Lebanon’s Inside Minister, Bassam Mawlawi, issued a press release instructing safety forces to cease LGBTQ+ gatherings. That is apparently following strain from spiritual authorities who expressed their disapproval of queer-friendly occasions that had been happening in Lebanon throughout Pleasure month.
Mawlawi added that the order adopted “calls on social media to arrange events and occasions selling homosexuality in Lebanon, and following communication from spiritual figures rejecting the unfold of this phenomenon.”
Mawlawi instructed safety forces to “instantly take the mandatory measures to stop any kind of celebration, assembly or gathering” catering to the LGBTQ+ neighborhood. Mawlawi acknowledged that such gay actions oppose our “values and traditions.”
This assertion has resulted in a fast public backlash.
Members of the queer neighborhood face systematic discrimination. LGBTQ+ occasions frequently get raided or canceled. There nonetheless exists nonetheless LGBTQ+ pleasant spots in Lebanon that welcome everybody.
