Treat Me Like Your Mother (2025)

Overview:
Four trans women from Lebanon—Em Abed, Jamal Abdo, Antonella, and Mama Jad—recount lives shaped by resilience, love, and loss. Their stories span from the groundbreaking state-funded gender-affirming surgery of 1997 to the disappearance of Beirut’s once-safe queer spaces. Through personal photographs, archival footage, and recollections of places like the Raouche strip, their voices resurrect a forgotten history of community and survival amid war and oppression. Interwoven with the filmmaker’s own journey of self-discovery, this intimate documentary traces four decades of trans life in Beirut, celebrating friendship, identity, and the enduring spirit of chosen family.

Release Date: 2025-11-15

Genre: Documentary

Duration: 75 minutes

Rating: ⭐ 10/10 (1 votes)

Actors: Antonella, Em Abed, Jamal Abdo, Mama Jad