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Section of the Criminal Code criminalises "physical pleasure contrary to the laws of nature", which also includes homosexuality under Islamic law. In recent years, this paragraph has been applied mainly to sex with minors. Compared to countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iran, homosexual acts have been punished less frequently here. However, homosexual relationships are still socially outlawed and considered incompatible with Islam.
This hammam has became known as a gay spot and attracts visitors from the neighbouring countries and Europe. A friendly atmosphere and a great place to meet. The sauna is huge and is good fun. Nice big whirlpool, saunas, videos, lots of rooms, a smoking room and it's all clean.
BEIRUT — Loujain has proudly decorated her living room with pictures from a recent photo exhibit in which she told her story as a Syrian transgender woman. The images cover the walls of the apartment she shares with her boyfriend in Beirut, a safe space she has carved out for herself after years of struggle, homelessness and torture in a Syrian prison. It is the only reminder he keeps of his past, before he transitioned. It is a hard-won happiness, three years after divorcing the man she was forced to marry and surviving death threats and a kidnapping by her family.