PDA and Stuck up gay bitches at Bardo

While I was in Beirut I decided to go out with some fellow gay friends. I met up with them at Obros on Rue Clemenceau in Hamra. Last time I was in Beirut was 2005 so I was shocked to find my friends (and their boyfriends) involved in PDA (Public Display of Affection). Mind you, Obros doesn't face the street so it's easier to be naughty. However, just five years ago, the gays were more discrete. Of course the Lebanese version of PDA is pretty tame compared to what I've seen and encounter at gay clubs in the US but who knows? Maybe in another five years you'll see a dude giving another dude a hand job! Yay!

Anyway, never go to Obros. This place is populated by annoying Franco-phony Lebs who speak bad Arabic. However, if you are a one of these types, you probably will enjoy this place. I pray for your soul.

Afterwards, I ditched my friends and headed over to this bar my friends told me about, called Bardo, also in Hamra. It opened after my last trip in Beirut, so it was new to me.

I've never seen so many stuck-up queens in my entire life. This bar was filled with "I'm too sexy for my shirt" type gay Lebos. It was worse than any gay bar I've been to in the States. At least in NYC for example, everyone is either too drunk/high out of their minds or having too much fun to even notice you walking in. Bardo had waay too many brooding, beefed up, "I'm trying too hard to be masculine" types for my taste.

However, my Palestinian friend would have loved this place (and the men in it) and would have tried to plop his ass on the cutest guy's dick before the end of the night.

Bardo was annoying and the music was too loud. At least the drinks were nice and stiff. I got bored and left. I walked around Hamra, lost and drunk out of my mind. Of course some ghetto Lebo boys decided to hit on me and I told them to fuck off ("kess emek").

A good gin and tonic makes any night better.

"Shazz" or "Mithly"

"Shazz" ou "Mithly"? (Translation: Pervert or Same-sex?)

That is the question. Menassat, a site that focuses on news, trends and events in the Middle East recently featured an article on positive and negative terminology used in Arab media in regards to LGBTs. Apparently, some liberal Lebanese media have adopted the term "mithly" which roughly translates to "same person" (from the word, mithl or same) instead of the term "shazz". "Shazz" has a negative connotation similar to the word "pervert" which is never used now in Western media.

The title for the article is hilarious...yet ridiculous.

I did not even know this term existed. Now I'll start using it instead of the crappy term I usually say which is "Loti"...in reference to Lot, bleh.

Menassat article, tshoof hala2!

Beirut, the gay haven in the Arab World?

In Beirut there is definitely a thriving gay culture. The last time I was there I had so much fun...although you cannot be as open with your sexuality in places like NYC or LA it's far more liberal than Syria or Egypt (vomit). It's even possible to have a long term relationship if the conditions are right but most gay people I knew there lived double lives: lying to their families but hanging out and dating the same sex. Anyway, I was forwarded this article on the New York Times about gay life in Beirut:

Beirut, the Provincetown of the Middle East

Read it. It's quite informative. If any of you are Beirut, go to Acid...the (mostly) gay nightclub in Sin il-Fil.



More info on Acid.

Oh by the way, it's easy to get laid in Lebanon, ESPECIALLY if you are gay!

Dr. Heba Kotb: Dumb ass Egyptian hijabi

Ugly whore! I can't stand ignorant Arabs who are "doctors" who spout all this bullshit about homosexuality. Clearly, the lot of them are deluded and are incapable of seeing the real facts. It bothers me but I who cares about what this kalba thinks anyway! Salon did an interview with "Doctor" Heba Kotb, who appears on a hit TV show called "Big Talk".

Here is "Doctor" Kotb opinion on homosexuality:

Well, I have a very famous opinion about homosexuality. I'm totally against homosexuality being considered a gene or natural. It's a sin -- they're just like the alcoholics and the drug-takers. I'm also the reason for a lot of patients to have been cured -- so, no, I can't believe that it is natural.

WHAT THE FUCK?! Ga7ba kbeera....

Via Salon.com: Sex and the married Muslim

Dubai-land

Dubai's Al Ras District in Deira in the 1960's

According to Huffington Post, Dubai is a hot mess. Not just because of the desert. The city that grew too fast has many underlying problems and issues. It's depressing but it seems as if nothing is being done about it.

There's a quote in the article I find rather unusual:

In Saudi, it's hard to be straight when you're young. The women are shut away so everyone has gay sex. But they only want to have sex with boys - 15 to 21 year olds. I'm 27 so I'm too old now. I need to find real gays, so this is the best place. All Arab gays want to live in Dubai.

Remember this is the same place where a gay party was raided and those arrested were subjected to inhumane treatment including hormone experiments. Gay people in Dubai have no protection and homosexuality is punishable. At least in Lebanon there's Helem, an LGBT organization trying to give rights to gays.

Original article: The Dark Side of Dubai

LBC: The dumbest channel in LEBANON

The report on Menassat: LBC program on homosexuality in Arab world sparks anger in Lebanon

Read this article. Mind you LBC also produces Mission Fashion (the gayest show in the Arab World) and features Bassem Feghali who is so obviously gay. I suppose it's ok for LBC to let gay men design your clothes and laugh at their jokes even if LBC is also showing stupid and ridiculously ignorant programming about LGBTs (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) people. Talk about a butt load of hypocrisy.

Someone please shoot the presenter and the people who produced this show! I think this maybe the time that assassination is needed.

Kalbet!

Unfortunately the host, Malek Maktabi is kinda hot. Damn him! Wouldn't be ironic if he turned out to be a closted gay man. Where is the undercover footage of him getting ass fucked?

Here's the facebook photo talked about in the article:

More on the dumb article from Al Ghad

From Menassat.

Here are some quotes from the article:

Human rights activist Henzad Altall said, “It is wrong to put gays in prison with other criminals. They must be placed in special correctional centers, to be treated and brought back to the society," she said in remarks published by the Sejil Weekly. "They are abnormal and need special treatment so that they can improve their situation and return to the community correctly."

Surprisingly, Altali reflected the comments of many interviewed for this article, rights activists included, who continue to see homosexuality as a disease that can be treated.

And this woman considers herself a human rights activist? Very disturbing indeed. Ignorance only breeds more ignorance. She certainly shouldn't be considered a human rights activist, that's for sure. I suppose I should also go to a correctional center for "re-education" because I am abnormal? Arabs can be so stupid and backward. No surprise since the education system in many Arab countries is sub-par compared to the rest of the World.

Typical.

Wallaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Ellen and Portia get married!

The oh so fab Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi got married! How wonderful...I know I know...it has nothing to do with "hizzy" or "la7me" but mashallah I'm so happy for the couple. I hope they have a long, loving and faithful marriage. Such warm and fuzzy news gives hope to other LGBT's who also want to tie the knot in the future. I certainly would like to settle down one day, after I become a famous ra'asa/singer :)

For prospective husbands be warned: I want a big and expensive three day wedding. Only the best for Madame Mansour!!!

More on the wedding on People Magazine.