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In October 2008, Helem Montréal's Legal Bureau finalized its amazing work on a complete and detailed report on the gays and lesbians' situation in Lebanon from a legal point of view. It took about a year to produce this document, never written before, through researches in archives, field interviews (in Lebanon) etc. The Report included an important section about the HIV virus in the Lebanese society and the last section tackles laws, which incriminate LGBT individuals, found in the penal codes of all Arabic-speaking countries.
An officiel launching and a publication will be organized soon. In the meantime, here are some excerpts from this report. All the texts of this report as well as the pages of the Helem Montreal website are submitted to Canadian laws on Copyrights and are the unique property of Helem Montreal. Any reproduction, in parts of as a whole, is forbidden without the written consent of Helem Montreal.
- Introduction
- Constitutional Rights
- Right to Citizenship
- Influence of Arabic Cultural Identity
- United Nations Covenants
- Public Liberties
- Right to Territory
- Equality before the law
- Inviolability of one’s home and body
- Influence of Religious Beliefs
- Religious Schools
- Scope of Freedoms
- Penal Code
- Proposed Amendments
- Tolerance in Society
- Relative Liberalism
- Living a double Life
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Perverts and deviants
- Alternative means to socialize
- Impact on personality
- Religious Intolerance
- Government Prejudice
- Helem
- LGBT in the Art
- HIV
- HIV in Lebanon
- Statistics
- Problem Areas for Prevention
- Outreach Programs
- Current State
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Laws from Arab-Speaking Countries
targeting LGBT:
Algeria
Bahrain •
Egypt
Iraq •
Jordan
Kuwait •
Lebanon
Libya •
Morocco
Oman
Palestinian Territories
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Sudan •
Syria
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
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