Faisal Alam

Faisal Alam is a queer-identified Muslim activist of Pakistani descent. He is the founder & former director of Al-Fatiha, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and empowering Muslims who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and questioning (LGBTIQ). Under Faisal's leadership, Al-Fatiha grew to eight chapters in the United States and seven sister-organizations and affiliates in Canada, the United Kingdom and South Africa. Faisal has received numerous recognitions for his work on behalf of LGBTIQ Muslims. In 2001, The Advocate selected him as an "Innovator," and, in 2002, the Utne Reader selected him as a "Young Visionary Under 30."

Faisal is a former staff member of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the National Minority AIDS Council. He has been active in HIV/AIDS prevention and education, immigration and asylum rights, interfaith dialogue, and queer youth organizing.