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Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) persons livg Lebanon may face difficulti not experienced by non-LGBT rints, although they are nsirably more ee than other parts of the Arab world.

A poll nducted by the Pew Rearch Center 2007 showed that 79% of Lebane believed that "homosexualy should be rejected by society", as opposed to 18% who believed "homosexualy should be accepted by society". [10] Pew rearch polls 2020 dite an even greater heteronormativy among the Lebane populatn, wh 85% rejectg homosexualy and only 13% ditg an acceptance of homosexualy.

(Beit) – Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people and their rights  Lebanon are part and parcel of the natnwi protts that began on October 17, 2019, Human Rights Watch said today a web feature. As was a banner produced by the Amerin gay rights movement the 1970s, the crowd the Beiti square at that time did not unrstand what meant, which helped to ensure the protectn and safety of s bearers. It is the ‎Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB), a day on which LGBTI anizatns are keen to hold activi that brg LGBTI dividuals and their alli together, celebrate them, and nfirm their existence and rights.

(Beit) – Lebane thori have unlawfully banned peaceful gathergs of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people, the Coaln to Defend Freedom of Exprsn Lebanon said today. In a untry where homosexualy n be punished by up to a year prison, and relig stutns that reject same-sex relatns hold enormo power, the unnventnal chant reflected the fiance of the uprisg, and a surprisg shift attus toward LGBT rights. ” Prev surveys have shown that Lebane society generally do not have favorable views of homosexualy, wh a 2013 Pew Rearch poll sayg 80% of the popultn reject .

But LGBT advot are hopg the lls for polil change and wave of anti-ernment protts are also an opportuny to re-exame the place of anti-gay sentiment mastream Lebane society. While pro-ernment opponents of the protters have latched onto this by hurlg homophobic sults and raisg ncerns about the protters’ diversy and openns, activists are turng the smears around.

Although ’s viewed as relatively socially liberal, Lebanon still crimaliz homosexualy acrdance wh a law that dat back to the late days of the French Mandate, when France ntrolled the untry om s morn foundg 1920 until 1943. While Lebanon’s penal bans “all sexual relatns ntrary to the laws of nature” whout mentng homosexualy, has been ed to ta and prosecute gay men and trans women.

“There is a sudn sense of enlightenment, ” says Fna Abou Abdo, a psychomotor therapist who works wh children on gnive, behavral and physil velopment. One group of mostrators started llg Foreign Mister Gebran Bassil, a equent target of wty slogans, “louteh”—a ragotary word ed to scribe gay men.

“If the protts want to allow homosexualy… how n I accept , ” said Joseph Aboufal, an outspoken pund who supports Print Michel Aoun a recent TV appearance. And Charbel Khalil, a TV producer who is also an avid backer of the print, has acced artists and journalists of jog the protts to pass laws “relatg to their homosexualy.

When public figur e homophobic slurs to sre people and to create panic, Damien says, they highlight both their misunrstandg and disnnectn of people’s reali. She adds that homophobia will not disappear om society if the lg class falls, but a secular state would be a start for a long-term procs to promote acceptance and equal protectn unr the law. While recent lgs have terpreted Lebanon’s ban on “all sexual relatns ntrary to the laws of nature” as not applyg to homosexualy, the Lebane legal system do not always apply precents.

At the protts, LGBT activists are not explicly mandg the crimalizatn of homosexualy, but such aims are a part of the broar hop of the uprisg—to build a better untry, Samhat says.

Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) persons livg Lebanon may face difficulti not experienced by non-LGBT rints, although they are nsirably more ee than other parts of the Arab world. A poll nducted by the Pew Rearch Center 2007 showed that 79% of Lebane believed that "homosexualy should be rejected by society", as opposed to 18% who believed "homosexualy should be accepted by society".

On 11 December 2009, the Lebanon-based LGBT anizatn Helem lnched a report that would target the legal suatn of homosexuals the Middle East and North Ai.

[16] Lebanon's Interr Mister of the Interim Government, Marwan Charbel, supported the Mayor of Dekwaneh sayg, "Lebanon is opposed to homosexualy, and acrdg to Lebane law is a crimal offense. On 11 July 2013, the Lebane Psychiatric Society (LPS) released a statement sayg that homosexualy is not a mental disorr and do not need to be treated, they said: "Homosexualy self do not e any fect judgment, stabily, reliabily or social and profsnal abili", "The assumptn that homosexualy is a rult of disturbanc the fay dynamic or unbalanced psychologil velopment is based on wrong rmatn". Also, the LPS stated that nversn therapy, seekg to "nvert" gays and bisexuals to straights has no scientific background and asked health profsnals to "rely only on science" when givg opn and treatment this matter.

Ge Azzi, executive director of the Arab Foundatn for Freedoms and Equaly, told the Washgton Bla 2017: "Homosexualy is technilly illegal Lebanon, however the new generatn of judg are ls likely to apply the law and the police forc will not rerce .

On 24 June 2022, durg Pri Month, the Caretaker Mister of Interr Bassam Mawlawi orred the Internal Secury Forc and GS to "immediately take the necsary measur to prevent any type of celebratn, meetg or gatherg" by the LGBTQ muny followg prsure by relig thori the untry, while clarg: "This phenomenon [Homosexualy] is ntrary to the habs and ctoms of our society" and relig prcipl, Mawlawi said, addg that "personal eedoms nnot be voked.

"[28] A few days later, the Lebane Psychiatric Associatn released a statement strsg their posn on homosexualy, statg: "as psychiatrists, we would like to clarify that homosexualy nnot be nsired a disease that requir treatment". On 22 July 2023, secretary-general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, clared a cultural war on the LGBTQ muny Lebanon, statg that homosexualy is exported to the Lebane society om the Uned Stat and Europe. [31] He lled for the Islamic punishment of sodomy to be imposed on homosexuals and that they "be killed, " and also lled for the Lebane to reject homosexualy.