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Country page 2024 – Lebanon

Country pages showcase events that have been directly registered on our site or discovered through online searches. For more information about the IDAHOBIT campaign, please visit our social media channels. Cinema for a cause Location: Beirut Date: 16 May 2024,...

Idahobit May 16, 2024

IDAHOBIT 2024

Lebanon 2021 Country Page

Note on event listing: Due to limited capacity, we are not able to provide a comprehensive overview of the hundreds of events that will take place worldwide. We list on this site the information that was directly sent to us...

joel May 7, 2021

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Lebanon Country Page 2019

Lebanon is the first Arab country to hold open public LGBTIQ+ events. Despite risks from the conservative society, events are happening publicly. A group of unnamed activists hired two boats to sail out to Raouche Rock, an iconic sight of...

Editor1 May 17, 2019

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MAY 17 events celebrated all through the Middle East and North Africa

The Arab Foundation for Equality publishes an impressive list of creative and brave events. In 2018, 30 events were registered, up from 18 the previous year. A sign that the LGBT civil society is growing in strength, courage and visibility,...

Vicky May 25, 2018

Lebanon: Police Crackdown on IDAHOTB events – Human Rights Watch reports

This article was originally published by Human Rights Watch. Read the original HERE (Beirut) – The Lebanese Internal Security Forces arrested a prominent LGBT rights activist and pressured him to cancel Beirut Pride events, Human Rights Watch said today. The crackdown...

Vicky May 20, 2018

Reports on IDAHOTB 2018 in Middle East and North Africa

In the MENA region, LGBTIQ++ people continue to face invisibility, stigma, discrimination, and violence. Despite growing movements, there persists a significant underrepresentation of gender, sexual, and bodily rights. The Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality has produced this website to...

Vicky May 11, 2018

Lebanon – IDAHOTB 2018 Country Page

BEIRUT PRIDE 2018 WILL TAKE PLACE 12 – 20 MAY 2018. The opening party is musically intense, the mini ball became a big ball, the LGBTIQ+ storytelling is awaiting you, legal panels and politics are for your interaction, parties are...

Vicky May 1, 2018

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IDAHOT 2017 Country Page: Middle-East North Africa

An excellent compilation of information coming from the Arab Foundation for Equality 14 NGOs IDAHOT event in the MENA region this year! 26-05-17 This year’s IDAHOT theme was family. Many LGBTIQ++ organisations in the MENA region worked hard on being...

Vicky June 15, 2017

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Beirut PRIDE: an analysis from the inside

Lebanon’s 2017 Pride Week: The LGBT Community persists and prevails, Despite threats and conspiracy between extremist groups and government officials Synopsis Lebanon’s Pride Week commemorating IDAHOT 2017 marks 13 years of LGBT activism in Lebanon with a clash between...

Vicky May 28, 2017

IDAHOT 2017 country page: Lebanon

Proud Lebanon: International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia - various events: film screening; lectures and workshops; launching of Proud Lebanon's report; The 2017'th "Human" award show; a play; an exhibition; May 14th, from 11:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m. @ Monroe Hotel, Beirut (cancelled) Beirut...

IDAHO May 2, 2017

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IDAHOT Report 2016: Lebanon

Lebanon this year saw a wonderful range of events, that not only had a strong focus on mental health and wellbeing, but also provided one of the best selection of actions from across the Middle East. In Beirut, the Lebanese...

IDAHO May 27, 2016

IDAHOT Reports 2016

Looking Ahead: Lebanon in 2016

Several events have been planned for Lebanon in what is already proving to be one of the fullest calendars for the Middle East region. In Beirut, local campaign group Helem will hold a number of events from the 12th until...

IDAHO May 4, 2016

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Looking ahead: Lebanon in 2016

While any advanced news of events in Lebanon are yet to reach us, we have been made aware of a small number of significant actions. In Beirut, the Lebanese Psychological Association will follow the example of other international groups by...

IDAHO April 15, 2016

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IDAHOT Events 2015: Proud Lebanon releases star-studded anti-homophobia message

Lebanese civil society group Proud Lebanon have this week released a special video message to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. The video, which was created by members of the group to promote the message behind IDAHOT....

IDAHO May 11, 2015

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IDAHOT report 2014: Lebanon

Lebanon Saturday, May 17, 2014, marked the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia worldwide and in Lebanon. Though traditionally seen as one of the most open countries in the Middle East, Lebanon still imposes significant legal and social discrimination against...

IDAHO June 4, 2014

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“Activism” in spotlight in Lebanon’s May 17 actions

The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Lebanon will be celebrated as a whole day on Saturday May 17, 2014. Activists will discuss the major developments that happened since last May in Lebanon. This year’s event will focus more...

IDAHO May 7, 2014

NEWS & EVENTS

Lebanon lebanon may 17th Lebanese Psychology Society: Homosexuality is Not a Mental Ilness

The Lebanese Psychiatric Society (LPS) took a historical step yesterday (July 11) in announcing strong opposition to sexual reorientation change efforts (SOCE), or ‘gay cure’ therapies. In yesterday’s statement the LPS advised: ‘Homosexuality is not a mental disorder and does...

IDAHO September 1, 2013

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Lebanon IDAHO Report 2013

An Anti-Homophobia rally in the capital Beirut, a documentary film screening and discussion at the French Embassy, and the participation of Lebanese activists in the Regional Network Against Homophobia statement for May 17 marked commemorations around the Day in Lebanon....

IDAHO June 17, 2013

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Lebanon IDAHO Report 2012

To mark IDAHO 2012, a group of activists and bloggers put up posters around Beirut featuring slogans decrying the censorship they felt that Lebanon imposed on homosexuality, in tandem with a website that allowed people to share their experiences of...

IDAHO June 17, 2012

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