by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 16, 2013 | Society
According to a statement released by the Lebanese Psychiatric Society (LPS) and published on the Ministry of Information’s National News Agency on Thursday, homosexuality is not a disease and there is nothing that needs to be cured: LGBTQ Nation provides a...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 29, 2012 | Lebanese Abroard, Society
THe LGBTQ advocacy group, HELEM, has succeeded in getting Mohamed Eskandar to alter his setlist for his performances in Ottawa and Montreal this Saturday and Sunday due to the homophobic and misogynistic nature of two of his songs, Dod el Enef and Jomhouryet Albi:...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 9, 2010 | Lebanese Abroard
An unusual story from down-under: A Lebanese Muslim man was refused a protection visa in Australia because authorities did not believe he was gay. Apparently, the man arrived in Australia on a visit visa in 2007 and tried to make his stay permanent. First he tried...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 30, 2009 | Society
It may be baby steps towards true equality, but the fact that this book is available is a positive sign: “Bareed Mista3jil,” Arabic for “Mail in a Hurry,” is a collection of 41 true stories of women grappling with coming out, religion, family...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 8, 2009 | Society
Lebanon’s only lesbian magazine has returned to cyberspace: Lebanon’s online lesbian magazine Bekhsoos is back after a nearly one-year hiatus for almost one year. The publication, whose Arabic name loosely translates as “Concerning,” was...
