Good evening,

First of all, I would like to welcome you to Beirut, and hope you enjoy your stay here as a tourist in a foreign country.

I would like to begin with a very brief introduction about Helem. Helem was founded in Beirut in 2004 and is one of the first above-ground organizations that advocates for the equality rights of people who identify with a sexual orientation or gender identity that doesn’t conform with the norms and traditions of society.

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Join us in launching 2 new studies on institutional discrimination based on sexual orientation in Lebanon
Tamam Mroue: "The Right of Gays and Lesbians to University"
Faisal Al-Kak: "Homophobia in Clinical Services: A Physician Survey"
Monday 8 February 2010 at 6:30 PM
Beirut Theater, Ein El Mreisseh

by Michael K. Lavers
National News Editor
Wednesday Apr 1, 2009

Gay Lebanese activist Georges Azzi never thought he would see the day a government official or entity would publicly call for the decriminalization of homosexuality. Yet the Lebanese Ministry of Health did just that late last year.

"Everything is possible," Azzi told EDGE in a recent interview. "If it’s possible in Lebanon, its possible anywhere."

In July 2005, the Lebanese State presented its first and second periodic reports to the 33rd session of the Committee for the Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women in the UN headquarters in New York. Two Lebanese NGOs submitted shadow reports to the committee to cover the gaps of the State report, one of them being Helem.

The International Conference of the 1st Montreal OutGames that took place between July 26-29, 2006, drawing over 2,000 LGBT activists and organizations from around the world, had invited Helem to take part in a keynote address for the plenary session entitled "Focus on Africa and the Arab World". Unfortunately, due to the Israeli siege and bombardment of Lebanon, the Helem member scheduled to speak at the plenary was unable to attend. Instead, she sent a short video message to be screened during her alloted time.

Wednesday May 17, 2006

IDAHO - Lebanon 2006
Hotel Monroe - Ain El Mreiseh

06.30 pm: Press Conference
07.30 pm: Screening of 5 short locally produced films about homophobia
09.30 pm: Discussion Session

AUB Women's Rights Club Presents: A Two Day Symposium on Gender and Sexuality
AUB

Celebrating the International Day against Homophobia (IDAHO)

Panel discussion with:

Iman Al Ghafari
Romy lynn Attieh (on behalf of Daniel Drennan)
Jared Mccormick

Moderated by: Rana Issa

West Hall Room 301
03:00 - 05:00 pm

The 23rd world conference of the International lesbian and gay association (ILGA), who fights for the recognition of LGBT rights in the whole world started last Thursday 30th of March, and will be held until Monday April 3rd at the international center of conferences of Geneva.