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cswr-1851	Baitoo, Nicholas	LGBTQI-Identifying Members of the Middle Eastern-American Community	2019	5	.pdf	application/pdf	3362	204	42	LGBTQI-IDENTIFYING MIDDLE EASTERN-AMERICANS NARRATIVES OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCE Though some research exists that describes the experiences of LGBTQI communities in the Middle East (Sharma, 2007), LGBTQI communities in the United States (Stewart, 2014), and Middle Eastern communities within the United States, there is a glaring absence of research focused on LGBTQI-identifying MEAs (Ikizler & Symanski, 2014). MIDDLE EASTERN-AMERICANS, 9/11, AND ISLAMOPHOBIA Though Middle Eastern ethnic communities have existed in the United States since the late 19th century (Zong & Batalova, 2015), one of the most important incidents affecting the collective MEA psyche did not occur until the beginning of the 21st century: the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001.	cache/cswr-1851.pdf	txt/cswr-1851.txt