Prophet Mohamod's words: "'If one part of my body hurts, my whole body hurts'," she said. "I take this to mean that if one member of my community hurts, we all hurt."

Quoted: The previous day, several of them had denounced homosexuality as un-Islamic and evil. Today, Abu al-Sameed had something to tell them. "As a gay Muslim, I feel unsafe, unloved and unrespected in this space," he said. "Were I to become HIV-positive, the first thing I would lose is my Muslim community. I couldn't come to you guys for support."

Quoted: Brazil was once held up by academics as a "racial democracy" but in recent years there has been a more heated debate in the country ...

hey executive members of CCC, INC...this is the article I was talking about last night. enjoy!

I have always enjoyed reading Maru Gobena's essays. I agree with him in all accounts that we do need a major phenomenal intervention in re-shaping our socio-cultural norms. Although, he has not mentioned it in his essay, but it would have been conclusive if he has incorporated environmental factors, i.e. governance especially the "Red Terror" time and the dark era of spell/curse or as we call it "meTate"; which had led many to live their lives in fear. I believe secretiveness comes out of fear.

"A Case from my Bag of Childhood Memories"