To commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day set aside to remember people who were killed because of anti-transgender hate or prejudice, Meem screened and discussed “Boys Don’t Cry,” and hosted an interactive workshop on transgender identity led by trans activists. Participants learned more about the particular struggles and discrimination on the basis of gender identity.

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.

Meem was delighted this month to host Sinan Goknur, a transgender activist from Lambda Istanbul and WWHR-New Ways in Turkey, who spoke about his experience as a feminist trans-guy. Sinan presented a paper about transphobia, gender identity, and the role of transgenders in the LGBT struggle. He also met several times with small groups of Meem members to talk more about transgender and queer theory. You can read his full paper entitled “What Happened to the T in LGBT?” here.