For most of my life, I have always known, and most of us can testify, that our communities are our safety, but it is unfortunate that most people, particularly queer people, have been subjected to spiritual violence, ranging from how religion is used against Queer people to the negation of this fundamental precept, in all this we need to come to sense that only God is the supreme, and we are all interchangeable. Spiritual violence and spiritual abuse is what we have been inflicting on our fellow brothers and sisters for generations about something we hardly and completely understand ourselves.
It's difficult to make a broad generalization about the history of LGBTIQ+ rights across the globe, as the treatment of LGBTIQ+ people has varied widely depending on the country, region, and time period in question. The colonial era had a significant impact on the treatment of LGBTIQ+ people in many parts of the world including Africa and Kenya. European colonizers often imposed their own moral codes and religious beliefs on the societies they conquered, which sometimes included the criminalization or stigmatization of same-sex relationships. This has had long-lasting effects on the treatment of LGBTIQ+ people in many countries, including Africa and Kenya. It is true that there have been societies throughout history that have accepted or even celebrated same-sex relationships or gender-nonconforming individuals. For example, some Native American tribes recognized the existence of two-spirit people, who were considered to have both male and female spirits and often held important spiritual or ceremonial roles.
Similarly, some societies in ancient Africa, Greece, Rome, and China accepted same-sex relationships or expressions of gender nonconformity to varying degrees. However, it's also important to note that these societies also had their own complex cultural norms and power structures that influenced how LGBTIQ+ people were treated. Overall, the history of LGBTIQ+ rights is complex and varied, and it's important to approach it with nuance and an awareness of the cultural and historical contexts in which different societies have existed. We live in a world of contradictions, and as the world becomes more diverse, the politics around different health issues sadly retaliates by going backward. Scientifically, the very foundation of our world is full of contradictions, but the contradictions of belief systems are easily tearing our world apart. In the midst of the confusion, how do we make a world where people don’t need to take their lives because they feel they cannot reconcile being queer and persons of faith? One of the famous quotes from the narratives of the prophet Muhammad insists "None of you have faith until they love of their siblings in humanity what they love for themselves," this quote is the same as in the bible “1 John 4:20 “, and is further illuminated by Cornel West, a visionary philosopher, and theologian, "Justice is what love looks like in public."
Just like the rainbow that represents this community, LGBTIQ+ people are beautiful beings. There is a need to keep striving to bring up diverse safe spaces countering hate violence in our communities, giving a place of healing to people who have been de-regionalized, for lack of a better word, rather than increasing trauma and hurt to the very same people we call brothers and sisters. Advancing progressive values in order to have a place where you can be who you want to be, is the way to go, and I believe God made no mistakes in creating all of us, and the condemnation of same-gender loving relationships does not cause trauma or pain. What causes trauma, pain, and mental illnesses is when people use religious texts against this community of people. Most of the religious countries in history did not criminalize LGBTIQ+; let’s use that as one of the fact receipts when we think of discriminating against anyone because they are different from us or our own understanding.