Liy Yusof
Brief stories of historical baddies
Remembering: Khutulun, Yennenga, the Trung sisters, Trieu Thi Trinh, Malahayati, Srikandi Tun Fatimah, Ching Shih, Sayyida al-Hurra, Chandramalar, Wong So Ying, Shamsiah Fakeh, Khatijah Sidek, Silvia Morello.
On Sharing A Life: Years in Review 2020-2022
Without a door to lock, I had no choice now but to be this me always.
Rethinking a social emphasis on procreation and proliferation
When confronted with this growth-oriented worldview, the burden is often placed on sexually diverse Muslims to change ourselves to conform to it.
The Tawhidic paradigm for human rights
This is a brief adventure into the world of Islamic ethics. Tawhid is a fundamental Islamic principle, often translated to as 'monotheism', but as we'll see, there are more layers to it than that.
The four-arched portal of Rahma
What do we do when encountering social rhetoric, verses, and hadith that seem to violate the higher Qur'anic ethical principles of love, rahma, beauty, justice, and equity? Dr Ghazala Anwar offers this Qur'anic portal of Rahma to negotiate this apparent challenge to our faith.
Women as authorities and producers of Islamic knowledge
The struggle to decriminalise sexual diversity from within an Islamic framework holds hands with the intergenerational struggle to democratise authority and justice for women.
Breathing with the Opener: A skeleton key meditation
A meditation based on the Quran's opener, Surah Al-Fatihah. If you know the sura, you'll have a grounding tool when thoughts wander.
We can't leave anyone behind
We're just out here trying to survive men we didn't elect, and we can't leave anyone behind. How long do we endure processes that will not open ways forward?
Poem: Zoonotic Spillover
A Malaysian pandemic poem by Liy Yusof, after Andreas Malm. Translated into Bahasa Melayu by Jack Malik.
In conversation with my elder, amina wadud
amina wadud invited me to talk about our explorations of sexual diversity and human dignity— and the ethical question of our time for Muslims everywhere.
Remembering and expressing gratitude (The Signs In Ourselves, Part 12 of 12)
Reframing the journeys of our life and earth as experiences of gratitude can be healing, humbling, and empowering for many queer and sexually diverse Muslims.