On being gay and Muslim in Boston

Boston Spirit reports on gay Muslims in the Boston area:

... I met Faisal Alam at a Back Bay coffee shop on a visit from his current home of Atlanta. He was born of Pakistani parents in Germany and raised in Europe, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan before moving with his family to the United States when he was 10.

In 1997 he came out to himself—in a big way. "I exploded out of the closet," he told me, almost knocking over his coffee cup, talking of nights spent at Campus, Manray, Buzz, and Club Cafe. ...

Via Articles of Faith.

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