Resources

This page will slowly be phased out to make room for our resource guides, check out our first one: The Queer SWANA Social Guide to NYC

Here are some resources of Queer Middle Eastern people in NYC and beyond.

Religion

Health

NYC QTPOC Organizations

Other US Groups

International LGBTQ MENA Groups

  • Al Qaws Palestinian LGBTQ Org
  • Helem LGBTQ Lebanese Org
  • Aswat LBTQ Women’s Palestinian Org
  • KifKif Moroccan Diaspora Group
  • Lebmash Lebanese Medical Association for Sexual Health
  • IraQueer Iraqi LGBTQ Organization
  • Transat Transgender platform in Arabic, English and Amazigh

Research & Publications

  • Engaging with the Gender, Peace and Security Agenda in Research and Activism in Lebanon – Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School for Economics and Political Science – Download PDF
  • English-Arabic Gender Dictionary – Published by Lebanon Support, Beirut, January 2016 With the support of the Arab Resource Collective (ARC) – Download PDF
  • Family is Family – NQAPIA launched an international, multifaceted campaign to promote the acceptance of LGBTQ people in API families and to diversify the faces and languages of those who support the LGBTQ community. Arabic Flyer – PDF, Farsi Flyer – PNG
  • Bareed Mista3jil – Book developed by now defunct group – Meem – a feminist Lebanese organization.