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Feb 28th, 2010 |
By Guest Contributor |
Category: Personal Stories
Mon amie a peur des statistiques:
- Tu imagines ? de nos jours, il y a 1 homme pour 7 femmes au Liban !!
- Et alors ?!
- Kif « et alors » [...]
Tags: French, lebanon, lesbian, women Posted in Personal Stories |
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Feb 1st, 2010 |
By aphrodite |
Category: In the Media
خلال السنوات الماضية، برز موضوع المثلية الجنسية في مختلف وسائل الاعلام اللبنانية المرئية والمسموعة والمقروءة. غير أن الصحف المطبوعة والالكترونية، ظلت الأكثر ايجابية وموضوعية في تعاطيها مع الموضوع، بعيدا عن المادة التجارية والدعائية التي يحاول التلفزيون تقديمها لارضاء فضول الجمهور عند تناول موضوع المثلية. في ما يلي بعض من أهم ما كتب حول المثلية [...]
Tags: al-akhbar, lebanon, media, press Posted in In the Media |
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Feb 1st, 2010 |
By nadz |
Category: Lead Story
And… we’re back! We received so much acclaim for the January 11 issue that we decided to leave it on for a couple of weeks. Well, ok, that’s only partly true. Some of our team members are also to blame. We’re back now & are continuing our historic streak with new articles. Enjoy!
Remember this one? You probably don’t, but this was the poster of one of the very first public LGBT [...]
Tags: art, design, IDAHO, lebanon, posters Posted in Lead Story |
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Jan 11th, 2010 |
By phoenix |
Category: Featured Articles
Counting down the Top 10 Lebanese gay hangouts of the past decade!
10- T-Marbouta- Hamra
Not your average gay hangout, but this café/pub gets honorable mention for being queer- and feminist-friendly since its opening in 2006. T-Marbouta is unique in the work space it offers for meetings, lectures, movie screenings, parties, and a library. A pleasant and [...]
Tags: acid, bardo, clubs, hangouts, lebanon, restaurants, top 10 Posted in Featured Articles |
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Dec 28th, 2009 |
By joelle |
Category: Lead Story
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 [...]
Tags: Article 534, event, Helem, law, lebanon, Tunisia Posted in Lead Story |
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Dec 21st, 2009 |
By joelle |
Category: Featured Articles
Activists are strengthening gay-straight ties in Lebanon, starting with the youth.
Shaniqua and Anthony are two twenty-something gay activists who have created a Facebook group called Youth Gay-Straight Alliance in Lebanon (GSAIL). Its mission is simple: “Help and support the young individuals of the LGBTIQ community of Lebanon in ‘coming out’ to their friends and family, [...]
Tags: gay-straight alliance, lebanon, organizations, university, youth Posted in Featured Articles |
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Dec 6th, 2009 |
By aphrodite |
Category: Featured Articles
في ما يلي دليل للمدامات عن كيفية معاملة “خادمتها السيرلنكية” (يتضمن كل الجنسيات: الاثيوبية والفيليبينية والسورية وغيرها…ولكن كي تستوعب المدامات، ارتأينا استخدام “السيرلنكية”):
1- “قعديها وراكي، شو بدك تقعديها حدك!” (حوار بين مدام “كلاس” ومدام “بورجواز” عن وين بدها تقعد “سيرلنكيتها”). وفي أصول لتقعديها وراكي، وراكي يعني وراكي عالشمال، مش ع اليمين، أحسن ما الناس تقول: [...]
Tags: body, domestic worker, human rights, lebanon Posted in Featured Articles |
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Nov 29th, 2009 |
By randa |
Category: French, Trans Column
Quand on nait transsexuel, on découvre très vite que la vie ne va pas être une partie de plaisir et que c’est un combat de chaque instant contre soi et contre les autres tout au long de sa vie. Contre soi pour se donner le courage et la volonté indispensable pour aller jusqu’au bout de [...]
Tags: algeria, arab, civil war, Homophobia, homosexuality, iran, lebanon, transphobia, transsexual Posted in French, Trans Column |
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Nov 16th, 2009 |
By editor |
Category: Featured Articles, Feminist Column
يا شعب لبنان العظيم والأبي والوفي والذكي والفهيم واللئيم، مبروكة الحكومة، وبهالمناسبة السعيدة، بدنا نقول كلمتين.
هناك ملاحظات كثيرة لا تعد ولا تحصى على النظام السياسي اللبناني وأوله قانون الانتخاب الذي يقوم على المحاصصة الطائفية والمناطقية و العائلية والتوريث من الجد إلى الأب إلى الابن. لكن مسألة التمثيل النسائي في هذا النظام، سواء في البرلمان أو [...]
Tags: feminism, lebanon, ministers, parliament, politics, women Posted in Featured Articles, Feminist Column |
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Nov 8th, 2009 |
By joelle |
Category: Feminist Column
Advertisements have this unmissable talent of irritating the feminist in me. So when I received this message through an email marketing company, I decided to share my indignation and frustration, rather than let it eat me up until the next more infuriating one comes along. It feels so good to be an Adbuster.
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Tags: ad busting, lebanon Posted in Feminist Column |
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