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Homosexuality in Lebanese law
28-2-2019
In its issue of today, Al Diyar newspaper drew attention homosexuality in Lebanon, mentioning the engagement of two young women in one of the Lebanese towns. Homosexuality has recently been out after it was a taboo categorically rejected by all faiths, describing it as “contrary to nature”. Al Diyar wrote that the life of LGBTs in the country is unstable, as they are constantly harassed by the immediate family, society, at school and in the workplace, and by the security apparatus itself. It cited the launch of a number of associations to advocate LGBT rights. Legally, the newspaper cited several court rulings in favor of LGBTs, the last of which was issued in 2017 by the Single Criminal Judge in Matn, Rabi’ Maalouf. The latter ordered suspension of the tracking of gay and transgender persons, as they are entitled to having intimate or human relationships with whoever they choose. Al Diyar also reminiscences another verdict issued by Single Criminal Judge in Matn, Hisham Qantar, which ruled against prosecution of a person based on Article 534 of the Penal Code related to criminalizing homosexuality. This decision, Al Diyar added, was complemented by two previous rulings that explained above article in the same way: the first was issued in 2009 by Single Criminal Judge in Batroun, Mounir Sleiman, and the second in 2014 by Single Criminal Judge in Matn, Naji Dahdah. For more on the feature in Arabic, kindly visit the following link: https://goo.gl/NN7rE9. (Al Diyar, February 28, 2019)
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