Iceland to get world’s first lesbian prime minister. On the censorship of ‘Gay Imperialism’ and Out of Place : x:talk. We have recently witnessed the umpteenth attempt to silence voices that denounce paternalistic, neo-imperialist politics and argue against Islamophobic positions and homonationalist activism. On 7th September 2009, the book Out of Place: Interrogating Silences in Queerness/Raciality (2008) edited by Adi Kunstman & Esperanza Miyake, was declared out of print by its publisher, Raw Nerve. The collection, which was the first academic volume on queerness and raciality in Britain, contained an important article which exposed the use of gay rights discourse as an instrument to justify neo-imperialist, anti-migrant and Islamophobic policies, namely ‘Gay Imperialism: Gender and Sexuality Discourse in the “War on Terror”‘ by Jin Haritaworn, Tamsila Tauqir and Esra Erdem.
The ‘Gay Imperialism’ article made just such an informed, valuable critique. It drew on acute textual analysis and provided thorough references and links to the texts critiqued. This nevertheless misses the point. Orinam.net - Campaign for Open Minds. BELOW THE BELT: A Critique of Harvey Milk's Approach to Que. BELOW THE BELT: Harvey Milk's Political Philosophy. Nightmare in Dubai for Toronto gay couple. Bareed Mista3jil (Express Mail) - new book presents stories from. Bareed Mista3jil's cover and a corresponding video as seen on www.meemgroup.org. ©Meem BEIRUT, June 2, 2009 (MENASSAT) - A standing room only crowd was on hand at Masrah al Medina (City Theater) in west Beirut last Saturday (May 30) for a reading of stories from the newly published book Bareed Mista3jil (Express Mail) – the first-ever book published in Lebanon featuring narratives written by a diverse cross-section of Lebanon’s LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) community.
Bareed Mista3jil features 41 stories in Arabic and English, each one originating from interviews with some 150 lesbians and transgenders from various regions of Lebanon. A working group from Beirut’s LGBTQ community recorded the interviews, between 2007 and 2008. Writers then transformed the interviews into story form and published them only after interviewees had a final vetting. Other contributors were afraid to attend such a public gathering because of the obvious sensitive nature of the material. Getting a life » The state of my inbox: androcentric junkmail, a. Meem Blog.