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Welcome to Meem. We are a support
community in Lebanon for lesbians, bisexuals, queers, questioning
women, and transgender persons. Enjoy surfing our website.
Meem
Publishes Lebanon’s First Queer Book!
Our long-awaited book of stories,
"Bareed Mista3jil," is now out!
An event launching the book took place in a full Al Madina Theater in Beirut on May 30, 2009. Selected stories
were
be read at the launch, which was open to the media and Lebanese
public. The English version of the book is currently available in
all major Lebanese bookstores and can also be ordered online.
Excerpts from the stories, in addition to more information, can be
found online at
www.bareedmista3jil.com.
We’ve published a book! “Bareed Mista3jil” is a collection of 41 true stories from our community. The English version will be available in bookstores as of May 17, 2009. The Arabic version will follow in June. Stay tuned!
Around 200 people gathered on the afternoon of Sunday, February 22 on Sodeco Square in Beirut to protest violence and discrimination against minorities, especially homosexuals. Lebanese lesbians and gay men took to the streets in the very first public sit-in organized by Helem in Lebanon and stood almost in disbelief as banners with anti-homophobic and [...]
Denounce VIOLENCE in the Lebanese society targeting
minority or disadvantaged groups as homosexuals, women, children, domestic and foreign workers and others.
Helem, in collaboration with Human Rights organizations active in the Lebanese civil society, invites you to an anti-violence SIT-IN
When: This Sunday, February 22nd 2009 from 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Where: Sodeco Square, Beirut
Who: Helem and Human Rights organizations [...]
Bashasha (left) and a friend.
Studio Shehreadze, Saida, LEbanon, late 1950s
Hashem el Maadi
copyright: Arab Image Foundation
“Films inspired the people a lot. They came to perform kissing in front of a camera. In a conservative society such as Saida (Sidon, Lebanon) people were willing to play the kiss between two people of the same sex, but very [...]
Meem was happy to welcome 18 young men and women from Denmark touring Lebanon and Syria and getting to know local traditions and cultures. The very cool visitors enjoyed a tour of the House and had a discussion with Meem members about the situation of LGBT in Lebanon. Their project is called [...]
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