Rare shelter for displaced LGBT people in Lebanon offers safety in war
By Catherine Cartier and Emilie Madi BEIRUT, May 6 (Reuters) - Mohammed's life as a gay man in conservative south Lebanon was already rife with challenges. But Israeli strikes on his hometown in March were the final straw, pushing him to flee to a rare shelter in Beirut hosting LGBT people. Most of
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