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Creative
Arts Workshop
Six Meem members participated in a Creative Arts
workshop at the Womyn House on Sunday, August 31,
organized by one of our therapists. The participants
expressed themselves through drawings, paintings, clay
sculptures, crafts, and other artistic media.
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First Meem Mother Visits the
House!
Yep! We never thought it would happen in our first year,
but we were delighted to host a Meem member's mother in
our Womyn House in August. She met with her daughter's
friends at Meem and got to know more about our
activities. Her acceptance and love towards her lesbian
daughter were an inspiration to everyone. Ok, so it's
one mother out of 254, but it's a start!
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New
Transgender Support
If you identify as a transgender individual or if you
have any personal or general questions about your gender
identity, you can now talk directly to a Lebanese
Female-to-Male transperson activist by sending an email
to
trans@meemgroup.org. All emails and inquiries will
be handled with complete confidentiality.
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Meem attends the CSBR Sexuality
Training Institute in Malaysia
Women for Women's Human Rights in Turkey invited a Meem
member to participate in a training institute on gender
and sexuality held in Malaysia this past month. The
training was organized by the Coalition for Sexual and
Bodily Rights in Muslim Socities. Meem gave a
presentation about Arab lesbians and networked with
various Arab and South East Asian groups working on
gender equality and sexual rights.
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Danish Youth Group Visits Womyn
House
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 Next Stop and you can read more
about it
here.
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Meet Our
New House Fishies: Mee and M
Mee (left) and M
(right) are the latest addition to our Womyn House, a
gift from one of our members on Meem's birthday. We love
our queer fishies and they love us. Except, well, when
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News Bits
►
Meem's first Training Camp on Gender and Sexuality is
coming up on September 20 and 21. The program includes
lectures on the theory of gender, history of sexuality,
and sexual diversities.
► We
were very fortunate this month to receive generous
donations from two wonderful supporters: Alissar (Meem
member in Sydney, Australia) and Ghassan (Coordinator of
Helem Paris). All of us are very grateful, thank you!
► August
featured many activist development workshops including
an Introduction to Photoshop and a Presentation on
Lesbian & Feminist Film History.
► A
Lebanese woman has been jailed in Dubai for engaging in
"indecent" i.e. lesbian acts with a Bulgarian woman on a
public beach in Dubai. Read the story in the
Daily Star.
► In
August, Meem handled seven emergency cases of lesbians
facing abuse and violence, running away from their
homes, or needing shelter and legal counseling.
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Selections from the
Meem Blog
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Determinism, the Other Name for Heteronormativity
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El Jaras
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Basil Leaf
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How His Visit Changed Me
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Website Statistics for August 08
www.meemgroup.org
Total Unique
Visits in May: 5,344
Growth from last month: 36%
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