Published by Al-ArabyQueer rights activists in Lebanon have been forced to cancel protests outside the interior ministry after receiving death threats … [Read more...] about Beirut LGBT protests forced to postpone after death threats
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Lebanon’s LGBTQ+ revolution gatekeeps country’s safe spaces
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
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
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
Video Captures Horrific Moment Beirut Explosion Interrupted BBC Arabic News Broadcast; Defense Officials Say Trump Talking Nonsense in Calling it ‘Attack’
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’
Tim Murphy on How He Drew from His Queer and Arab Identities to Craft his Gripping New Novel
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
A Beirut-Based Band That Challenges Homophobia
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
Rabih Alameddine’s ‘An Unnecessary Woman’: Book Review
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
Human Rights Watch To Lebanon: No More Anal Probes
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
Lebanon: Gay Oasis in the Middle East?
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?
Beirut, Lebanon Gay Rights Activists Hold New Rally
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