Lebanon-based LGBT organization Helem launched on Monday, February 8, 2010 in Beirut a report on institutional discrimination against LGBTs in Lebanon, consisting of two studies. Funded by the Ford Foundation, the report concluded a series of thematic researches that address the effect of Article 534 on the political, civil, economical, social, and cultural rights of people of non-conforming gender identities and sexual orientations.

Lebanon-based LGBT organization Helem launched on Monday, December 21, 2009 in Beirut a groundbreaking report on the legal situation of homosexuals in Arab countries.

Funded by the Ford Foundation, the publication, titled “Homosexual Relations in Penal Codes: General Study on Laws in Arab Countries with Reports on Lebanon and Tunisia”, is part of a series of thematic researches that address the effect of Article 534 on the political, civil, economical, social [...]

This is my call to action. I’m sick of it. We really need to get ourselves together and get out there and demand our rights. We cannot live in a country where we can be thrown in a tiny, nauseating cell with cockroaches for mates and batons for entertainment, all before we even have time [...]

I feel like doing something kinky right now…

من الواضح ان المادة 534 من قانون العقوبات اللبناني لا تسمح فقط للشرطة بأن تعتقل المثليين والمثليات، بل هي تشكل دافعا ودعما لكل من يضمر الكره للمثليين. فهذه المادة لا تستعمل لـ”عقاب المثليين” بل تستعمل ايضا لابتزازهم مالياً والتعرض لهم من دون ان يستطيعوا ان يحتموا بالقانون. وكأن المادة في معانيها المتعددة تدفع بالمثليين الى [...]

On Monday, August 10, 2009, Nahwa Al Muwatiniya hosted Lawyer Nizar Saghieh for an open discussion about Article 534. You can listen to (or download) the full speech given by Mr. Saghieh here:
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We’re also re-posting “Notes on Article 534″ by permission from our friends at the Gay-Straight Alliance. They are not the same things the [...]