In recent weeks, Lebanon's sharply divided political and religious leaders have come together to fight the LGBTQ+ community.
But in recent weeks they united to fight the LGBTQ+ community. Politicians and religious leaders have intensified a campaign that in many ways mirrors the, raising alarm over symbols and trends that might normalize queerness as an existential threat to society.
“This is the venue of Satan!” one member yelled while filming on his mobile phone. “Promoting homosexuality is not allowed! This is just the beginning!” Some shops have removed rainbow-decorated cakes or T-shirts from display. In June, the Interior Ministry restricted events connected to Pride month. The group Soldiers of God was formed in 2019 as a sort of Christian self-defense group. Its young men would tour Beirut’s predominantly Christian eastern neighborhoods acting as guards against strangers coming in — at a time when frictions with rival supporters of Hezbollah often broke out.
Meanwhile, the Union Center for Research and Development, a reportedly pro-Hezbollah think tank, put forward a study titled “Resisting Homosexuality in Lebanon,” which calls for criminalizing homosexuality.
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