Beirut is
launched as a LGBT destination with the first ever gay
familiarization tour of Lebanon!
28.7.2010
GME News
San
Francisco, Barcelona, Sydney, and … Beirut? As surprising as it
sounds, the Lebanese capital is fast becoming a popular gay
destination. In fact, The New York Times dubbed Beirut as "the
Provincetown of the Middle East" in a 2009 article, while the
Dutch
Winq
magazine named it "the (gay) party capital of the Middle
East."
Bertho Makso, the International Gay
and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) ambassador to
Lebanon, is directing the first familiarization tour and
symposium to Lebanon for professionals who work in the LGBT
travel market...
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Lebanon: Owners of several movie theaters
was arrested
17.9.2009
BEIRUT: General Security said Wednesday that
Lebanese authorities had arrested the owners of several
movie theaters. The men were arrested in the Bourj Hammoud
and Nabaa suburbs of Beirut for screening pornography, in
addition to “facilitating homosexual encounters” inside
those theaters, a statement said. Those arrested were handed
over to the Judiciary.
Beirut: Hundreds attend
launch of book by lesbians
Monday,
June 01, 2009
BEIRUT: Hundreds of people gathered at Beirut's
Medina Theater on Saturday for the launching of "Bareed Mista3jil,"
(or "Mail in a Hurry"), Lebanon's first ever book about the
experiences of gay women and transgenders. A collection of 41
true... Full
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Lebanon: First gay protest in
Beirut -
23.2.2009
Lebanon is often presented as the exception in the Middle
East -- liberal, multi-confessional...
