This episode, Ejel and Maha talk about revisiting Queer Islam like a steadfast friendship, the rise of Islamists in the UK by the 1990's, the need for Queer Muslim in-person meetups, and TAKING TO THE STREETS! (as safely as possible :) ) Taylor joins Maha for a debrief.  You can find Ejel on Instagram @muslimlgbtnetwork Follow us on Instagram @queermuslimresistance for queer muslim content. Email: [email protected] Thanks again to Abrar and Aram, our lovely volunteers. Go Team Go. References and further reading: Muslim LGBT Network  Hidayah Imaan Unmooring the Komagata Maru Jaspreet Ranauta - Transnational Modernity/Coloniality: Settler Colonialism, Environmental Justice, and Punjabi Diasporic Positionalities for Critical Solidarity on Turtle Island Mohamed jean Veneuse - Islam and Queer Muslims: Identity and Sexuality in the Contemporary World Aqdas Aftab - “Invisibilized Resistance” Global Muslim Resource Guide Kai Cheng Thom - I Hope We Choose Love Lisa Lowe - The Intimacies of Four Continents Mohamed Jean Veneuse - “transnational decolonization is the solution” Tiffany Lethabo King Interviewed by Feral Feminisms Tuck and Yang - “Decolonization is Not a Metaphor” Gloria Wekker - The Politics of Passion David Valentine - “Chapter 4: The Making of a Field” in Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category (email for access) Joseph Massad - “Re-Orienting Desire: The Gay International and the Arab World” On respectability politics Al Qaws on pinkwashing