It was a very special day for us at Meem when two mothers and other family members visited the Womyn House for the first time and participated in our November Bring-A-Friend discussion meeting. The mothers spoke with a lot of love and honesty about their feelings when their daughters came out to them as lesbians, how they came to accept it, and the range of emotions that accompany the experience. Aunts, brothers, straight friends and gay friends also contributed to the discussion.

We would like to thank our generous donors this month: Joanna from Germany who donated DVDs to our library and Joana from Lebanon who donated equipment to our house. Thank you very much!

We would like to thank our generous donors this month: the organizers of BiBi in San Francisco, Bassam from Helem San Francisco, and Norma from London. Thank you very much!

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!

Our supportive friends and family members are very important to us, so we organized a Bring-A-Straight-Friend Meeting in July, after which attendees were invited to visit the Womyn House and discuss their own perspectives on the coming out process.