Not a homegrown cruising website for Arabs, I guess we’re doing ok with the manjams of the world . Rather, the new forum
AHWAA describes itself as a ‘safe place to debate LGBTQ related issues in the Middle East’.
I checked out some forum posts and it does seem like a good place to share stories or seek support from new friends (at least virtual).
There are many middle eastern countries represented in “
Mideast Youth”, the team behind this commendable highly needed platform. But a flagrant absence of Lebanese youth behind the effort, perhaps because we feel less repressed? Let’s see how it picks up over here.
My new Podcast includes a tribute to Helem Paris and the LGBT community in Lebanon plus an amazing homo-erotic Arabic song by Mashrou' Leila+'Fetish Systems' book review. Download at http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/51214
ReplyDeleteRamzi Salti, Ph.D.
Stanford University