This Western University poster, created to support the fight against homophobia, has sparked a backlash from the local Muslim community for including a depiction of two women in hijabs kissing. The student requested anonymity to protect himself and his family, but said he wants to speak out after a controversial decision by Western. He’d like the council to acknowledge there are gay Muslims in Canada and agree they should not be shunned by family and their faith community. The student says he’s been invited to and will join a meeting being planned between Western University’s diversity leader and the London Council of Imams to deal with the controversy.
But I am shunned from the community,” he said. They’ll say they’ll accept me because they don’t want any repercussions. “The Muslim community won’t accept me as openly gay.
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