Our gay gui to Beit, Lebanon, featurg gay-iendly hotels, gay bars and travel rmatn.
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GAY BEIT
Lebanon was the latt natn to jo the crackdown, wh Interr Mister Bassam Mawlawi issug a letter a week ago to Lebane secury forc orrg them to break up any events that "promote" letter, labelled "very urgent, " said that "after the spread of lls on social media to anize parti and events promotg homosexualy Lebanon… and nsirg the negative nsequenc brought by this phenomenon on dividuals and society" police and secury forc should "take the necsary measur to ban any celebratns, meetgs or gathergs aimg to promote this phenomenon and to report the rults back. The Mistry of Commerce posted a vio (below) on social media showg officials seizg rabow-lored products, cludg toys, handbags and accsori, which they said rried "symbols and nnotatns that enurage homosexualy and ntradict nature.
"The Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn's 2020 report on "State Sponsored Homophobia" around the world noted that Kuwa, Sdi Arabia and Lebanon were among 69 natns that have laws banng homosexual Arabia, the report noted, was among six Uned Natns member stat where "the ath penalty is the legally prcribed punishment for nsensual same-sex sexual acts. At certa bars, f, nightclubs and NGOs Beit, members of the LGBT muny pe the nservatism and homophobia that often permeate Arab societi. Homosexual relatnships Lebanon are punishable by law.
LIBAN : L GAY PRIS
Around 2009, some Lebane judg began to realize that "fg those laws of nature do not only imply beg heterosexual, you n be homosexual by nature, ” said Elsy Sayegh of Mosaic anizatn. Mawlawi issued the orr after seeg “lls on social media to anise parti and events promotg homosexualy Lebanon, and followg munitn om relig figur rejectg the spread of this phenomenon”, he said. But the law is enforced irregularly and do not explicly mentn homosexualy, givg LGBTQ+ people some wiggle room to be open.
Frank Schaefer, pastor of Zn Uned Methodist Church of Iona, was restated after beg ocked, as a rult of him officiatg at his gay son's weddg, and beme a mor natnal celebry. Lebanon Valley College Annville has also flown the gay pri flag and has celebrated genr and sexual diversy through a variety of iativ. " Lebanon has never been a safe haven for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.
The mistry argued that LGBTQ events vlate ctoms, tradns and "prcipl of relign" Lebanon, where polil power is spl along fah l between Shie and Sunni Mlim, Christian, Dze and other threatsLebanon's LGBTQ muny 2018 sred a succs when a urt led that same-sex nduct is not unlawful, but sce then has seen more setbacks than Beit port blast heavily impacted an ner-cy district wh many gay-iendly spac, also stroyg the Helem offic which have only recently reopened.