A court in Lebanon has made a historic ruling stating same-sex relations are not "contradicting the laws of nature" and cannot therefore be considered a crime, said a statement only revealed today.

The official fiction, Brian Whitaker explains, is that gay people don’t exist in the Middle East. They do – and for many of them, attitudes of family and society are a bigger problem than fear

The Arab Spring promised reform across the Middle East, but the subsequent turmoil has hit the gay community particularly hard, says James Longman.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens generally have limited or highly restrictive rights in most parts of the Middle East, and open to hostility in others. Homosexuality is in 10 of the 18 countries that make up the region; and punishable by death in six of these.

Dec 15, 2013 · During my senior year I went to a gay night at a club here with my partner and we met a really nice gay guy from the middle east. He was there with a friend. He was extremely scared because he wasn’t out at all except to his friend.

What’s it like to work in the Middle East as a gay person? Would you ever consider relocating to the Middle East for work purposes? And is the situation different for gay …

Being gay in the Middle East is possible, not easy, but very doable. While it varies from country to country, in most cases as long as you keep it to yourself (until you get to know people and find out their views on homosexuality), hide your gayness, avoid PDAs, and be careful when looking for hook-ups (both online and in real life), you

When many travelers think of the Middle East as a gay destination, Tel Aviv is most likely to come to mind. However, that has not always been the case. E. M. Forster went to Alexandria, Egypt, to

Countries where Homosexuality is still a Crime (in alphabetical order) In the Middle Eastern region, there are 13 countries that still criminalise homosexuality. Middle East. Countries where Homosexuality is still a Crime (International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and …

Oct 23, 2018 · Of course, the Middle East suffers from rampant homophobia and queer Middle Eastern communities face specific challenges from that. But for the average gay Arab, the personal and the political intersect daily, and queer rights cannot be separated from human rights issues that affect the entire Middle East.