Yasmine Mohammed ياسمين محمد  🦋

I don’t really know how to explain this to you but (1) I’m gay and (2) I explicitly said people should speak out and say something!https://twitter.com/tomcoates/status/1004069884731375616?s=21 …

Seventeen retweets and 37 likes for a statement criticizing me - saying I should say precisely what I said. The only bit that seems insane is *banning* people from wearing clothes and following their religions.

I suspect that tweet above was to support your point, not counter it. At least that’s how I read it.

I don’t think it is, but just in case anyone is confused, I’ll restate my point - I don’t think it’s okay to ban anyone’s religious expression (unless it hurts someone else), and generally people should be free to worship how they wish or not at all.

And how well do you think gay kids do in Saudi Arabia and Muslim run countries?

I’m gay. Conservatives have traditionally been and continue to be systematically against gay rights. You don’t get to use gay rights as a weapon to attack Muslims while I’m around.

Muslim countries, like lots of very Christian countries in Africa and much like parts of the Deep South of America have *all* been appalling to gay people. I don’t condemn all Christians for the behavior of extremists, and I won’t condemn Muslims for the same reason.

Meanwhile, “political correctness” has been one of the things that has got gay people marriage equality, protections in law from discrimination, and a large number of visible and open gay people. Thank god for people becoming less ignorant and more liberal.