Archive for the ‘ Coming Out ’ Category

How out is out in Amman?

Here are the different stages most people I know are in, ordered from least out to most out. Mode 1: 1. Out to a girlfriend who identifies as straight. 2. Out to girlfriend who identifies as bi. 3. Out to a girlfriend who identifies as confused. 4. Out to a girlfriend who identifies as lesbian/gay. [ READ MORE ]

Reporting from lesboland!

So it’s been a while since I tapped into lesboland. So what’s new? Faces. Yes new faces! Different attitudes, culture and comfort levels. Refreshing in a sexy zest to explore more of what’s out there. Yet from an emotional distance, observing, smiling, projecting and analyzing. First observations: - much more Dare-ness to touch without too [ READ MORE ]

Being out is a sate of mind not a statement

I am out. The above being a state of mind changes this statement; when the exception becomes being NOT out. The bubble you live in might get tighter. Yet, who cares. Create that bubble and then expand it in time. In Amman,  it works. As everywhere else. You need to find that place or places [ READ MORE ]

My coming out car

Cars are special. Cars are the home in-between home and work. I sold my car today, the car that changed my life it seems. Owning a car for the first time provided me with some sense of freedom. And with freedom came lots of experiences. I came out shortly after I bought that car, Then, met [ READ MORE ]

My first trip to a gynecologist!

Yes, I finally made that last and not easy step into womanhood, the gyno. [Some might argue that getting pregnant and giving birth is the last step, i will have to respectfully disagree, those can be called "Add-ons" no more no less]. One of the blesses of being a Lesbian, is your non-pregnancy-worry. (The first [ READ MORE ]

A staged reading of Bareed Mista3jil, True Stories

So lovely to read, and so lovely to watch and listen to this staged reading of Bareed Mista3jil, a book published my Meem containing a collection of 41 true (and personal) stories from lesbians, bisexuals, queer and questioning women, and transgender persons from all over Lebanon. More about Bareed Mista3jil here  http://www.bareedmista3jil.com[ READ MORE ]

endless rings of shame

There is shame, so there will be pride. Others have pride because they once had shame. I can say with confidence that in the larger Arabia, we have shame and lots of it associated with our sexual orientation. (funny i know!) The first ring a lot of us are getting out of more and more [ READ MORE ]

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