Guest lecture by queer imam Marco Linguri
On Tuesday, 21st of January, from 8:15 to 9:45 am, Marco Linguri is giving a guest lecture in PD Dr. Viola Thimm’s course “Islam and queer: Reframing the narrative on LGBTQIA+”.
Marco Linguri is a trans man with a romeiko-Turkish background. He is a certified non-directive writing consultant, has a master’s degree in Romance studies with a focus on linguistics, is a trained imam, education officer and has been working in various topics in adult education since 2012, including queer hostility and anti-Muslim racism. He also runs a blog on intersectional perspectives on discrimination, as well as creative texts and thoughts on his Muslim faith, and is a podcast host (Cistemkritik on Spotify).
Three of his poems have been printed in the poetry anthologies überLIEBEn and ARAF:unsichtbar.