Posts from — February 2009
Gays and Lesbians and their Allies Protest Violence Against Homosexuals in the first public sit-in of its kind in Lebanon
The first anti-violence LGBT protest in Beirut
Around 200 people gathered on the afternoon of Sunday, February 22 on Sodeco Square in Beirut to protest violence and discrimination against minorities, especially homosexuals. Lebanese lesbians and gay men took to the streets in the very first public sit-in organized by Helem in Lebanon and stood almost in disbelief as banners with anti-homophobic and pro-diversity were raised high above the heads. We shall no longer be afraid 
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February 23, 2009 3 Comments
Sit-In Against Violence Sunday, February 22 at 5pm
Denounce VIOLENCE in the Lebanese society targeting
minority or disadvantaged groups as homosexuals, women, children, domestic and foreign workers and others.
Helem, in collaboration with Human Rights organizations active in the Lebanese civil society, invites you to an anti-violence SIT-IN
When: This Sunday, February 22nd 2009 from 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Where: Sodeco Square, Beirut
Who: Helem and Human Rights organizations active in the Lebanese civil society
February 19, 2009 No Comments
Performing a Kiss in Saida 1950
Bashasha (left) and a friend.
Studio Shehreadze, Saida, LEbanon, late 1950s
Hashem el Maadi
copyright: Arab Image Foundation
“Films inspired the people a lot. They came to perform kissing in front of a camera. In a conservative society such as Saida (Sidon, Lebanon) people were willing to play the kiss between two people of the same sex, but very rarely between a man and a woman.”
courtesy of queeringyerevan.blogspot.com
February 17, 2009 1 Comment
