{"id":25643,"date":"2023-06-12T19:56:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T22:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=25643"},"modified":"2023-06-12T19:56:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T22:56:44","slug":"lorient-le-jour-bravo-and-thanks-for-shedding-light-on-the-alarmingly-limited-rights-and-living-conditions-for-sexual-minorities-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2023\/06\/12\/lorient-le-jour-bravo-and-thanks-for-shedding-light-on-the-alarmingly-limited-rights-and-living-conditions-for-sexual-minorities-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#8217;Orient Le Jour: bravo and thanks for shedding light on the alarmingly limited rights and living conditions for sexual minorities in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LebanonWorrisome-1024x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LebanonWorrisome-1024x288.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LebanonWorrisome-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LebanonWorrisome-768x216.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/LebanonWorrisome-1200x337.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This very informative video lasts less than five minutes. It is in French and sub-titled in English. Under the<em> YouTube<\/em> video, we can read the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em> Beirut, a city of refuge in the Arab world for the LGBTQ+ community? If the Lebanese capital has such a positive image, it&#8217;s not from nowhere. It\u2019s the result of years of activism. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>These few victories should not, however, conceal a much darker reality in Lebanon. The country\u2019s political, social and economic crises are growing and have especially impacted the LGBTQ+ community, according to observers on the ground.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>From the economic downfall to the explosion in the port of Beirut, not to mention the COVID-19 pandemic, recent events have destroyed some of this community&#8217;s safe havens and reduced an already fragile level of freedom.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is a step backward in a country that, despite its tolerant image, has always maintained a homophobic legislative framework, and where negative public perceptions of LGBTQ+ people prevail.    <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For Pride Month, a worldwide celebration held every year in June as a reminder of the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, we explain it all to you in just five minutes&#8221;. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Pourquoi les droits LGBTQ+ reculent-ils au Liban ?\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YUWjalIrcNI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/heart-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25645\" width=\"195\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/heart-8.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/heart-8-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 85vw, 195px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This very informative video lasts less than five minutes. It is in French and sub-titled in English. 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