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Al GAMEA

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About Me

Al GAMEA was founded in September 18, 2004 after a group of Middle Easterners Gay friends (Chris, David, Sam, Bashar and Stephan) watched a Documentary called I Exist. That film got the founders thinking, there wasn’t any organization working towards serving the GLBT Middle Eastern Population in michigan. So the group brain stormed and one of the group thought of Al GAMEA or GAMEA standing for GLBT Association of Middle Eastern Americans, and also in Arabic meaning, the Association, or the Gathering. Since then the group worked on expanding what another co-founder, Christiano Ramazzotti and his partner “David” built on their own for 2 years in advocate of the community. The last few Arabian Nights were taken over by the group, and soon, the group hopes to expand its services, and truly become a great support, and backbone, to the GLBT Middle Eastern community. We strive to create a forum for support, socialization, education and awareness, in an area that's home to the largest and most visible Middle Eastern community in the country, and to expand internationally via the World Wide Web. In the end our goal is quite simply to let people know, we are Middle Eastern, We may be Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender, but we are proud, and we do existSE NS EL ESS CR IM ES

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Open Meeting

Would you like to become part of Al GAMEA? Join us at our open meeting held in Ferndale on first Wednesday of each month. Please RSVP for next meeting via email ([email protected]). The location...
Posted by Al GAMEA on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:20:00 PST

Current activities

Al GAMEA sponsors a safe space where GLBT Arab/Chalean and their friends can gather, socialize, and celebrate Arab culture and music. Advocacy Al GAMEA is proud to be the voice of the GLBT Arab commun...
Posted by Al GAMEA on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:17:00 PST

Our Mission

Al GAMEA is a human services organization established for support, socialization, education and awareness in the GLBT Middle Eastern Community....
Posted by Al GAMEA on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:11:00 PST

Our Beginnings

Al GAMEA was founded by a group of friends who felt that GLBT Arabs were overlooked and under represented. They wanted to create an organization which would foster self esteem and provide support for ...
Posted by Al GAMEA on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:08:00 PST

Our Vision

When a time come for GLBT Arabs are no longer afraid to celebrate their identity....
Posted by Al GAMEA on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:12:00 PST

Arabic Helpline

Ever want to talk to someone about what is going on in your life but are scared of being judged? Want to talk to someone about coming out, or family problems in Arabic? Maybe you would just like to ta...
Posted by Al GAMEA on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:20:00 PST

Pride Banquet

Our Co-Chair Stephan accepted on behalf of the organization and did an excellent job with the acceptance speech. I thought I would share it On Behalf of Al GAMEA I would like to thank you for recogniz...
Posted by Al GAMEA on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:11:00 PST

Arabian Nights, June 15, 2007

Arabian nights was very successful, everyone seemed to have a great time. I know I did. I feel like Ice is a little big for the party we don't have enough people to fill it up but still I think we had...
Posted by Al GAMEA on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:08:00 PST