“I MISS God,” said a caller one evening, sobbing and seemingly struggling to hold back the chest-beating tears. The caller was a transwoman who was in sheer restlessness. Looking for respite, she had tried to perform salat (praying) wearing a mukena (Muslim female praying attire). She said praying in a mukena made her comfortable and eased. Her longing for God was fulfilled.

But it did not last long. When she was doing her prayer the