Muslim Pride exists to create inclusive spaces where LGBTQ+ Muslims can live, gather, celebrate, create, worship, question, organize, love, and belong without needing to choose between the different parts of their identities.
We believe that the liberation of LGBTQ+ Muslims is interconnected with broader struggles.
Our commitment to these values and solidarity with LGBTQ+ Muslims cannot be separated from our dedication to racial justice, trans liberation, disability justice, gender justice, religious freedom, Indigenous peoples, migrants and refugees, and all communities facing oppression, displacement, war, occupation, or persecution.
Muslim Pride unapologetically affirms LGBTQ+ Muslims and embraces the values of inclusivity and solidarity.
We reject the notion that being Muslim and LGBTQ+ are incompatible identities. LGBTQ+ Muslims have always been a vital part of our communities, histories, families, cultures, and faith traditions.
No individual should have to sacrifice their faith to feel accepted in LGBTQ+ spaces or hide their sexuality or gender identity to find belonging in Muslim spaces.
Muslim Pride exists because we deserve environments where all aspects of who we are can coexist.
Muslim Pride affirms that Black lives matter and emphasizes the importance of LGBTQ+ Muslims in our communities.
Anti-Black racism exists within Muslim communities, LGBTQ+ communities, institutions, workplaces, and society at large. We must take responsibility to confront it within our own spaces, nurturing values and solidarity.
It is crucial that Black LGBTQ+ people and Black Muslims not only feel welcomed in our environments but also have meaningful opportunities to lead, create, organize, perform, make decisions, and thrive.
Our commitment to racial justice goes beyond mere representation; it involves critically examining who holds power, whose labor is valued, who receives opportunities, and whose voices are regarded as authoritative.
Trans, non-binary, Two-Spirit, and gender-diverse people are vital to the fabric of Muslim Pride, ensuring that LGBTQ+ Muslims are not an afterthought in our community efforts.
We are dedicated to fostering meaningful trans participation, leadership, employment, artistic representation, safety, and decision-making within Muslim Pride.
It's essential to acknowledge that mere symbolic inclusion falls short of our values and solidarity. True inclusion must manifest in who is hired, compensated, heard, and who holds leadership positions. It should also reflect who has access to opportunities and whose diverse experiences shape our work.
We will persist in our efforts to guarantee that trans and gender-diverse individuals—especially Black, Indigenous, racialized, disabled, migrant, and otherwise marginalized trans people—are authentically represented throughout Muslim Pride.
Muslim Pride recognizes that our work occurs on lands with complex histories of Indigenous dispossession and colonialism.
As Muslim Pride evolves within LGBTQ+ Muslims across various cities and countries, we commit to learning about the Indigenous peoples, their treaties, histories, and contemporary struggles related to the lands where we gather.
We support the dignity, sovereignty, safety, and self-determination of Indigenous peoples, reflecting our values and solidarity.
Muslim Pride stands firmly against racism, anti-Black racism, white supremacy, Islamophobia, antisemitism, anti-Palestinian racism, homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, misogyny, sexism, ableism, xenophobia, caste discrimination, and discrimination based on religion, ethnicity, nationality, immigration status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, or other aspects of identity.
We also recognize that LGBTQ+ Muslims, like many others, can experience multiple forms of marginalization simultaneously.
Our commitment to upholding the values of Muslim Pride and combating one form of hatred will never require us to tolerate another.
LGBTQ+ refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and displaced people often navigate overlapping systems of homophobia, transphobia, racism, xenophobia, poverty, and immigration insecurity.
At Muslim Pride, we firmly believe that a person's migration status should never dictate their humanity or dignity.
We strive to embody values and solidarity by creating inclusive spaces where newcomers and displaced LGBTQ+ Muslims are recognized as integral members of our communities, rather than simply as recipients of charity.
Muslim Pride stands in solidarity with the people of Sudan and with Sudanese communities advocating for peace, freedom, civilian safety, dignity, and self-determination, values that resonate deeply with LGBTQ+ Muslims.
We firmly oppose the atrocities committed against civilians, including sexual and gender-based violence, forced displacement, ethnic violence, and the destruction of communities.
We believe that the Sudanese people themselves must remain at the center of determining Sudan’s future, reflecting our commitment to values and solidarity.
Muslim Pride, alongside LGBTQ+ Muslims, stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their fundamental right to live with freedom, dignity, safety, equality, and self-determination.
We mourn the loss of civilian life and firmly reject dehumanization, collective punishment, forced displacement, and any form of hatred directed toward Palestinians, Muslims, Jews, or any community.
Our commitment to values and solidarity with Palestinians is inseparable from our strong opposition to antisemitism.
We reject any attempt to use the safety or suffering of one community to justify hatred toward another.
Disabled people belong within every part of our community, including spaces that honor LGBTQ+ Muslims and celebrate Muslim Pride.
We recognize that accessibility encompasses physical access, communication access, sensory needs, financial accessibility, and respect for both visible and invisible disabilities.
This commitment reflects our values and solidarity in supporting all members of our diverse community.
Accessibility is an ongoing responsibility rather than a one-time accommodation.
Muslim Pride embraces all Muslims, including those across various denominations, traditions, and practices, as well as LGBTQ+ Muslims and those with differing relationships with faith. This includes individuals who are questioning, culturally Muslim, secular, spiritual, or navigating complex relationships with religion.
We also warmly welcome friends, family members, allies, and individuals of all faiths or no faith, as long as they enter our spaces with respect and a commitment to the values and solidarity we cherish.
Importantly, within Muslim Pride, no one has the authority to police another person’s Muslimness.
Statements alone are not enough.
We want our values and solidarity reflected in how we hire people, compensate labor, choose partners, select performers and speakers, build leadership, respond to concerns, make our events accessible, resolve conflict, and distribute opportunities, especially for LGBTQ+ Muslims.
We will not always get everything right.
When concerns are raised, our responsibility is to listen, establish what occurred as fairly as reasonably possible, protect people from retaliation, make proportionate decisions, and improve our practices where improvement is needed.
Accountability does not mean abandoning fairness, and fairness does not mean ignoring harm.
Muslim Pride was created because LGBTQ+ Muslims deserve more than just tolerance.
We deserve joy, safety, community, opportunities, to lead, to create, and to love and be loved. Our liberation, we believe, is most powerful when it also uplifts other marginalized people.
This is the community that Muslim Pride is dedicated to building, rooted in values and solidarity.
100+ voices.
100+ stories.
100+ reminders that we were always here.
And we’re nowhere near done.
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