Pride Month is often presented as something visible and widely celebrated, but that version of Pride does not reflect the reality for everyone, especially those who are not in environments where queerness is accepted or affirmed.

Eid Mubarak to everyone who is celebrating.

Eid Mubarak to those marking Eid al Adha! For many of us, Eid includes prayer and family gatherings and lots of shared food. For many more of us, it's painfully bittersweet.

Parentlessness is often understood as something that happens after death, but many queer people experience it while both parents are still alive. For queer people from conservative religious backgrounds, this can happen after coming out, being outed, or no longer agreeing to hide who they are.

Homelessness among LGBTQ+ people is not accidental, it is entirely structural. For many queer people of faith, losing housing happens after family rejection, religious exclusion, or being made actively unsafe.

CONTENT WARNING - mentions of se*ual abuse and violence. Please read with caution, and prioritise your wellbeing. Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is varied.

Across many faith communities, conversion practices do not always look like the stereotypes people imagine. They are often informal, relational and hidden behind pastoral care.

Today is Naz's birthday. He would have been 46. I won't pretend it's an easy day. It never is. The reminders are everywhere - of his life, his energy, everything he was and everything we were building together. But here's what I know.

For people the world over, displacement isn’t a choice. It's imposed upon them. For queer people, this bind is even more complicated. To leave your home, family, culture, and community is the last option left, because home has become a place where existing puts you at risk.

In family and faith centred cultures, such as in Jewish communities, staying close can sometimes mean shrinking and hiding yourself. For queer people, love and obligation become tangled and difficult.

Forced or heavily pressured marriages in Hindu communities don’t come from scripture. They come from social expectations that prioritise family image over individual safety.

For many queer Catholics, shame doesn't always begin with the doctrine - sometimes, it begins in the confessional. That tiny wooden box where you were meant to tell the truth is instead the first place you learned to lie about who you were.

For many trans people from conservative faith backgrounds, being seen cannot yet be about announcing yourself.

Eid is a day (or days!) of joy and nourishment, of reunion and prayer and celebration. We gather as families, neighbours and whole communities. For many queer Muslims though, Eid carries another layer -there is the celebration you show up to, and the truth of your whole self that you hide.

Across traditions, discipline is meant to bring us closer to compassion, clarity, and the sacred. But many queer people of faith, and in this case particularly queer Christians, were taught a different version - discipline meant suppressing who we are.

Lent can be a complicated season for queer Christians. Many grew up with messages that made faith feel conditional.. Reclaiming Lent means approaching it in ways that respect identity and lived experience.

Ramadan and Lent are important times for many people of faith. For queer Muslims and queer Christians, these seasons can bring up mixed experiences, especially when faith spaces have not always felt safe or welcoming.

Ramadan means different things for different queer Muslims. For some it’s a grounding month of return. For others it’s extremely complicated, tender, or full of mixed feelings. However you observe - or don’t! - your experience is valid.

Many queer Sikhs grow up hearing mixed messages about identity and belonging. Some find deep support in their families and gurdwaras. Others face silence or pressure to conform.

In many religious families, queer children learn early that love can feel conditional. Even before anyone knows they’re queer, they sense the expectations. So they work twice as hard. They become the high achiever, the peacemaker, the responsible one, the child who never slips.

Mosques are meant to be sanctuaries. They are meant to be places where burdens ease and community gathers in the presence of something greater than ourselves. But for many queer Muslims, stepping into a mosque can bring a mix of longing and hesitation.

We're honoured to be nominated for the #2026TrueHonourAwards Hosted by IKWRO, the True Honour Awards celebrate individuals and organisations who have taken a stand against “honour”-based abuse. By recognising courage, commitment, and impact, the Awards aim to inspire action and solidarity.

Our January Rainbow Chai session is this coming Tuesday, 27th January at 6.30pm. If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you. It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.

Many queer Muslims live double lives. One version of yourself at home, another with friends, another in faith spaces, another online. Carrying that much vigilance in your body has long-lasting consequences. Hyper‑awareness becomes muscle memory, your nervous system stays on high alert.

In many religious families, coming out happens many, many times. For some queer children, one parent may feel safe enough to feel vulnerable with, while the other must remain in the dark.

Imagine surviving rejection from your own family, being told that who you are is incompatible with your faith, your culture, your community. Imagine carrying that heartbreak across borders, believing that somewhere there must be a place where you can finally exhale in peace.

Support does not require anyone to denounce their faith. It does not require a parent to stop being religious, or a young person to hide who they are. What it does require is a willingness to listen, to learn, and to recognise that every person deserves safety and dignity.

✨ As we reach the end of the year, we’re holding close everyone in our community who may be navigating complicated emotions during the holidays.

Our December Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 16th December at 6.30pm. If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you. It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.

Our December Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 16th December at 6.30pm. If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you. It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.

Queer Muslims exist, and we always have. Our lives are erased by families, communities, and faith leaders who insist that queerness and Islam cannot coexist. This erasure causes real harm, it isolates people, silences their voices, and forces many to hide parts of themselves just to survive.

The horrifying reality of honour-based abuse targeting LGBTQI+ individuals remains hidden in plain sight. We support numerous individuals experiencing serious harm from family members who believe they are ‘protecting’ family honour by attempting to change, conceal or erase their LGBTQI+ identity.

When someone seeks spiritual counsel and is told their pain is a test or a phase, that response erases reality and redirects blame. Pastoral gaslighting invalidates trauma and teaches people to doubt their feelings instead of finding care.

Being queer and a person of faith is not a contradiction, and is in fact far more common than people realise. Being queer and a believer is a calling to commitment and devotion, as we must choose to consistently grapple with our belief, engage with it deeply and critically. We don’t inherit our

Queer elders carry living archives of resilience, grief, and joy. Their age is a pillar of reassurance and affirmation to young queer people attempting to navigate difficult questions and complicated lives. We can exist and keep existing, and life continues to be worth it.

Our November Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 25th November at 6.30pm. If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you. It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.

They said God wouldn’t love you. Said you couldn’t exist - not trans and faithful, not both. And yet, here you are, still existing because you always could. Maybe you're still praying, still holding onto something sacred, even when others tried to take it from you.

Long-term safety comes from early sex-education, consent curricula, and family workshops that address respect without moralising. Preventing harm means teaching children and parents language for boundaries, consent, and empathy before crises occur.

Parents who reject queer children often lose the chance to learn how to hold them with tenderness; reconciliation can feel impossible until someone models a different way.

Our October Rainbow Chai session is this Tuesday, 28th October at 6.30pm. If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you. It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.

When a queer child is emotionally disowned, there’s no ceremony, no mourning, no acknowledgement of loss. They just disappear from family photos, group chats, and prayers. The absence is treated like a correction, not a tragedy. The grief, however, is real.

Religious spaces often come with a script, especially for those assigned female at birth. You’re expected to be modest, quiet, obedient. Your body becomes a battleground for purity, and your future is mapped out without your consent.

There are religious leaders who understand the pain queer people carry. They’ve heard the stories, offered quiet comfort, and nodded in private. But when it comes to speaking out, they choose silence.

Some families not only reject their children, but they also turn them into warnings. Their name becomes shorthand for failure, for shame, whispered in cautionary tones to younger family members.

Many queer people don’t abandon faith, they just reshape it by creating rituals that speak to both their identity and their spirituality. Lighting candles for chosen family, rewriting prayers to reflect lived truth, fasting for clarity.

Many queer people don’t abandon faith, they just reshape it by creating rituals that speak to both their identity and their spirituality. Lighting candles for chosen family, rewriting prayers to reflect lived truth, fasting for clarity.

While debate focuses on formal “therapy,” countless LGBTQI+ people face damaging informal practices in religious settings weekly. The most prevalent forms of conversion practices don’t happen in clinical settings.

‘Prove You’re Gay’ or be deported to your death. The cruel reality facing LGBTQI+ asylum seekers in the UK system demands urgent attention and reform. We support an increasing number of LGBTQI+ individuals seeking safety from countries where their identity is criminalised - or punishable by death.

Our seven-stage model reveals the critical barriers preventing parental acceptance. Through years of supporting families, we’ve identified distinct phases parents typically navigate after learning their child is LGBTQI+:

Our August Rainbow Chai session is this Friday, 29th August at 6.30pm. If you're a parent of South Asian heritage with an LGBTQI+ child, this online support group is for you. It's led by Saima, a proud mum of two LGBT children who understands exactly what you're going through.