“During Ramadan, especially as a queer Muslim, it kind of highlights how difficult it can be to find community, we’re not really allowed to be queer in the Muslim community, or Muslim in the queer community.
“I often feel a bit isolated during this time because it is really hard to find community – we really have to work for it and look for it. “One of the things I really struggle with around this time of year is not feeling Muslim enough. Going to inclusive iftar spaces have really helped me to understand that that’s not something I have to worry about. They’re not segregated by gender, and being a trans person in a world where things are segregated by gender is just a reminder that I don’t fit in or I don’t belong, and it doesn’t actually fit with the kind of Islam that I believe in and follow which is feminist and centred on women and queer people.”

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