This nascent movement is not about being "out" as opposed to being "in the closet." Rather, as the voices of these activists demonstrate, it is about finding ways to live out Islam with dignity and integrity, reconciling their sexuality and gender with their faith and reclaiming Islam as their own. It weaves original interviews with Muslim activists into a compelling composite picture which showcases the importance of the solidarity of support groups in the effort to change social relationships and achieve justice. Trans in College: Transgender Students Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion, by Z Nicolazzo, Stephen John Quaye, 2016. Sociology of Religion, Volume 76, Issue 3, AUTUMN 2015, Pages 360361. New York: New York University Press, 2014, 275 pp. Living Out Islam documents the rarely-heard voices of Muslims who live in secular democratic countries and who are gay, lesbian, and transgender. Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims, by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle, 2013. Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims, by SCOTT SIRAJ AL-HAQQ KUGLE. I wanted to help other people to get there. 2015 Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award presented by the Stonewall. I was completely comfortable saying to the world that I'm gay and I'm Muslim. Buy a cheap copy of Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay. But I've managed, because of my in-depth relationship with God, to reconcile the two. "I realized that I'm not alone?these people are going through the very same things that I'm going through. This, according to Muhsin, is why he had to act. Islam and homosexuality are seen by many as deeply incompatible. Muhsin is one of the organizers of Al-Fitra Foundation, a South African support group for lesbian, transgender, and gay Muslims. 2015 Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award presented by the Stonewall Books Awards of the American Library Association
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