels inauthentic or disingenuous. So feel free to point out anything that I should change or even remove. These characters are yet to be given a name, so I'll just refer to them as "Character A" and "Character B". First, I want to receive feedback on some shared traits that these two have.

For those that would rather not read my wall of text, here is a TL;DR:

CHARACTER A & B
Superheroes that use verses from the Qur'an and/or Muslim scholars, preachers, e.t.c. to cast magic.
Concern regarding depicting Muslims and Islam through a harmful lens of mysticism surrounding non-Christian religions.
Should I give one character a hijab and have the other one without because not all Muslim women have them? Or should I give them both because I shouldn't try and continue to discuss the idea that hijabs is some kind of controversial thing, and there are so few hijabis in media in general.
Should I make the hijab colourful?

CHARACTER A
WLW, unsure if I should make her lesbian, fall under the bi umbrella or unspecified WLW.
Her parents are supportive of her homosexuality, but the rest of the family isn't. She and her parents left their home as a result.

CHARACTER B
Cousin to Character A.
Ran away to seek shelter with Character A's family because she's a transwoman.

Character A & B

They are both superheroes that uses that world's magic system. A concept that somewhat transcends mortal understanding, and requires certain amount of "channelling" through familiar concepts, such as casting in their native tongue or using certain phrases from influential people. For Character A & B this means that they cast their spells in Arabic. As for the "using certain verses", I wanted to explore the idea of using religious texts as a sort of "prayer" to cast their "intent". This is mainly because I have seen this sort of magic before, but the religion is almost always Christian. I wanted for their Muslim identity to be undeniable, and something they aren't ashamed of. The Magical community within this story isn't exclusive to any one group, it's a skill that any human can refine. It's a concept that transcends beyond just men and monsters, and therefore, transcends beyond a single culture and language.

But I worry if my depiction is sincere. I don't want to try and depict Islam as occult or demonic. For instance, Romani people have repeatedly asked not to be depicted as thieves or witches, and I do somewhat believe that there is a level of negative mysticism given to religions in the West that aren't Christian. So if need be, I'm willing to make Character A & B something that isn't connected with magic.

Some thoughts regarding their designs:

• I didn't want to connect the idea that Muslims, (in particular those from SWANA,) are inherently "masculine" or "not as feminine" than their non-coloured counterparts. You see, I want to see more muscular women within media, in particular action.
  • At the same time, I don't want to cement the idea that transwomen have to be hyper-feminine or "pass" to be enough of a woman. So to disallow transwomen from being muscular, I think I'm doing quite a bit of harm.
  • Solution: Do both. Make a Muslim character that's big muscular and one that maybe tones down on it a bit.
• I wanted to have my Muslim hero to have a hijab. I see too much demonisation of an extremely important piece of cultural identity.
  • But, I can't ignore that, yes, some women don't have a choice. I have met Muslim women who have a hijab, and I have met those that haven't. I want to continue to showcase the hijab as a woman's crown, not a prison.
  • So I faced a problem. I want to show a Muslim woman with a hijab, but I also want to show one without. To show that a Muslim woman isn't defined by if she wears a hijab or not, but at the same time, not spark a disingenuous idea of how Muslim women are.
    • Solution: Do both, maybe... So I could just have it so that Character A or Character B has a hijab and the other one doesn't. But I also questioned if this line of thinking is even correct. Is this perhaps like how the patriarchy controlled women through skirts? Forcing them to wear it and control how long it HAS TO be. Or is this a nonsensical debate that Islamophobes have created? It's about a woman's choice after all, much like skirts. If I make it all about hijabs and not the underlying issue of oppression, maybe I'm doing Muslim women a disservice by continuing a conversation that's perhaps not important.
    • So, I need some feedback regarding this. Am I just making a big fuss over nothing or not? I can just give them both hijabs, its a very important thing in media to show hijabs with how society currently views it. Honestly, I was thinking about making one girl have a vivid pink hijab, (inspired by a hijabi I saw with a cute matching outfit of pastel pink,) and the other one have a black one. I'm not sure why I don't see more colourfull hijabs, but I have noticed that they tend to be more discreet. White, black or tan is the most common one, but I've also seen some very creative ones too. Is colourful hijabs a more modern thing? If so, I would love to ask if its appropriate of me to give these characters some very colourful hijabs.
• NOT ABOUT THE DESIGNS BUT AN INSIGHT AS TO WHY I'M DOING THIS
• Quite some years ago, I listened to this SWANA girl in class, (I'm not sure if she's Muslim or what country she was from exactly.) She mentioned how she used to go to an all-girl's school and that one of the girls there confided to her and their friends about "not feeling like a girl." None of the girls had a problem with this and promised to keep it a secret. But the main reason why she told us this was that she wanted to make it clear that LGBT+ people exists everywhere, not just the First World.
  • It was quite enlightening listening to her. She gave me a much needed perspective about how people view corruption in societies they call home. For instance, she told us how she was arrested once for dressing "indecently", something that the arresting officers didn't explain further. She told us that she was wearing a hijab and that the length of the skirt she was wearing was below the knees. In other words, she was dressed decently, and these officers just wanted to abuse their power and harass a woman.
  • She continued by stating that the misuse of the Qur'an's text is shameful. That nowhere does it say that this is allowed, and that the politicians that continue to misrepresent it for their own needs is shameful. She was genuinely angry which was rare, as she's usually a positive and joyous person.
  • But I noticed a similarity to how the Bible was misused to further the needs of power-hungry people. Because of all of this, I couldn't just let people continue to look down on the culture belonging to Muslim and the people in SWANA. I don't want for people to hear the names of these cultures and think, "Oh yeah, those." Especially since we in the West have LITERALLY done the same.

Character A

One of the main characters, she is a sapphic woman, (undecided if I should make her lesbian, under the bi-umbrella or if I should leave it unspecified so that sapphics are free to interpret it as they please.) Her mother and father are supportive of her identity, but the rest aren't. As a result, they immigrated to the country the story takes place in, (a fictional country based on western culture.)

Her Grandmother eventually visits along with her cousin, Character B, and wants for them to all move back home. Character A's father had made the claim that he was afraid that they, the family, would hurt Character A, which upsets the Grandmother greatly. She would never allow anyone hurt Character A and she feels hurt that he would even imply that she, or anyone in the family, would do such a thing. But her son didn't leave home just because he was afraid that someone might her his child, he left because his mother wouldn't look at his child the same way she looks at her own. She would love in spite of who her Granddaughter is, not because. To live there would break the hearts of many.

The main reason for this backstory is that I want to show that families with queer children doesn't have to be toxic. And I wanted for queer Muslims to have something to enjoy and not be seen as a kind that is doomed to always suffer. But, at the same time, I don't want to ignore the very real and very serious problem that they face.

Character B

She is a side character, but important for Character A's story. She arrives with her Grandmother to try and bring Character A's family back home. But in truth, she used this opportunity to seek shelter with Character A's family. She had always known that she is trans, and she has never hated that fact about herself. But seeing how the family reacted to Character A, she was afraid of what might happen to her. She still wants to be with her family after all, so asking Character A's family to shelter her was the best option available to her.

Character B awakens her powers much later than Character A did, so her story will have a lot of focus on Character A teaching Character B how to live. From having superpowers to being a girl, I wanted for this to be an origin story unfurling in front of us.

The thought behind Character B's story:

• Character B is a woman, she's just also trans. I've thought that I can perhaps connect to her powers by maybe having it so that only the women of the family have this power.

Thank you for reading

Thank you so much for reading, (even if it's just the TL;DR, any feedback is appreciated). If I misused a term here, please feel free in pointing it out. And if the text seems oddly phrased or structured then it's probably because I kept on moving the placement of text around to better fit the categories, (at the expense of reading coherency.)

I'm not sure if this flair is suitable but anyway I can't seem to find any normal people (men) attractive like I even dated one online he was really good with me, a bit obsessed but was a good person but I feel like I don't feel for him as much as he feels for me and like the appearance just makes me go like flat blank like 0 attraction like I feel like I'm suddenly aro ace, I think I'm Bi, been into a girl before but yeah didn't confess cuz of the circumstances it didn't seem like i could but yeah anyway I'm Muslim so this sucks, my family and relatives are all pressuring me to get married, i do feel lonely and need someone in life but HOW TF AM I SUPPOSED TO MARRY SOMEONE I FEEL NOTHING TOWARDS I WON'T EVEN SPEND A SECOND WITH THEM NO NOPE? no hate, I just can't do it, in men, I only find femboys attractive and they're like rare asf T_T I can't even marry out of my religion and I don't like forcing someone to enter this either I don't like it, I've tried few dating apps and they're full of regular men and I am just idk how to describe this feeling, it's like if you're straight and then you're asked to marry your same gender, sucks, i tried, even talked to therapist and they said it'll get better by time but no I've been this way since a kid and I've tried to force myself and it doesn't work it only seems to keep getting worse AAAAAAAAGH, I didn't want marriage in the beginning and had big arguments with parents to not make me marry just like that, but now the loneliness just hit and nothing seems to work with it and yeah my type doesn't even exist specially not here in Sri Lanka also yes my parents aren't ready to let me marry outside the country another point is that I don't find just any femboy attractive i only find those who actually look like girls, maybe I'm really a lesbo but anyway idk what to do, is there no hope for me?

Im just wondering if there are truly authentic or somewhat reliable hadiths that condemn homosexuality.

M22. I know I like men but I am not that sure if I like women. I really need to know this because It I am bisexual I would marry a straight girl but if i am gay i'd marry an asexual or lesbian girl. How am i supposed to know my sexual orientation if i shouldn't have sex before marriage?

As of May 14th I took Shahada by myself in my room! I wept for a very long time the joy that swept over me is mind blowing!! I've been wanting to pray but worried that because I can't speak Arabic that it wouldn't count or something. My friend told me just to try to follow along

I did Fajr just now following along a YouTube video and reciting as best I could. MashAllah I cannot express enough just how incredible it felt praying to Allah on my mat! I feel clean and warm and overwhelmed by emotion even still as I write this Alhamdulillah I could rest in this bliss forever 😭🥰

Never thought as a queer person I'd feel so much love and joy

I love Allah and the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him!!

Im a lesbian living in KL for work. Originally from Indo & have a gf. Looking for someone interested in a Lavender Marriage. People say my gf and I are good looking, I'll let you be the judge.
26 this year, Muslim, open to a calm and respectful arrangement built on mutual understanding and shared goals. Preferably 1 Malaysian male for me (Indonesian), and 1 more open-minded good-looking male for my Malaysian gf. We’re chill, not complicated, everything can be discussed as long as we’re aligned on the same purpose. Lets talk if you’re in the same boat!

Hello!

So i was raised muslim but in my early teen years (13-14) i dropped out of the faith and now i'm 18 years old and wanna come back to it

I'm a trans woman and bisexual and i don't think i can deny myself.. can someone help me?

I wanna revert to islam 🙏🩷

I'm sorry if my post is offensive i don't mean it that way at all..