All entries by this author

World’s First Officially Genderless Person أول انسان بلا جندر في العالم

Mar 21st, 2010 | By editor | Category: In the Media

Norrie May-Welby, 48, was born a man but had a sex change operation in 1990, at the age of 28.
After becoming unhappy as a woman, May-Welby decided to become a “neuter”. The 48-year-old is now officially recognised as a person of no specific gender.
May-Welby emigrated to Australia at the age of seven after being born [...]



Quareeb Jeddan

Feb 21st, 2010 | By editor | Category: Featured Articles

Earlier this month, Washington DC-based  Al Hurra channel discussed the issue of lesbian sexuality in Arab literature on its program “Qareeb Jeddan.” The show hosted Elham Mansour from Lebanon, author of possibly the most famous Arabic-language novel with a lesbian plot “Ana Hiya Anti” (tr. I Am You) and Samar Yazbeck from Syria who wrote [...]



Aswat Wishes You a Happy New Year!

Dec 28th, 2009 | By editor | Category: Featured Articles

We thought Aswat’s New Year greeting cards were extremely cute Happy New Year to all of you courageous women too from all of us at Bekhsoos!



Online in 2009 [video]

Dec 28th, 2009 | By editor | Category: Featured Articles

As 2009 comes to an end, we remember the great times we shared online with all of you! From the extensive Arab and international media coverage of Bareed Mista3jil to the relaunch of Bekhsoos.com, it’s been an amazing year for lesbian visibility and voices in Lebanon. Expect lots more in 2010! This video sums [most [...]



Staged Readings of Bareed Mista3jil in California

Dec 14th, 2009 | By editor | Category: Lead Story

Sunbula: Arab Feminists for Change & the Global Fund for Women presented two staged readings of “Bareed Mista3jil: True Stories” by Meem, a community of LBTQ women in Lebanon this past week in San Francisco and Berkeley. We received a letter from Saida, one of the organizers:

My dear Sisters, I have the distinct pleasure of acting as the Artistic Director for two staged readings of your wonderful book Bareed Mista3jil [...]



Lebanon’s Other Women ‘Out’ in Force

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 [...]



Al Akhbar Covers Sexuality Talk at AUB

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 [...]



وزيرتان من أصل 30 و4 نائبات من أصل 128

Nov 16th, 2009 | By editor | Category: Featured Articles, Feminist Column

يا شعب لبنان العظيم والأبي والوفي والذكي والفهيم واللئيم، مبروكة الحكومة، وبهالمناسبة السعيدة، بدنا نقول كلمتين.
هناك ملاحظات كثيرة لا تعد ولا تحصى على النظام السياسي اللبناني وأوله قانون الانتخاب الذي يقوم على المحاصصة الطائفية والمناطقية و العائلية والتوريث من الجد إلى الأب إلى الابن. لكن مسألة التمثيل النسائي في هذا النظام، سواء في البرلمان أو [...]



مثليو كينيا الى العلن… ومتحولو تايلاند الى الوراء

Nov 1st, 2009 | By editor | Category: Around the World

عاشقتان روسيتان تتزوجان في كندا
احتفلت امرأتان روسيتان في كندا بزواجهما بعد ان تم رفض طلبهما للزواج من قبل المحكمة الروسية منذ اسبوعين. وكانت لجنة حقوق الانسان في الامم المتحدة صرحت ان السلطات الروسية فشلت في حماية الصحافيين، والناشطين، والسجناء، والمثليين الجنسيين من عدد كبير من الاساءات مثل التعذيب والقتل.
وخص التقرير بالذكر المثليين الجنسيين الذين يتعرضون [...]



Have you read or seen “The Yacoubian Building”?

Nov 1st, 2009 | By editor | Category: Bits

We received this letter from a reader. Please help her out if you can and spread the word!
Stephanie Selvick is an African Studies Ph.D student writing a research paper on The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al-Aswany. She is looking to survey Queer-identified people of Egyptian or Arab descent about their responses to the portrayal of [...]



Get Adobe Flash playerPlugin by wpburn.com wordpress themes