Violent Assault on Drag Event in Lebanon

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The drag artist known as Latiza Bombe hides on the terrace of a bar after it was attacked by a group of conservative Christians who identify as the “Soldiers of God,” in Beirut, Lebanon, August 23, 2023. © 2023 Emilie Madi/Reuters Men from an anti-LGBT group attacked a bar in Lebanon where a drag event was being held on August 23, while threatening violence against LGBT people. “We stopped the show and had to hide behind the bar, lying down on the floor, breathless,” one of the performers told me. “The police stood on the side, watching, as the men were beating people.”…

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