According to new reports, Lebanon has become the latest Arab nation to go "rainbow hunting" after instructions from Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi.
Several Arab countries have started initiatives in June, which is International Pride Month, to find and suppress any support for the LGBTQ community. Lebanese security forces received a letter from Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi a week ago instructing them to disperse any activities that "promote" homosexuality, making Lebanon the most recent country to join the campaign.
According to the "very urgent" letter, police and security forces should "take the necessary measures to ban any celebrations, meetings, or gatherings aiming to promote this phenomenon and to report the results back" in light of the "spread of calls on social media to organize parties and events promoting homosexuality in Lebanon… and considering the negative consequences brought by this phenomenon on individuals and society."
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