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</font><font size=6 color="#274E13"><b>Palestinian Queer Activists Talk
Politics<br>
</font><font size=4 color="#38761D">National Tour Comes to the Bay Area -
February 15 & 16!<br><br>
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</font><font size=3>Palestinian queer activists will be touring six US
cities for a series of open conversations hosted by <br>
locally and nationally known US activists.<br><br>
</b>What does the Palestinian queer movement have in common with other
LGBTQ movements worldwide? <br>
How can we understand and work with issues of visibility and the notion
of "coming out" within the Palestinian context? <br>
What are the questions, goals, beliefs and dreams of the Palestinian
queer movement?<br><br>
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</font><font size=4><b>Tuesday, February 15<br><br>
</font><font size=2 color="#444444">7pm<br>
</font><font size=3 color="#38761D">PUBLIC FORUM<br>
</font><font size=3>Moderated by <i>Cherríe Moraga<br>
</i>Mission High Auditorium<br>
</b>3750 18th Street at Dolores, San Francisco<br>
<i>Parking available<br>
</i><b>*Arabic translation will only be available at this event*<br><br>
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</font><font size=4>Wednesday, February 16<br><br>
</font><font size=2 color="#444444">12:30pm<br>
</font><font size=3 color="#38761D">COLLOQUIUM<br>
</font><font size=3>San Francisco State University<br>
</b>1600 Holloway, Ethnic Studies Conference Room, <br>
Ethnic Studies/Psychology Building # 116<br>
</font><font size=1><i>Organized by the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and
Diasporas Initiative's (AMED) Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Global
South: Arab and Muslim Communities Colloquium Series. Co-sponsored
by the Race and Resistance Studies Program and General Union of
Palestinian Studies.<br><br>
</i></font><font size=2 color="#444444"><b>7pm<br>
</font><font size=3 color="#38761D">COMMUNITY CONVERSATION<br>
</font><font size=3>Pro Arts Gallery off Broadway<br>
</b>150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland (Accessible off Broadway)<br><br>
</font><font size=2><b>9:30pm<br>
</font><font size=3 color="#38761D">AFTERPARTY!<br>
</font><font size=2>Featuring </font><font size=3><i>DJ Emancipacion<br>
</i></font><font size=2>2022<br>
</b>2022 Telegraph Ave (between 20th St & 21st St), Oakland<br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#444444"><b><i>with outdoor
hookah/arguileh lounge<br>
$10 Suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds<br><br>
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</font><font size=4 color="#274E13"><b>About the Organizations and
Speakers<br><br>
</font><font size=4>ASWAT<br><br>
</font><font size=3>Abeer Mansour</b> is a feminist Palestinian queer
activist who is dedicated to promoting the inclusion of Palestinian queer
women in Palestinian society. Abeer joined Aswat's staff in 2008 as a
resource development and networking coordinator. She represents Aswat in
local and global events to explain about the multiple forms of oppression
Palestinian queer women face: as a national indigenous minority living
inside Israel, struggling for equal human and civil rights; as women
battling for equality with men in conservative and patriarchal
Palestinian society; and finally as queer women living in a
heteronormative culture which is often extremely homophobic, fighting
discriminization and marginalization. Abeer networks with partner
feminist and human rights organizations to promote the inclusion of the
queer agenda in their activism. <br><br>
The mission of the <b>ASWAT</b> initiative is to serve as a Palestinian
gay women’s group where we may express ourselves, discuss gender and
sexuality, define our feminism, and address the conflict experienced by
us between our national and gendered identities. The ASWAT group provides
a safe space for any Palestinian woman who identifies as lesbian,
bi-sexual, transsexual, transgender or inter-sexual, where we can break
our individual silence through dialogue, self-education, healing and
activism. In addition, we strive to generate social change in order to
meet the needs of one of the most silenced and oppressed communities in
Israel. We work to reach out to Palestinian and Jewish communities in
Israel, and also to collaborate with other like minded institutes, groups
and individuals in order to combat the multilayered discrimination we
face and to promote women rights.
<a href="http://www.aswatgroup.org/english/"><br>
More information
</a><a href="http://www.aswatgroup.org/english/">>></a><br><br>
</font><font size=4><b>AL-QAWS<br><br>
</font><font size=3>Sami Shamali</b> is a 23 year old Palestinian queer
activist with Al-Qaws working who lives in the West Bank. Sami joined
Al-Qaws four years ago as part of Al-Qaws virtual Arabic discussion
forums staff members. Currently, he is a member of the leadership group
of Al-Qaws, and one of the main activists who are leading "West Bank
house for activists" and the growing social change activism in the
West Bank. <br><br>
<b>Al-Qaws</b> for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society
seeks to promote the development and growth of the Palestinian Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning (LGBTQ) community in
Israel and the Palestinian occupied territories. This process is
inextricably linked with the larger mission of building an equal, diverse
and open Palestinian society. Within this context, Al-Qaws is an
enthusiastic partner in the development of a Palestinian civil society
that respects and adheres to human and civil rights and allows
individuals to live openly and equally, regardless of their sexuality,
sexual orientation and gender identity.<br><br>
Al-Qaws aims to achieve its mission through challenging attitudes,
breaking social and religious taboos and norms, empowering, educating,
developing leadership skills, and promoting social change and social
transformation. Our mission is to create a safe and mature space to
fertilize open and responsible dialogue at the societal level, promote
diversity, meet the vast and differentiated needs of Palestinian LGBTQ
persons and promote their well-being and capacity to engage in and
contribute to the larger society. <br>
<a href="http://www.alqaws.org/q/">More information
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</font><font size=3><b><u>Co-Sponsored By:<br>
</u></b>Alliance of South Asians Taking Action<br>
American Friends Service Committee-Pacific Mountain Region<br>
Amor Sin Fronteras<br>
API Equality, Northern California<br>
Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Initiative, SF State
University<br>
Arab Cultural and Community Center<br>
Arab Film Festival<br>
Arab Resource and Organizing Center<br>
Bay Area Jewish Voice for Peace<br>
Bibi-SF<br>
Community United Against Violence<br>
Global Exchange<br>
Global Women's Strike<br>
International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, SF Bay Area<br>
Middle East Children's Alliance<br>
National Center for Lesbian Rights<br>
NorCal Friends of Sabeel<br>
Old Lesbians Organizing for Change<br>
Omid Advocates for Human Rights<br>
outLoud Radio<br>
Palestinian Youth Network, Bay Area<br>
San Francisco LGBT Community Center<br>
Seventh Native American Generation<br>
Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence<br>
Southwest Asian & North African Bay Area Queers (SWANABAQ)<br>
TGI Justice Project<br>
US Palestinian Communities Network, SF Bay Area<br><br>
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