Rpondg to a cisn by Lebanon’s Telemunitns Mistry to block accs to the app, Grdr, which is maly ed by gay and trans men, Amnty Internatnal’s Middle East Rearch Director Lynn Maalouf said: “The cisn to ban Grdr Lebanon is a eply regrsive step and a blow for the human rights of the lol […]
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- LEBANON: BAN ON GAY DATG APP GRDR A BLOW FOR SEXUAL RIGHTS AND EEDOM
- EVERYONE IS WELE: THE ONLY GAY HANGOUT THE ARAB WORLD
- GAY SYRIAN REFUGE STGGLE TO SURVIVE LEBANON
- DISVER THE 5 MOST GAY-IENDLY ARAB UNTRI
- GAY RIGHTS E TO THE FORE AS LEBANON PREPAR TO VOTE
- GAY LEBANON
- GAY LEBANON
LEBANON: BAN ON GAY DATG APP GRDR A BLOW FOR SEXUAL RIGHTS AND EEDOM
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Beit, Lebanon – In an enomilly troubled, nservative untry where homosexual behavur is taboo, a growg number of men are prostutg themselv to scrape together a livg. Hassan – who asked his real name not be ed – was forced to leave his untry after his fay found out about his homosexualy and threatened to kill him.
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A uple of days later, a wealthy entreprenr om Turkey picked him up at a gay club loted the heart of the pal. The fact that one n anonymoly e gay social works such as Grdr or Manjam to meet clients a matter of mut – or look for potential on Beit’s gay bars, clubs or hammams – mak easier for the male prostut to stay safe and to keep their job a secret. Dpe homosexual activy beg illegal Lebanon, Beit is wily regard as the saft place for homosexuals the Middle East.
The world-famo Lebane band Mashrou Leila has an openly gay sger.
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Before the vlence and stabily Lebanon turned them away, wealthy gay men om the Gulf untri were pecially proment, ready to pay up to a few thoand dollars – sh, jewellery or signer cloth – for a night wh an rt.
(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.
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Rpondg to a cisn by Lebanon’s Telemunitns Mistry to block accs to the app, Grdr, which is maly ed by gay and trans men, Amnty Internatnal’s Middle East Rearch Director Lynn Maalouf said:. As well as beg a flagrant asslt on the right to eedom of exprsn, this move will serve to entrench and legimize homophobic views wh the untry.
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Instead of blockg apps ed by the gay muny, the Lebane thori should immediately revoke this ban and foc their efforts on endg their crackdown agast LGBTI people. Jt over a year ago, Internal Secury forc also banned a seri of activi anized by LGBTI activists to mark the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia and Transphobia, cg secury ncerns.
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Everyone is, a study bathed by the afternoon sunshe, Wael Hse, a 24-year-old gay man, is chattg wh Naya, a transgenr woman, ahead of Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) on Thursday. ”Compared wh other untri the Middle East, such as Iran where homosexualy is punishable by ath, Lebanon has a relatively thrivg LGBT muny. ”Sce then Helem’s reputatn has spread beyond Lebanon throughout the Arab world and several siar anisatns have been set up, cludg the NGO Shams Tunisia, fightg for the crimalisatn of homosexualy.
He ed to be the manager of Bardo, Beit’s most famo gay bar, before jog Helem, an experience he says has opened his ey to the discrimatn faced by those om prived social backgrounds. He is a refugee, and he is also gay. Although Lebanon is often perceived as more tolerant than most untri the regn, like Syria the Lebane Penal Co nsirs ‘homosexual acts’ illegal.
The untry’s lbian gay, bisexual, transgenr or tersex (LGBTI) muny is growg promence but the issue is still a taboo.
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But as a gay man he fac further hardship.
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I learnt that many gay men do not disclose their sexual inty when registerg wh the UN as refuge for fear of the add stigma this would expose them to. Those who have registered say UNHCR’s service provirs have often st doubt over whether they are gay before providg them wh assistance, and are not sensive to their needs.
Omar, 34, moved to Lebanon November 2012 om Syria where he feared that Islamist ants who had taken over his cy would persecute him for beg gay. It’s worse bee I am not only gay but I am Syrian as well.
Khalil, Omar and Hamid all said they hope they will ultimately be rettled a untry where they will not be aaid to openly adm that they are gay, and are able to have accs to medil servic and the right to work.