Faisal Alam
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Faisal Alam is a gay Pakistani American man who founded the Al-Fatiha Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing the cause of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Muslims.[1]
Alam arrived in the United States from Pakistan in 1987, at the age of ten, and resided in the rural middle-class town of Ellington, Connecticut. In 1997, he started an email listserv for LGBT Muslims that led to the founding of Al-Fatiha in 1998.[2] He served as its President from 1998 until stepping down in 2004.[3] In 2011, Alam and other LGBTQ Muslim activists were invited by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force to form a Queer Muslim Working Group to evaluate the needs of the LGBTQ Muslim community. Alam was instrumental in bringing together a diverse group of seasoned leaders to undertake this project. In 2013, the Queer Muslim Working Group launched a new organization: the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD).[4]
He is a former member of the Advisory Committee of the LGBT Program at Human Rights Watch.[2]
Media Mentions
"21 LGBT Muslims Who Are Changing the World." The Advocate. December 20, 2016. Web [5]
See also
- Muhsin Hendricks South African gay imam
- Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed French-Algerian gay imam
- Mullah Taha Iranian gay mullah
- Nur Warsame Australian-Somali gay imam
- Daayiee Abdullah American gay imam
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