{"id":1196377,"date":"2023-08-30T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/aug\/30\/lebanon-lgbtq-activists-attacks-distraction-scapegoated"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:00:06","slug":"lebanon-lgbtq-activists-say-attacks-are-distraction-from-countrys-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/08\/30\/lebanon-lgbtq-activists-say-attacks-are-distraction-from-countrys-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon LGBTQ+ activists say attacks are distraction from country\u2019s problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Community reports shift from uneasy tolerance to being scapegoated for socioeconomic crisis<\/p>

When the Christian extremists of Soldiers of God menaced a bar in Beirut\u2019s nightlife district during a drag show, their members had a chilling message for patrons: \u201cWe have warned you a hundred times \u2026 this is just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>

The group, whose members sometimes carry weapons, have repeatedly threatened places associated with Lebanon\u2019s LGBTQ+ community, accusing them of \u201cpromoting homosexuality\u201d amid an increase in homophobic rhetoric from the country\u2019s politicians.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Community reports shift from uneasy tolerance to being scapegoated for socioeconomic crisisWhen the Christian extremists of Soldiers of God menaced a bar in Beirut\u2019s nightlife district during a drag show, their members had a chilling message for patron…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4998,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63560,250,554,6,640,272,7759,1258,1310],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4998"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1196378,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196377\/revisions\/1196378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}