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This course explores the emerging discourses on gender and sexuality in Islam. As minorities, women and homosexuals developed a shared interest in exegetic tools challenging the dominant narratives that shaped a so-called Muslim tradition. We will investigate disruptive narratives that take place within theological debates but we will also grapple with discourses that have been produced on women and homosexuals in the Islamic world. We will deal with the question of imposing on Muslims a specific conception - that a good amount of scholars have identified as being western - of homosexuality and feminism. A set of questions will guide us through our readings: does sexuality constitute an identity or refer to a practice? Should equality be reduced to identity or can it be understood differently? Are agency and freedom best manifested through subversion and opposition?