 Even for those who migrate to Europe or North America and adopt Western personae of "gay" or "queer," the relative freedoms of new homelands are mitigated by persistent racial profiling and intensified state surveillance after the attacks of 9/11 and train bombings in Madrid and London.As a result, many gay and lesbian Muslims end up renouncing their religion completely.But the real-life characters of A "Jihad for Love" aren't willing to abandon a faith they cherish and that sustains them.