Beirut Pride

The Beirut Pride is an annual LGBT pride festival and parade held in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Its founder is Hadi Damien.[1] The inaugural parade was expected to be held on May 21, 2017. It was the first LGBT pride planned in the Arab World,[2][3] but to cope with logistics, organisers shifted the program of the last day into an outdoor picnic overlooking the Mediterranean.[4]

The 2018 edition began on 12 May with a brunch and was planned to continue until 20 May, but the remaining events were cancelled on 15 May after Hadi Damien had been detained, and the General Prosecutor of Beirut ordered the suspension of the activities planned until May 20.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Qiblawi, Tamara (May 16, 2017). "Beirut gay pride event a first for Lebanon". CNN. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ Kanso, Heba (May 17, 2017). "RPT-Lebanon launches Arab world's first gay pride week". Reuters. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ Houé, Mélanie (May 20, 2017). "Le Liban organise la première Gay Pride du monde arabe". Libération. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Gay Lebanese scrap pride event because of threats". France 24. 2017-05-21. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  5. ↑ Teeman, Tim (2018-08-09). "'Love Always Wins': Inside the Fight for LGBT Equality in Lebanon". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.