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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

Be Voyeur to the Grindr Correspondence Between Two Gay Men from Countries in Conflict, in ‘Borders’ — WATCH

Andy Towle October 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Israeli playwright Nimrod Danishman has adapted his stage play Borders for the COVID era, moving it virtual as a conversation on the messaging app … [Read more...] about Be Voyeur to the Grindr Correspondence Between Two Gay Men from Countries in Conflict, in ‘Borders’ — WATCH

Topics: Entertainment, Theater, towleroad More Posts About: coronavirus, Covid-19, Israel, LEbanon, Nimrod Danishman

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

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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

LGBTQ World News Digest: 7 International Stories You Need to Know About

Andy Towle July 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

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AUSTRALIA. Melbourne artists' work "Taste the Feeling" removed for homophobia? 'The collage, which includes the faces of right-wing Australian … [Read more...] about LGBTQ World News Digest: 7 International Stories You Need to Know About

Topics: Pride, towleroad, Travel More Posts About: Australia, Chechnya, China, International LGBT Rights, LEbanon, Palau, Poland, United Kingdom

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

HS Student Who Posted Bible Verses Around School to ‘Heal’ ‘Confused’ LGBTQ Classmates Says She Was Unfairly Suspended: WATCH

Andy Towle March 13, 2019 Leave a Comment

Gabby Helsinger, a Lebanon, Ohio public high school student who was suspended after putting up Bible verses around her school in response to the … [Read more...] about HS Student Who Posted Bible Verses Around School to ‘Heal’ ‘Confused’ LGBTQ Classmates Says She Was Unfairly Suspended: WATCH

Topics: Living | Loving, Religion, towleroad More Posts About: education, Gabby Helsinger, Gay Straight Alliance, GSA, LEbanon, Ohio

LGBTQ World News Digest: 10 International Stories You Need to Know About

Andy Towle January 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

CHECHNYA. Activists with the Russian LGBT Network report that they have begun initiating evacuations of gay men fleeing a new wave of persecution in … [Read more...] about LGBTQ World News Digest: 10 International Stories You Need to Know About

Topics: Health, News, Sex Work, Sports, towleroad More Posts About: AIDS, Austria, Chechnya, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, International LGBT Rights, Japan, LEbanon

No Longer Alone: LGBT Activists from the Middle East and North Africa Speak Out in New Video Series

Andy Towle April 16, 2018 Leave a Comment

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfsypgPeMpw Human Rights Watch and the Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (AFE) have produced a new series … [Read more...] about No Longer Alone: LGBT Activists from the Middle East and North Africa Speak Out in New Video Series

Topics: Freedoms More Posts About: Egypt, International LGBT Rights, Jordan, LEbanon, Morocco

A Beirut-Based Band That Challenges Homophobia

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

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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

Celebrities and Activists Call for Equality for Lebanon’s LGBT Community: VIDEO

Towleroad May 13, 2015

BY RICHARD HALL / GlobalPost BEIRUT — The Middle East is not a friendly place for the LGBT community. In Egypt, gay men are arrested and … [Read more...] about Celebrities and Activists Call for Equality for Lebanon’s LGBT Community: VIDEO

Topics: Celebrities, News, Society More Posts About: Global LGBT Rights, LEbanon, News, Travel: Lebanon

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