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On the Question of: Coming Out
What does "coming out" mean to each of us? How is this affected by our lived reality and our culture?
Our Queer Life: Coming Out
We reflect on the idea of sharing our orientations and experiences with others, the opportunities and costs of "coming out" in different places, and seeing this …
New Queer Youth Group in Jerusalem!
alQaws organizes a another youth group titled "Me, My Sexuality, and Society: Exploration, Knowledge, and Impact" in Jerusalem!
Our Queer Life: The Latest Uprising
We share and reflect on our mixed emotions, our presence in the street, our complicated relationship with society, our roles, and different oppurtunities that …
No Pride Without Dignity
An online resource published by alQaws during pride month in June 2021, following international discussion around queer liberation and Palestine.
On the Question of: Our Experiences during the Uprising
An online workshop for LGBTQA/queer floks to share how we feel about everything we went through during the latest Palestinian uprising and up until now.
Queer Liberation & Palestine
An online resource by alQaws exploring the connections between queer liberation and Palestine in the light of last month's uprising against Israeli settler …
On the Question of: Holidays and Family
An online workshop for LGBTQA / queer floks to share how do we deal with the holidays. How does it reflect on us and our relationships with our families?
The Interaction of Palestinian Families with Diverse Gender and Sexual Experiences
This research aims to help us reach a careful understanding and analysis of Palestinian family structure, dynamics and roles around sexual and gender diversity …
New Queer Youth Group in Haifa!
alQaws organizes a another youth group titled "Me, My Sexuality, and Society: Exploration, Knowledge, and Impact" in Haifa!
Join alQaws’ 12th Annual Training for Hotline Volunteers
Would you like to support people seeking a listening ear and information related to sexual/gender identity and sexual orientation? This is your chance!
[Online Workshop] On The Question of: Coping with Successive Violent Incidents
This is a space to share and reflect on our queer experiences on several emotional, cognitive, and behavioral levels, and to explore our personal knowledge, …
alQaws Concludes Annual Training for Hotline Volunteers
The 8 new volunteers will join a committed activist team running alQaws' national hotline.
Queer Youth Group Concludes in Nazareth
alQaws youth groups are held periodically in different areas in Palestine, catering to lesbian, gay, bi, trans, and queer youth of various sexual and gender …
Why We Should Boycott Gay Pride in Tel Aviv
There is no pink door through Israel's illegal, racist wall that welcomes queer Palestinians while oppressing others.
Akhat's New Stickers
Alkhat's volunteers share with You their experience via new video
NEW: Queer Palestinian Forum at Tel Aviv University
First meeting: Tuesday, April 5th, at 17:00 at Tel Aviv University. Discussion Topic: Myths about Homosexuality
alQaws' Therapists’ Advocacy Group Starts Its Second Year - Registration is Open
alQaws is pleased to announce open registration for the second year of its Therapists' Advocacy Group, which will commence mid-February 2015.
AlKhat's Fourth Year: Listening and Information Hotline Shows Increasing, Record Community Access
AlKhat ends its fourth year with a team of 15 volunteers, 105 shifts, and more than 200 queries via the telephone hotline and the online chat platform at …
alQaws Youth Groups in Ramallah and Haifa
In 2014, alQaws organized 2 long-term youth groups with over 20 participants. The youth groups, entitled "Me, My Sexuality, and Society: Knowledge and Impact" …
alQaws Statement re: media response to Israel's blackmailing of gay Palestinians
We write in response to a couple of articles published in the past week in western media, such as "Israel surveils and blackmails gay Palestinians to make them …
Don’t single out (homo)sexuality in response to Israel blackmail revelations, Palestinians say
Last week, 43 reservists affiliated with the Israeli army's "Unit 8200" – an electronic espionage operation – issued a public letter decrying …
Pro-BDS Columbia prof’s gathering with anti-BDS J Street and Zionist LGBT groups stirs controversy
Katherine Franke, the Columbia University law professor who has endorsed the academic boycott of Israel and the Palestinian...
What is Queer BDS ? Pinkwashing, Intersections, Struggles, Politics (Angela Davis)
"What is Queer BDS? Pinkwashing, Intersections, Struggles, Politics" is 1 of 2 public panels organized by Queer Visions at the World Social Forum: Free …