Middle East News and Stories
Happy 10th birthday to one of the world’s most revolutionary bands, thanks in part to its lead singer, a gay man named Hamed Sinno
Produced in the aftermath of America’s 2003 invasion of the Middle East, it’s perhaps the director’s most political triumph
We’re unsure about new game called ‘Fuck ISIS: The Super Patriotic Dating Simulator’ where you play a horny teen assassin who dates and kills terrorists
The Middle East country of Qatar has censored LGBTQ news stories and is making queer athletes question their safety as two world sporting events approach
Islamic culture once celebrated homosexuality as beautifully common, but a historian explains why the Middle East became so anti-gay (and how to fix it)
Beirut Pride 2018 was planned to be a nine-day series of events in Lebanon’s capital but after organizer Hadi Damien was detained by police, it was canceled
The campaign sends Arabic messages of encouragement to LGBTQ people in North Africa and the Middle East
As part of our ongoing #DecriminalizeLGBT campaign, we’re highlighting the work of the Spectra Project and its Chairman of the board, Subhi Nahas.
We sat down with Georges Azzi, Executive Director of the Arab Foundation for Freedoms, and talked about how his organization is helping #DecriminalizeLGBT
There is no official Special Olympics transgender ban, but Great Britain’s treatment of trans athletes negatively impacts tennis player Zachary Brookes
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