1. Faisal Alam. I love being at the university and getting to hear the talks by these people who have had such an impact on those around them and in the greater world wide community. Faisal founded Al Fatiha (The opening, the beginning) an organization for supporting Muslims identifying as GLBT and their Allies in the U.S. From there, he speaks as part of a lecture series he calls "Hidden Voices." Two things I took away from this talk most strongly:
A. that there is progress being made within Islam when it comes to gender issues, and GLBT issues will naturally follow,
B. Homosexual Muslims face huge internal struggles trying to reconcile their identity with their faith, not unlike those of other faiths, but the families and Muslim community at large is very unwilling to accept "out" Muslims, to a much greater degree than other faiths.
2. Can I be blessed by myself? I think so. This is my blog, I can do what I want! I am blessed by my sanity and my level head. I work hard to keep both of them. It isn't always easy, but I can and I do.
3. I felt genuinely happy for quite some time today, not melancholy content, but genuine happiness.
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