Barnette, also a virulent Islamophobe, has seen her support in the Pennsylvania Republican primary rise sharply.
Bakhtiari, who won a runoff election last week, is also the first queer Muslim elected to any position in Georgia.
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, leader of LGBTQ-focused Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, provides a contrast to Donald Trump's homophobic appointees.
A queer Muslim encourages LGBTQ+ young people to embrace their whole identity.
N.J. Akbar, newly elected to Akron, Ohio's school board, reflects on childhood struggles with learning and the diversity he brings to his work.
Money is not enough to make rapper perform for homophobic Saudi regime.
Draconian laws like those in Brunei are based on a misapplication of Sharia, which isn't really a legal code, Islamic scholars and activists say.
