“I was in a competition in Saframarine and I came first, so they gave me a medal. I didn’t give a shit if I had won or not so I took the medal off and threw it away, and it hit Lady Madonna in the face! She was astounded. I didn’t even know her!” - Excerpt from an interview with Em Abed for Treat Me Like Your Mother: Trans* Histories From Beirut’s Forgotten Past.
