Tag: Arab
While reporting the LGBTQ memorial for a lady killed in the northern Israel, a TV reporter was attacked
After an incident near the Druze hamlet of Yarka, Ali Mugrabi of Channel 13 News claims that suspects broke his phone and attacked him; the cameraman accuses police of turning a blind eye.
Report Finds Arabic Media is Perpetuating Homophobia and Transphobia in the Region
Today, OutRight Action International launches a new report titled, ‘Arab Mass Media: A Monitoring Report Looking at Sexuality and Gender Identity in Arabic Media from 2014 to 2017.’
MEPs call on Tunisia to decriminalise homosexuality and enforce post-revolution Constitution
A cross-party group of MEPs has called on the Tunisian Government to decriminalise homosexuality and respect minority rights. The European Parliament’s intergroup on LGBTI Rights were told by activist Yamina Thabet that gay Tunisian men and women continue to be prosecuted, despite Tunisian’s new constitution Ian Duncan MEP and Yamina civil rights.
Coming out: “Family Secrets” challenges homosexual stereotypes in the Middle East
Being gay in the Middle East is forbidden, but it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist.
Egyptian Domino Theory…A Threat to Arab Gay People and Women
Egypt is fated to be the first domino. The revolution there will inevitably spread to all of the Middle East and North Africa. The question is: Will it be an Islamic fundamentalist revolution or a democratic one? That outcome will profoundly determine the progress of gay rights as well as women’s rights in the Middle East.