Beirut was a haven for drag queens. The blast has left them with nowhere to go

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In a country where homosexuality was still recently a criminal offence, one Beirut neighbourhood became a thriving, bohemian haven filled with drag queens and queer-friendly nightclubs. The devastating blast in August has left many residents with nowhere to dance, work or live.

Firas Nabulsi remembers dancing in drag under a rain of glitter, rose petals cascading from beneath his wig, the Beirut nightclub crowd cheering as he lip-synched to a Whitney Houston song.The blast destroyed his home in Beirut's Mar Mikhael, along with the queer-friendly clubs in the city's most accepting neighbourhood.

The Beirut neighbourhood of Mar Mikhael was a thriving, safe community for the city's queer residents. It was severely damaged by the explosion at the port. With nowhere else to go, Firas was forced to move back in with his parents in the Sunni Muslim north, even though they had kicked him out two years before for being gay.

Drag performer Andrea Najarian is still recovering after several surgeries for the injuries he received in the blast.Andrea Najarian's home is just 300 metres from the site of the blast. It is now uninhabitable.

 

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‘im gay give me attention’. what utter scum to use this tragedy to leverage dragging and sexuality

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Finally the story we need 👏🏾 I was so tired of reading about the lost lives and investigations into the cause The stunning and brave journalists at focus on the REAL issues And to think people want to Defundtheabc

The mentally ill need our support. Send food parcels and fresh undies now.

Ffs . Go away ABC

Transvestite performances should be very low on the list of priorities in wake of a bomb blast.

Sexualized focus of heterosexual marriage as a percentage of one's living experience, reveals dangers in over indulgence. Leaving wife in fish nets and stilettos. Cense of security before going to work, chain her to bed post. Hot sexuality, high risk activity. LBCI_News_EN

What about everyone else? Why is the ABC constantly dividing people by race or any other identity imaginable? The answer is CULTURAL MARXISM. Their ABC is all about division.

They could join the circus

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People were vaporised in their cars as they drove on the highway past the port. The blast wave smashed windows in apartments 10 kms away & dozens & dozens died from being mass pierced with shards of glass ... but let’s be the ABC & focus on homeless people who play dressups

In the scheme of things, with you know people dying from the blast, not having somewhere to perform is sorta 🤷🏻‍♀️... but you do you ABC

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