Middle East

Qatar Airways Airbus A380-800 double decker airplane landing at Heathrow Airport in London, UK. The aircraft was delivered in April 2018 and is an Airbus A380-800 with registration A7-APJ and for GP7200 engines. Qatar Airways has 10 Airbus A380 in their fleet and connects daily Doha to London. Qatar is a member of Oneworld airline alliance. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

World
Nov 27 2023

Gay flight attendant deported from Qatar ‘for wearing tinted moisturiser’

The attack on Madame Om bar in Beirut, Lebanon took place on Wednesday 23 August.

World
Aug 25 2023

Lebanon LGBTQ+ bar attack: Victims ‘unsure they would make it out alive’ after extremist incident

Barbie faces censorship in Kuwait and Lebanon.

Film
Aug 10 2023

Barbie banned in Kuwait and facing censor review in Lebanon for ‘promoting homosexuality’

Ryan Gosling as Ken (L) and Margot Robbie as Barbie (R).

Film
Aug 05 2023

Barbie release delayed in Middle East amid reports of LGBTQ+ censorship battle

A person writes "52 Gay men in prison in Egypt" on a red sign for a protest in Egypt against the detention of LGBTQ+ people.

News
Feb 22 2023

Police using apps to lure, arrest and abuse LGBTQ+ people, report finds

David Beckham looks on prior to the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021 Final match

Sport
Oct 06 2022

David Beckham accused of ‘stamping out hope’ for LGBTQ+ community in Qatar

Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange

Film
Apr 26 2022

Disney refuses to cut LGBT+ scene from Doctor Strange 2 for Saudi Arabia

Maha al-Mutairi, a trans woman, wears a white shirt while sitting down

World
Feb 17 2022

Kuwait overturns cruel anti-trans law in ‘major breakthrough’ – but the fight is far from over

West Side Story adaptation banned in several Gulf countries due to trans character

TV
Dec 07 2021

West Side Story banned in Saudi Arabia and parts of Middle East over trans character

Jordan conversion therapy

World
Jul 02 2020

Deplorable conversion therapy doctor unashamedly describes how he ‘treats’ gay people for their ‘sexual deviations’

Facebook hate speech

World
Jul 02 2020

Facebook refused to take down posts threatening to murder queer people because they ‘didn’t contradict standards’, say LGBT+ activists

World
Apr 28 2020

Tunisia just became the first Arab country to recognise same-sex marriage – but there’s a catch

Coronavirus trapping LGBT people with abusive families in the Middle East

World
Mar 19 2020

Coronavirus lockdown is trapping queer people with abusive families in the Middle East

Lena Waithe Onward

TV
Mar 07 2020

Disney’s ‘Onward’ banned in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia over tiny reference to a lesbian relationship