Treatment of Homosexuals
A Homosexual intercourse is a crime based on Article 534 of the criminal code. This Article criminalizes both male and female homosexuality, as well as any other sexual practice which is considered deviant and abnormal. The prison sentence for homosexuality varies, but may reach up to a year of incarceration.
Homosexual individuals have no specific protections in Lebanon but there has been several organizations and movements to improve the living conditions for them.
In 2002, a gay rights organization was started in Lebanon. The group, known as Hurriyyat Khassa or Private Liberties seeks to reform the Article 534 of the criminal code so that sexual relations between consenting adults in private are no longer a crime. Another gay rights organization in Lebanon is called Helem (Arabic: حلم, "Dream" in Arabic and an acronym for the Lebanese Protection of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender community). These organizations have staged a few public demonstrations, lectures, fundraisers for AIDS education, charitable events and exhibitions of films and have been interviewed by the Lebanese media.
"Anal examinations" are used in Lebanon on men suspected of homosexuality. On 28 July 2012, a gay venue in Beirut was raided by police and 36 men were taken into custody, where they were forced to undergo these examinations. In response, dozens demonstrated in Beirut against these "examinations," calling them the "tests of shame."
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