Queering Islam and Muslim Americanness

@article{Husain2021QueeringIA,
  title={Queering Islam and Muslim Americanness},
  author={Taneem Husain},
  journal={Meridians},
  year={2021}
}
In the United States’ current cultural and political climate, stereotypes of Muslims, such as the destructive terrorist and oppressed burqa-clad woman, are ever-present. For Muslim Americans, breaking outside of these stereotypes is fraught: merely contesting these stereotypes is insufficient for inclusion. Muslim Americans are often required to construct central aspects of their identities—particularly religion, gender, and sexuality—so they become acceptable to mainstream American… 
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