i love the mujadarra grrls

i'm looking at the possibility of putting together a print-on-demand book for bint el nas, the online journal i was involved with for the first few years i was in san francisco. i love the mujadarra grrls. they're my favorite activists ever; the most thoughtful, the most ethical, the most inclusive, and the most fun. it was a privilege to get to play with the smart hot awesome honorable girls.

meetings were also much less hideous then most activist meetings-- they involved more food and giggling. i'm remembering one which ended with my request to have l put makeup on me, to help me get into character for the transexual sex scene i was about to have with my then-boyfriend. i had been nervous because i don't know how to put on makeup like a real girl.

bint el nas had been coming out for a few years before i joined the team. i was involved before then though; the original two founders had consulted me when first creating the magazine, asking for suggestions on how to make the magazine trans-inclusive. and it was.

i hope we're able to put together this book thing. at this moment when beirut's lgbt center is in danger of being bombed, i'd love to be able to help make this gorgeous queer arab beacon available to the world in another form.

you can read a book, after all, in a city being bombed. even when there's no electricity.