World Wide Wave

2 Oct 2012

Lebanon: Police probes in vanguard nation

Africa and the Middle East

“People go to the police officers for something else [like theft]. The police officers think they are feminine or something and do [arrest] the victim,” explains Simin from Helem, Lebanon’s LGBT group. He also argues that LGBT acceptance–promoted heavily by Lebanese tourist industry–is “an image, but it’s not the true reality”. Listen to the podcast, read more and comment on W3JOY’s Lebanon webpage.

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