Author: Hadeel Ghaddar

A special thanks to Tarek& Khawla. I never understood what queer means; I was always aware that “Lesbians” and “Gays” are somehow “forbidden” in our society. On a daily, I hear everyone around me criticizing people’s personal sexual preferences in the name of religion, social norms, cultures, and whatever other thing they can resort to instead of actively thinking and forming their own opinions; I used to be one of those people.  I would secretly judge members of the LGBTQ+ community for a long time, and I often found myself indirectly mocking them in friends’ gatherings. It was as if, no matter…