Members of Lebanon's LGBTQ+ community participate in a demonstration outside a police station in Beirut on May 15, 2016. (Credit: Anwar Amro/AFP)
It’s been five years since he left Beirut, Lebanon, to settle in Paris. Somewhere, on the "good side" of the world, where he could finally live his homosexuality in peace, with no concern for anyone or anything. Yet, this is the first year he’s taking part in Pride. It’s the month of June, when in Paris and many other cities around the world LGBTQ+ communities take up a special place in the public sphere. The month when the hard-won rights of LGBTQ+ people are celebrated, and people reflect on what they still need to fight for and what visibility is still denied to them. Read more ‘The Queer Arab Glossary’: Marwan Kaabour compiles dictionary of regional LGBTQ+ slang In Lebanon however, Article 534 of the Penal Code continues to criminalize homosexual relations, punishable by up to one year in prison. For him, even five...
It’s been five years since he left Beirut, Lebanon, to settle in Paris. Somewhere, on the "good side" of the world, where he could finally live his homosexuality in peace, with no concern for anyone or anything. Yet, this is the first year he’s taking part in Pride. It’s the month of June, when in Paris and many other cities around the world LGBTQ+ communities take up a special place in the public sphere. The month when the hard-won rights of LGBTQ+ people are celebrated, and people reflect on what they still need to fight for and what visibility is still denied to them. Read more ‘The Queer Arab Glossary’: Marwan Kaabour compiles dictionary of regional LGBTQ+ slang In Lebanon however, Article 534 of the Penal Code continues to criminalize homosexual relations, punishable by up to one year in prison. For him,...
