in 2002, morcos joined the first online group for palestinian lesbians in israel and the palestinian authority. in 2003, she was outed after she gave an interview to an israeli newspaper. morcos asked that her sexual orientation not be published. but the newspaper wrote “lesbian” in the headline and printed her photograph. after morcos's sexual orientation was made public, she was harassed and physically assaulted. her car was vandalized many times. she lost her job. she volunteered her time at aswat until the organization had enough money to hire her.