LGBTQ Islam

 

            Why is it that we see the LGBTQ community and Islam together? Places where Islam is most prevalent have actual laws on the books that sentence homosexuals to death. You would think that if the LGBTQ activists truly cared about the rights of LGBTQ people they would be protesting these countries non-stop. So we can eliminate the idea that they care about the rights of all LGBTQ people. In fact even in the West some LGBTQ activists kicked out Jewish LGBTQ people from taking part in a Pride Parade. Why? Because they had a rainbow Pride flag with the Star of David on it. The reason, the symbol made some people uncomfortable.

            So if the LGBTQ activist can look past laws discriminating and applying capital punishment for being gay and exclude members of the LGBTQ community who are Jewish then they cannot claim they are fighting for the rights of all LGBTQ people. So it begs the question, what is the goal of an LGBTQ activist then? Well if they are siding with Islam it would make sense why they would not allow Jewish LGBTQ people to participate in a Pride Parade with a Star of David Pride flag.

            Other LGBTQ activists gave into pressure from minority groups such as Black Lives Matter and changed their rainbow Pride flag so that it included Black and Brown stripes. The new stripes also were at the top of the flag as if the alteration of the flag was not a clear enough signal. So if LGBTQ activists do not protest laws that say they should be killed and do not stand up against minority groups telling them what to do, who do they oppose? White, straight, cis, Christian men specifically, Republicans or anyone to the right of them including Liberals and Libertarians, America, and Western culture generally.

            One of the reasons an LGBTQ activist would have to supporting Islam and minority groups is that they see themselves as having more privilege than those other groups. After all white, gay, cis, men are only one step away from white, straight, cis men. So to promote the idea of ally-ship they must be subordinate to those who are more oppressed. This, roughly speaking, is the idea of intersectionality. Another reason the LGBTQ activist would side with Islam is that they both hate Western culture and society. The old adage the enemy of my enemy is my friend would be in play here. They both want to see it torn down, though I would be willing to bet they both have different ideas of what they will replace it with.

            The marriage between the LGBTQ community and Islam is a strange matter. You would be hard pressed to find two systems that are more fundamentally opposed to each other and yet they work together for a common goal. But I am curious, why do you think the LGBTQ community and the Islamic community work together?