The A Project invites you to apply for an intensive six-day training on Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), for a chance to join our team of volunteer counselors who accompany callers on our Sexuality Hotline.

Becoming part of our team of volunteer counselors also means joining a community of committed members and contributing to research, writing, and outreach activities at The A Project.

We have all needed someone to listen, especially when a doctor dismissed our concerns, when our families misunderstood us, or when we were judged for how we live, love, or inhabit our bodies.

The Sexuality Hotline was created as a response to the gatekeeping, misinformation, and erasure that shape access to sexual and reproductive health. It exists because women and gender-diverse people deserve spaces where their experiences are taken seriously, without shame, without policing, and without dismissal.

Being a counselor on the Sexuality Hotline means holding that space with intention. It means talking openly about sexual pleasure, bodily autonomy, reproductive health, and non-normativity. It also means accompanying callers through difficult conversations about violence, rejection, stigma, or gender discomfort with political clarity and radical kindness.

We are looking for volunteers who want to think critically, learn collectively, and practice community-based care. As a team, we continuously deepen our knowledge and interrogate dominant discourses so that we can respond to our callers with nuance, accountability, and care.

If this speaks to you, apply to our 12th Sexuality Hotline Counselors Training. 

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// We are looking for people who:

• Are interested in sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender justice, and queer feminist movement-building
• Speak Arabic fluently, and preferably English as well
• Are cis women, trans women, trans men, or gender non-conforming individuals
• Live in Lebanon
• Can commit to attending all 6 days of the training without exception
• Can commit to follow-up online trainings over the 2 months following the 6-day training
• Commit to undergoing our end-of-training assessment (required before joining the hotline)
• Are committed to taking on paid hotline shifts for at least 6 months after their training

// And we have a soft spot for those who have:

• Attended The A Project's Sex and Society Reading Retreat, the Politics of Mental Health Reading Retreat, or the Reproductive Justice Reading Retreat
• Contributed to feminist writing, thinking, and/or organizing in Lebanon or the region

Note:

• You are not expected to have any health-related knowledge or prior counseling experience before the training. Our counselors do not come from medical or professional backgrounds, but are required to attend intensive sessions to expand their knowledge.
• Taking shifts on the hotline is done rotationally (taking turns among other counselors). It is voluntary and paid.
• This is not an employment opportunity, but a remunerated volunteer opportunity to learn and practice community support and accompaniment.

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// Among many others, the training will cover the following topics:

• The politics of sexuality, gender, and non-normativity
• Basic anatomy and physiology of sexual and reproductive systems
• Contraception
• Trans-specific bodily autonomy
• Reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted infections
• Pregnancy and delivery
• Sexual pleasure
• Unwanted pregnancies
• Sexual violence

Training dates: May 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 2026

// deadline to apply is Wednesday, March 25th //

Apply here 

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An informational online session will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. 
Fill out this form to sign up for the session. An email with the Zoom link will be sent out shortly before the session.