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The following testimonies were collected by activists in Cairo: 1- Testimony on a Visit to El-Marg Police Station to seek Information and Check-on a Group of 14 men Accused of Immorality 10 November 2013 On Thursday the 17 October 2013, I was exposed to verbal harassments and insults by a police officer (who refused to… Continue reading

On Saturday the 21st of April, the  mayor of  Dekwaneh, Antoine Shakhtoura, illegally raided a club, harassed the owner and the clients and had three gay and a trans person arrested and transported in car boots to the police station where they were forced strip naked, photographed, beaten and humiliated breaking more than 11 laws, despite the… Continue reading

LGBT bloggers, organizations and individuals are asked to share this letter, the signatories want ” AUB’s LGBTQ students know that there are many faculty and staff at AUB who are their allies and support them in their expression and would fight to ensure a safe and secure space for them to grow.” (the letter below is… Continue reading

Exciting news coming from Egypt, a group launched the first Egyptian LGBT Magazine, since the magazine does not have  website yet and it is only available in PDF format. I decided to share it here for those who would like to read it and forward it to other people. EHNA Magazine As for Lebanon, I am… Continue reading

Yesterday was Mother’s Day. On Mother’s Day, we celebrate all the great women dedicating their lives to the their children, to make sure they are brought up well, putting in all the efforts within their power to support us. And on that day, I couldn’t help but think of all the mothers, especially those in… Continue reading

That’s how some people responded to the rage that many individuals expressed again MTV’s racist, sexist and homophobic sketches; having lost hope that we can actually change MTV’s position, I decided to respond to people who think that this show is funny. 1-     In a society where  there is still no consensus not to discriminated… Continue reading

Last month, I was asked to give a presentation about the history of the LGBT movement in Lebanon, because of the limited time i was given, i could not present all the activities and achievements of the movement, however I did my best  to present major milestones showing the evolution of the movement:   2012:36… Continue reading

Once again, Al Jaras has graced us with its amazing journalistic skills to enlighten us with yet another indescribable ingenious scoop of an article that shed light on matters we never would have imagined possible. Apparently, one of Nidal al Ahmadiyeh’s cronies went to one of Beirut’s Halloween parties. “People were dressed as vampires, you… Continue reading

I recently participated in a meeting discussing LGBT strategies in the MENA region. In one of the panels, an activist criticized what she called “identity politics” and the fact that some MENA organizations are importing a western form of activism, notably by celebrating events such as the International Day Against Homophobia, and she went on… Continue reading

It is not the first time religious authorities try to jeopardize the work of the civil society. It is not the first time that religious institutions try to hijack the Lebanese society by doing their utmost to influence the legal and the political systems. The freedom of the association in Lebanon is futile since at… Continue reading