Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month at UCF, the Film department and LGBTQ Services are collaborating to explore the intersections of faith, gender identity and sexual orientation through documentary story-telling. Though the lived experiences of gender and sexual minorities intersect with all world religions and philosophies, this film series specifically considers the varying realities of LGBTQ+ identity in the religious context of Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
A Jihad for Love (81 Minutes): Documenting gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims across the globe, A Jihad for Love is considered to be the world’s first documentary on the coexistence of Islam and gender and sexual minorities. The film’s title refers to the Islamic concept of jihad, as a religious struggle, which is often misunderstood in the context of mass mediated stereotypes of "holy wars" and Muslim extremists.
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