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Lebanon’s LGBTQ+ revolution gatekeeps country’s safe spaces

Towleroad June 21, 2022 Leave a Comment

Published by Al-ArabyThere's little doubt that Lebanonhad led the LGBTQ+ revolution in the Middle East. One just has to walk around Beirut's Bourj … [Read more...] about Lebanon’s LGBTQ+ revolution gatekeeps country’s safe spaces

Topics: Aaon, Activism, LGBT Rights, Space, World More Posts About: Beirut, Bourj Hammoud, LEbanon

NRA Suit, Beirut Blast, Nancy Pelosi, Mike DeWine, Mike Pence, Lake of the Ozarks, Ritchie Torres, Ellen DeGeneres, Kanye West, Alyssa Milano, Regan Gascoigne: HOT LINKS

John Wright August 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

BOMBSHELL: New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA in suit accusing gun rights group of wide-ranging fraud and self-dealing. The chief … [Read more...] about NRA Suit, Beirut Blast, Nancy Pelosi, Mike DeWine, Mike Pence, Lake of the Ozarks, Ritchie Torres, Ellen DeGeneres, Kanye West, Alyssa Milano, Regan Gascoigne: HOT LINKS

Topics: Celebrities, Health, towleroad More Posts About: Alyssa Milano, Beirut, Covid-19, Ellen DeGeneres, Hot Links, Kanye West, Lake of the Ozarks, Mike DeWine, Mike Pence, Nancy Pelosi, NRA, Regan Gascoigne, Ritchie Torres

Video Captures Horrific Moment Beirut Explosion Interrupted BBC Arabic News Broadcast; Defense Officials Say Trump Talking Nonsense in Calling it ‘Attack’

Andy Towle August 5, 2020 Leave a Comment

bbc arabic explosion

Maryam Toumi, a journalist at the BBC Arabic News office, was conducting an interview with Faisal Al-Asil, director of projects at the Moroccan Agency … [Read more...] about Video Captures Horrific Moment Beirut Explosion Interrupted BBC Arabic News Broadcast; Defense Officials Say Trump Talking Nonsense in Calling it ‘Attack’

Topics: towleroad More Posts About: Beirut, Donald Trump, LEbanon

Tim Murphy on How He Drew from His Queer and Arab Identities to Craft his Gripping New Novel

Savas Abadsidis May 3, 2019 Leave a Comment

Tim Murphy’s new novel, Correspondents, like his last one, Christodora, is epic in scope. Correspondents is reminiscent of … [Read more...] about Tim Murphy on How He Drew from His Queer and Arab Identities to Craft his Gripping New Novel

Topics: Entertainment, towleroad More Posts About: Afghanistan, Beirut, Books, Gay Writers, Gays Against Guns, Gun Control, HIV/AIDS, Iraq, LEbanon, Muslim Ban, Tim Murphy

A Beirut-Based Band That Challenges Homophobia

Joyce Hackel - PRI The World June 20, 2016 Leave a Comment

Mashrou Leila

The Pulse nightclub shooting is still reverberating for members of the indie-rock band Mashrou' Leila. The gay-friendly band is based in … [Read more...] about A Beirut-Based Band That Challenges Homophobia

Topics: Music, towleroad, World More Posts About: Beirut, LEbanon, Mashrou’ Leila

Rabih Alameddine’s ‘An Unnecessary Woman’: Book Review

Garth Greenwell March 19, 2014

BY GARTH GREENWELL Aaliya Selah, the irreverent, vibrant, hilarious, and fiercely solitary narrator of Rabih Alameddine’s brilliant new novel, has … [Read more...] about Rabih Alameddine’s ‘An Unnecessary Woman’: Book Review

Topics: Religion, Space More Posts About: Beirut, Beirut, Book Review, Book Review, Books, Books, Garth Greenwell, Garth Greenwell, LEbanon, LEbanon

Human Rights Watch To Lebanon: No More Anal Probes

Brandon Thorp and Penn Bullock August 11, 2012

It's both inexpressibly sad and deeply ridiculous that the Human Rights Watch, the four-star charity founded in 1978 to enforce the Helsinki … [Read more...] about Human Rights Watch To Lebanon: No More Anal Probes

Topics: News More Posts About: Beirut, crime, Health, LEbanon, News

Lebanon: Gay Oasis in the Middle East?

Andy Towle August 3, 2009

For those of you who have been to both, is Beirut "the Provincetown of the Middle East" as the NYT proclaims?"While homosexual activity … [Read more...] about Lebanon: Gay Oasis in the Middle East?

Topics: News, World More Posts About: Beirut, LEbanon, News, Travel

Beirut, Lebanon Gay Rights Activists Hold New Rally

Andy Towle May 11, 2009

 The second major rally in four months has been held by a gay and lesbian activist group in Lebanon, Calcutta News reports: "Gay men and … [Read more...] about Beirut, Lebanon Gay Rights Activists Hold New Rally

Topics: Nature/Climate, News, World More Posts About: Beirut, gay rights, LEbanon, News

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