Faisal Alam is a queer-identified Muslim activist, speaker and writer of Pakistani descent. At the age of 19, Faisal founded Al-Fatiha, an international organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex & questioning (LGBTIQ) Muslims, and their allies. He has traveled across the country and around the world to meet with LGBTIQ Muslims to build a global queer Muslim movement. Faisal has been featured in national and international media and has received numerous awards and recognitions for his activism on behalf of LGBTIQ Muslims.
Using his own life experience and by exploring the complex history of the Islamic world, Faisal strives to bring new light onto the lives of an often invisible and silent community: Muslims who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning.