Only 5% of Paltians and 6% of Lebane accept gay relatnships - The Jesalem Post

Contents:

• RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
• NORTH LEBANON GAY TRAVEL
• ONLY 5% OF PALTIANS AND 6% OF LEBANE ACCEPT GAY RELATNSHIPS

RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN

“We want to topple homophobia; mt go! To the left, graffi clarg ‘homophobia is a crime’ is spray-pated above the slogan ‘down wh sectarianism.

Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) rights, once nsired taboo and exclud om the polil terra, have entered the mastream as a pillar of ristance for the first time. “No Homophobia. “Gay.

I am gay, I am someone who exprs my sexualy general, and my sexual sir very strongly. “For gay people, we will not stay silent; For trans women, we will chant the streets, ” she sgs.

NORTH LEBANON GAY TRAVEL

” Over time, this rponse to homophobic chants gaed tractn and beme an effective unter-narrative, a way of rrectg the public rerd and shamg those who perpetuate homophobia and transphobia. [Homosexualy] is a s fatal to the body and soul, " one of them rag. Unacceptable, homophobic cisn by the Interr Mister to ban queer events bee they are agast #Lebanon’s “tradns” & relign.

ONLY 5% OF PALTIANS AND 6% OF LEBANE ACCEPT GAY RELATNSHIPS

They played a part ncellg a 2019 ncert of Lebane group Machrou Leila, whose sger Hamed Sno is openly gay. Others choose to fly to Cyps or Turkey to say "I do" Lebanon, Article 534 of the penal still crimalis "any unnatural sexual act", and prohibs same-sex unns, wh a maximum sentence of one year 2007, only 18% of Lebane were favour of legalisg homosexualy their untry, acrdg to a Pew Rearch Center study.

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" homosexualy.The 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."Helem (Arabic for Dream), an NGO that works support of LGBTQ people across North Ai and Southwt Asia, said a statement that was "perplexg why, a untry whose cizens have no electricy, no meditn, no accs to clean water, and no social secury, and 30% unemployment the mister thought to prrize LGBTQ events as the biggt threat to natnal secury.".

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.". Ernment worked "around the globe to protect LGBTQI+ persons om vlence and abe, crimalizatn, discrimatn, and stigma and — and empower lol LGBTQI+ movements and persons."  She said any "official ncerns" were always raised wh "ernments, both prcipal [publicly] and privately," and add that the Bin admistratn se "human rights as beg universal."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 acts.Sdi 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."CBS News' Sean Conlon ntributed to this report.