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Salam Izzati. Thank you so much for being so kind and showing efforts to spread love towards LGBTQ community. I think this is the first ever tweet from ‘religious person’ I’ve encountered to be so nice and heartwarming. But there’s some point I would like to adress. https://twitter.com/IzzatiElya/status/1310892526593699841">https://twitter.com/IzzatiEly...
1. The word ‘involved with LGBT’ is kind of inappropriate to me since LGBT is more like a sexual orientation and sexual desire to a person. Not a movement that we want to join or we choose to join. I.e, a guy can have feeling towards another guy, but he can restrain himself from
doing such act which is forbidden by islam. I was told by one of my ustaz, “yang namanya dosa itu pada perbuatan dan bukan perasaan.”
2. Honestly I feel quite uncomfortable with the phrase “pulling yourself out from the dark place”. The world is already dark to some LGBTQ person (esp muslim) when they first discover who they really are. Embracing ourselves doesn’t mean we want to be like this. It’s more like
we want to be true to ourselves and accepting on how God created us. By that I don’t mean we are allowed to do whatever which contradict to the teachings of islam. The struggle started when we were told by the society that we are actually the causes of some catastrophes
happened in this world. Imagine the fear some people have because of this. Again, LGBT is not a choice. It’s something that we never know how it happened. No one chooses to be born this way. I would love to share the experience, the fear, the struggles I had when I first discover
my true-self. Do you think I don’t want to be ‘normal’? I do. But I don’t think I can. It’s been 9 years since I have been struggling with this feelings, until I realise I can never change who I truly am. It’s time to embrace and be true to myself. As much as you love God and His
prophet p.b.u.h, I do have the same feelings towards Them. But, when people say “you don’t deserve to be his ‘ummat’ there’s some unpleasant feeling I have towards my own religion. I feel it’s very unfair to us.
3. The hashtag you use #saynotoLGBT is inappropriate when you’re trying to understand the community. Some might get hurt with the hashtag (I think I’ve explained above). It’s like you’re trying to be close to us, but still reject and disapprove the feelings we have.
After all, I would like to say thank you for the video. It’s very nice of you. The video is very heartwarming I swear. But it’s just I got some discomfort which I think I couldn’t prevent myself from addressing them. Thank you. Jazakillah khairan Jaza’.
