Archive for November 2009
Nov 29th, 2009 |
By randa |
Category: French, Trans Column
Quand on nait transsexuel, on découvre très vite que la vie ne va pas être une partie de plaisir et que c’est un combat de chaque instant contre soi et contre les autres tout au long de sa vie. Contre soi pour se donner le courage et la volonté indispensable pour aller jusqu’au bout de [...]
Tags: algeria, arab, civil war, Homophobia, homosexuality, iran, lebanon, transphobia, transsexual Posted in French, Trans Column |
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Nov 29th, 2009 |
By rouba |
Category: Around the World
الأرجنتين وأستراليا والبرتغال تزوج المثليين!
منح أحد القضاة في العاصمة الارجنتينية بيونس ايريس حق الزواج لاثنين من مثليي الجنس، ما يجعل من الارجنتين أول دولة كاثوليكية في أميركا اللاتينية تقوم بهذا الانجاز.
وكانت الأرجنتين كذلك أول دولة منحت المثليين حق الارتباط المدني عام 2002.
وفي أستراليا، قررت الحكومة الاسترالية تشريع زواج مثليي الجنس ابتداء من العام [...]
Tags: argentina, australia, Beenie Man, gay marriage, india, international news, International Transgender Day, portugal, transgender Posted in Around the World |
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Nov 29th, 2009 |
By Guest Contributor |
Category: Personal Stories
One day, I took my 10-year-old brother shopping.
We were looking at some T-shirts and we came across one that had the transgender symbol printed on the front with the fist of power in the middle. There was also a sentence on it. It said: “Fuck the system player.”
When he saw the word “fuck”, my brother [...]
Tags: family, Personal Stories, transgender Posted in Personal Stories |
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Nov 29th, 2009 |
By shant |
Category: Opinion Pieces
Kara Lynch’s “The Outing” short films were presented at Beirut’s Bardo’s Pub and Restaurant on Thursday, November 19th at 7 p.m. as part of their weekly movie night.
“Mi Companera”, a 12-minute experimental film shot on Hi-8 recreates a walk along the shores of Colombia. Two women open up to each other, their voices are heard [...]
Tags: film, identity, kara lynch, women Posted in Opinion Pieces |
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Nov 29th, 2009 |
By aphrodite |
Category: Arabic عربي, Featured Articles, Poetry, Ramblings & Fiction
بخبركن عن “مرتي” اللي ما في متلها اتنين بالعالم.
كل يوم الصبح بتوعى، بحس بشفافها ع خدي مع طلوع الضو. بحس بضحكتها أنا ومغمضة عيوني. بحس انها وعيت، وانو العالم كلو وعي معها. بسمع صوتها بالمطبخ عم تحضر “نسكافيه” (بتحب السكر كتير مع القهوة، بس بتشرب الشاي بلا سكر). بسمع غنيتها اللي كل يوم [...]
Tags: gay life, story, wife Posted in Arabic عربي, Featured Articles, Poetry, Ramblings & Fiction |
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Nov 29th, 2009 |
By randa |
Category: Featured Articles, Health
The appearance of secondary sexual characteristics is due to sexual hormones secreted by the body during puberty. When it comes to men, the main sexual hormone is testosterone.
Hormone therapy for an F-to-M transsexual consists of providing, by way of a medical treatment, the same testosterone level in a man at birth.
The body will react to [...]
Tags: FTM, Health, hormones, transsexual Posted in Featured Articles, Health |
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Nov 29th, 2009 |
By Guest Contributor |
Category: Featured Articles
I was first introduced to Alice Paul when I was 17. I had watched a movie about how women got the right to vote in the United Sates. It was called “Iron Jawed Angels”, which later became one of my favorite movies of all time. Hilary Swank portrayed Paul who was the leader of the [...]
Tags: alice paul, Feminist Column, suffrage movement, women's rights Posted in Featured Articles |
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Nov 29th, 2009 |
By editor |
Category: Lead Story
Six months after the launch of Bareed Mista3jil, a collection of 41 true stories from the lives of queers and transgenders in Lebanon, the book is still making waves in local and international media. AFP have just run a fantastic story about Bareed’s impact and the news wire’s text is being picked up by a vast global media audience, most notable for us is naharnet.com.
BEIRUT (AFP) – They remain anonymous, but their voices are out in force and bold print: a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women have braved law and social taboo in Lebanon with [...]
Tags: Bareed Mista3jil, media Posted in Lead Story |
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Nov 16th, 2009 |
By editor |
Category: Arab LGBT News
تقاطر الشباب والشابات إلى مبنى «وست هول» في الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت مساء الاثنين الماضي لحضور الندوة التي عقدها نادي «حقوق المرأة» ونادي خبرات العلوم الصحية تحت عنوان «يوم واحد نضال واحد: ندوة حول الجنسانية في لبنان». تمثّل الندوة جزءاً من حملة دولية ينظمها التحالف للحقوق الجنسية والجسدية في المجتمعات المسلمة (CSBR) التي تشارك فيها [...]
Tags: media Posted in Arab LGBT News |
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