''El Shad'' (

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

الشاذ) is the first magazine of the LGBTQI+ community in

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. The term means "abnormal", which is an insult to homosexuals. One of the cofounders states, "We chose this name because we claim this abnormality, just as everyone is abnormal."

Description

Available online, El Shad is a quarterly and completely free magazine, intended for the Algerian LGBT community. The magazine was initiated by three members of the LGBT organization Alouen. It was created in November 2014. LeXo Fanzine, an Algerian lesbian magazine, was started earlier by a member of Alouen. The editor-in-chief is O. Harim.

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''El Shad''
online LGBTQ culture in the Arab world LGBTQ in Algeria LGBTQ book publishing companies