Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Brenda Gazzar has written an article about Palestinian lesbians in Israel, including an interview with the founder of Aswat, which is the only group of its kind there. I was surprised to read that an Arab community leader said “we do not oppose their personal choice” – I had thought lesbianism was a punishable offense in Islamic culture. He went on to add that what he opposes is the publicizing of the issue, and I guess that makes sense. But really I was just surprised that he wasn’t supporting punishment for being lesbian.
I noticed a line in the article that mentioned the group started as an online forum, but I can’t find it – I suppose I don’t know how to search for Arabic or Hebrew sites!
