Lebanon

Running through the streets on Beirut after an explosion in August. (Hassan Ammar photo courtesy of AP / NY Times)
Lebanon: Queer people shut out of wartime shelters
Marseilles Pride marchers in France devote a moment of silence to Eric Lembembe last month. The signs state, "Proud in Marseilles. Dead in Cameroon." (Click image for video, in French.)
Why LGBT rights activists oppose U.N. resolution against anti-LGBT laws
Map of LGBT Rights in Asia: DARK BLUE: Equal marriage and non-discrimination law; LIGHT BLUE: Limited recognition of same-sex unions and discrimination banned in certain regions only; PURPLE: Foreign same-sex marriages recognized, adoption legal, and discrimination banned; GREEN: At least some sexual orientation discrimination banned nationwide; PALE GREEN: Sexual orientation discrimination banned only in certain regions; BEIGE: Crackdowns on LGBT rights advocacy and expression, but homosexuality legal, if only technically; ORANGE: Sodomy illegal; MAGENTA: Sodomy illegal, but discrimination against trans people prohibited.
2025 LGBTQ rights update: Many bright spots in Asia amid the gloom
Map of Middle East and North Africa
Trans people face violence across Middle East and North Africa, new report finds
Half the countries competing at Asian Cup have anti-LGBT laws
The 'Soldiers of God' group clashed with people marching in support of LGBT rights and riot police. (Photo courtesy of Canberra TImes/ EPA)
Lebanon endures increasing attacks on LGBT rights and their defenders
Photo circulating on social media depicting members of the Soldiers of God' movement. (Photo courtesy of aawsat.com)
Violence and anti-gay bills target LGBTQ people in Lebanon
How nations in Middle East and North Africa target LGBT citizens online
Chaza Charafeddine, artist for the queer Arab world (third in a series)
Em Abed: queer in the Arab world (first in a series)
Lebanon presses on with its crackdown on LGBTQ community
Lebanon prohibits events promoting LGBTI human rights
'Lightyear’ censorship shines light on anti-LGBT bias in Malaysia
Anti-LGBT bias: ‘Lightyear’ censored in Malaysia, a dozen more nations
U.S. advocacy for LGBTQI rights abroad: the Middle East
Egypt, Lebanon, Tunisia: Tough territory for trans people
Growing movement calls for Morocco to drop laws banning extramarital sex