Bareed Mista3jil: True Stories

This book brings together the stories of women who are not heterosexual. It seeks to question and challenge the common misunderstanding that the only alternative to heterosexuality is homosexuality. We tend to label people as either straight (heterosexual) or gay (homosexual). During the research process for this book, however, we came across such a wide array of sexualities that it was impossible to lump them all into the one "homosexual" category. That's why we call it a book about lesbian, bisexual, queer and questioning women, and transgender persons, it's quite a mouthful, yes, but it is important to start acknowledging and recognizing the range of sexualities.For the purposes of this introduction, we have used the term "queer" to represent...