Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 13:02:58 -0800 From: Ron Buckmire Subject: QUEERARABS mailing list Ahlan wa Sahlan! Welcome to queerarabs, the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered arab mailing list. If your receive this message, you are subscribed to the list. Please save this information about the list: PURPOSE Queerarabs is a mailing list for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people who identify as arab or middle-eastern. The purpose of this list is to allow glbt arabs to communicate; to discuss queer arab culture, experiences and issues; and to provide a social and support network. The list is not moderated. CONFIDENTIALITY The list is confidential; your name and email address will NOT be visible to anybody else on the list unless you send mail to the list. The only persons who will have access to it are the administrators of the list (the founders and the systems administrator of the machine used to maintain the list). It is the policy of the list maintainers not to release the names of recipients and to try to keep the list private. However, email is not secure, so don't count on it. To SUBSCRIBE to the list, send mail to: majordomo@queernet.org Do not write anything in the subject line. In the text, type: subscribe queerarabs To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to majordomo@queernet.org and type: unsubscribe queerarabs POSTING MESSAGES To SEND A MESSAGE to the list, use the address: queerarabs@queernet.org Your message will be forwarded to the entire membership of the list. It is also possible to post to the list anonymously by posting to: queerarabs-anonymous@queernet.org This will strip the "From" field and other identifying information from the mail header, then automatically send the message to the list. Contributors to queerarabs are expected to be responsible. Messages consisting of personal attacks are inappropriate. Please keep messages concise. ADMINISTRIVIA Send any other administrative questions or requests to queerarabs-owner@queernet.org The administrators reserve the right to remove anyone from the list at any time who attacks or insults any person or group. *** Please feel free to distribute this message, especially to glbt arabs ***