{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F873566b8-7d66-4776-892a-8d0718c6b775","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 099: Planting Seeds of Love & Justice In A World Intent on Hurting The LGBTQ Community \u2013 Laila Ibrahim","description":"Why do we hurt? Hurt each other, when we are more alike than different. From Sandy Hook, Charleston, South Carolina, Orlando and Dallas, it seems we as humans are bent on hurt, hurt, hurting each other\u2026simply because of our differences rather than embracing our similarities. It\u2019s time to learn a new way of being with one another and getting along\u2026even if it means as LGBTQ people that we make the first loving steps towards true peaceful integration. To help us learn to love across the differences is Laila Ibrahim, acclaimed author of the best-selling novel, Yellow Crocus and The seeds of Living Right.\r\nShow Highlights\r\n\r\n* When she came out to her parents, they were sad for her\r\n* Hear why we really are at a true juncture in history\r\n* What is it to be a\u00a0Unitarian Universalist, and how did they help this guest?\r\n* It is harmful when we don\u2019t believe the police do their jobs equally for all of us\r\n* Find out\u00a0how Laila\u00a0is saving lives by demonstrating you can truly be who you are\r\n\r\nConnect with\u00a0Laila Ibrahim\r\nThe critically acclaimed novelist behind top 2014 bestseller Yellow Crocus, Laila Ibrahim tackles a subject directly out of the headlines in Living Right [Flaming Chalice Press, April 18, 2016]. An intimate story about a mother\u2019s struggle to reconcile her religious beliefs with her son\u2019s sexual orientation, Living Right strips away the politics of LGBTQ rights to reveal the life and death stakes in this ongoing conflict: family.\r\nBest-selling author Laila Ibrahim is compelled to write stories about loving across the differences society tells us to fear or discount. As a wife and mother to young adults, Ibrahim knows the struggles parents face with growing and unexpected changes like sexual identity and faith.\r\nWebsite\r\nTwitter\r\nFacebook\r\nInstagram\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n<a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Frickclemons.com%2Fepisode-099-planting-seeds-of-love-justice-in-a-world-intent-on-hurting-the-lgbtq-community-laila-ibrahim%2F&title=Episode%20099%3A%20Planting%20Seeds%20of%20Love%20%26%20Justice%20In%20A%20World%20Intent%20on%20Hu...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}