Disver our selectn of the most welg Arab untri for gay travellers: Oman, Jordan, Bahra, Tunisia and Lebanon.
Contents:
- LEBANON IS KNOWN AS GAY FRIENDLY. BUT PRI WEEK WAS SHUT DOWN.
- US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
- BEIT GAY PRI EVENT A FIRST FOR LEBANON
- LEBANON LNCH ARAB WORLD'S FIRST GAY PRI WEEK
- GAY, STRAIGHT, OR JT LEBANE?
- OPN IN LEBANON, GAY ACTIVISM IS FUELG A NEW NVERSATN ABOUT MOCRACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS
- GAY PRI CALENDAR
- DISVER THE 5 MOST GAY-IENDLY ARAB UNTRI
LEBANON IS KNOWN AS GAY FRIENDLY. BUT PRI WEEK WAS SHUT DOWN.
The first ever gay pri event is takg place this week Lebanon, a untry where homosexual acts are still nsired a crime. * lebanon gay pride *
Pri Month honors the 1969 Stonewall Uprisg—a watershed moment for the Gay Rights Movement—and regniz LGBT people who have ma ntributns to history. “Back the ‘90s jt wasn’t ol to be around people who were assumed to be gay, ” explaed Romanoff.
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.
US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
Lebanon this week be the first Arab untry to celebrate gay pri but the openg event a landmark n of ftivi was nceled after Islamists threatened vlence. * lebanon gay pride *
"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. 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.
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BEIT GAY PRI EVENT A FIRST FOR LEBANON
BEIRUT — For members of Lebanon’s gay muny, Beit Pri week was tend as a way to celebrate diversy, fight discrimatn and ph for more rights and regnn. But that dream me crashg down this week when Lebane thori taed the celebratn’s anizer, releasg him only after he promised to ncel the remag events. * lebanon gay pride *
”Homosexualy is crimalized across the Arab world, although some untri look the other way as long as remas private. Lebane law stipulat that “any sexual terurse ntrary to the orr of nature” is punishable by up to one year prison, but do not specify which sexual practic are law is enforced irregularly, so Lebanon has veloped to one of the Arab world’s most open and active gay muni. Night-life activi iendly to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people are easy to fd, and several anizatns provi health and other servic.
LEBANON LNCH ARAB WORLD'S FIRST GAY PRI WEEK
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The lead sger of the Lebane rock band Mashrou’ Leila is one of the regn’s most famo openly gay Lebanon is also home to 18 officially regnized relig sects, many of which oppose homosexualy on relig grounds and have associatns that mpaign agast gay-iendly Pri was tend to be a ne-day seri of events Beit, Lebanon’s pal.
GAY, STRAIGHT, OR JT LEBANE?
* lebanon gay pride *
In 2017, the openg event of gay pri week was nceled after threats by Islamist Hubbard ntributed reportg om Larnaka, Cyps. Image source, North Country Off Grid/Youtube/via RtersImage ptn, Photos shared on social at the time allegedly showed dozens of the hate group's members beg arrted near the pri eventFive members of a whe supremacist hate group nvicted of plottg to rt at a gay pri event will spend three days jail, a urt has men and dozens other members of the Patrt Front group were arrted last June after a rint spotted them wh masks and shields gettg to a were lled and found rt gear and a smoke grena the lorry was stopped near where the North Idaho Pri Alliance was holdg an event the cy of Cor d'Alene. As such, he simply st those thoughts asi until he reached his 30s, a time when Persen was ready to evaluate himself and fd those rourc that helped him realize what those thoughts meant: he’s gay.
OPN IN LEBANON, GAY ACTIVISM IS FUELG A NEW NVERSATN ABOUT MOCRACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS
The first ever gay pri event is takg place this week Lebanon, a untry where homosexual acts are still nsired a crime. Instead of the ual gay pri paras seen the Wt, Beit Pri will clu an exhibn on genr fluidy fashn as well as a storytellg get-together centered on g-out stori and a gay-themed party one of the Middle East’s biggt night clubs.
GAY PRI CALENDAR
Several anti-homophobia events and monstratns have taken place Lebanon recent years, but activists are hailg Beit Pri as a “first”. Abou Abbas thks the ad go a long way toward affirmg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) rights.
Damien said that Beit Pri is not lookg to promote legal rights such as gay marriage – Lebanon has not fully legalized civil marriag. Var anti-homophobia mpaigns have been met wh protts, and venu have been reluctant to host their events. There have also been a seri of secury crackdowns on gay-iendly night clubs and bathho, events that stirred sizable bate the natnal media.
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BEIRUT (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Lebanon this week be the first Arab untry to celebrate gay pri but the openg event a landmark n of ftivi was nceled after Islamists threatened Lebanon, a non-prof group promotg equal rights, was due to host a cultural event last Sunday as a kickoff to the entire week, but said was dropped by the venue after threats om the Associatn of Mlim Scholars Lebanon, a Salafist the gay rights movement has steadily grown Beit, homosexual acts are still punishable by up to a year Makso, director of Proud Lebanon, said the week marked a watershed gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr life, spe the threatened vlence and some lol opposn.