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LGBT rights, once considered taboo in Lebanon and excluded from the political terrain, have for the first time entered the mainstream, as LGBT people became a pillar of resistance during the nationwide protests that began last October.
LGBT people have become part of Lebanon’s revolution.
In a new web feature, “‘If Not Now, When?’” queer women and transgender people who are active in the protests tell stories of hope and solidarity.
By taking their struggle to the streets, through chants, graffiti, and public discussions, LGBT people have moved demands of their rights from the margins to the mainstream in a country where same-sex relations are punishable by up to one year in prison and transgender people face systemic discrimination.
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As the Covid-19 pandemic rocks the United States, it is exposing cracks in the system. The differences often split along not just socio-economic but also racial lines.
In early April, Chinese authorities in one southern city, which has China’s largest African community, began a campaign to forcibly test Africans for the coronavirus, and ordered them to self-isolate or to quarantine in designated hotels.
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