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Lebanon
- Statute: Article 534, identifies having sexual
relations "contradicting the laws of nature"
- Penalties: Up to one year in prison
News
- Fatfat
Denies Authorizing Gay Group or Nude Beaches - The
Daily Star, June 19, 2006
Lebanon's acting Interior Minister Ahmed Fatfat Saturday denied charges by
conservative Muslim clerics that the government had approved a gay rights
group as well as nudist beaches at two resorts.
- Gay Arabs Come Out in
Beirut - Al Bawaba, March
7, 2006
Lebanese police provided protection for the first ever gay Arab rights
conference which was held several weeks ago in Beirut. The three-day
conference of the group, called 'Helem,' received tacit support from
Lebanese authorities as well as several non-governmental organizations.
- Homosexuals Still Facing Discrimination - Reuters
AlertNet, December 9, 2005
- Lebanese Asylum Seeker Wins Round - Gay
City News, March 10, 2005
- Fear of Persecution Gets Gay Lebanese Man Asylum
Hearing - The Advocate,
March 9, 2005
- Gay Lebanese Man Gets Asylum
Review - PlanetOut,
March 8, 2005
- Gay Lebanese Man Wins Asylum
Hearing - 365Gay.com,
March 8, 2005
- “We Invite People to Think the Unthinkable”
- Middle East Report, October 31, 2004
- Lebanese Group Begins Campaign for Gay Rights
- Khaleej
Times, October 21, 2004
- Lebanese Group Wants Ban on Homosexuality Lifted
- Ahbab, October 20, 2004
- Lebanon Gays Push for Law Change - Gay.com,
October 19, 2004
- Lebanese Embassy Gets Involved with
Wissam Abyad’s Case - March 18, 2003
- Two Lesbians Arrested for ‘Unnatural’ Sex
- Lebanese Daily Star,
August 23, 2002
Action Alerts
Advocates
The Institute pro Lebanese Equality for Gays and Lesbians
Email director@legal.20m.com
FAX / Voicemail: + 1-208-4934273
http://legal.20m.com
Hurriyyat Khassa
(Contact information unknown)
HeLeM
www.helem.net
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