If you can’t fight back when they illegally detain you, strip you down of your cloths and rights, violate your body, subject you to your worst psychological trauma, humiliation and abuse, you don’t stand idle and we shan’t either. You won’t stand alone and we won’t leave you. We fight back! We raise awareness and let the world know. We write.

An Online Marathon for Equality was just launched to serve this mission.

Join this Online Equality Marathon or E-qualathon in two easy steps:

1. Write your own thoughts about the Dekwaneh scandal, homophobia, transphobia, or the desired equality among citizens with different genders, gender identities, gender expressions and sexual orientations.

2. Email your piece to raynbow.org@gmail.com for them to publish. (Alternatively, you can email them a link to you blog post if you already have a blog)

Submission are accepted between the 3rd and 15th of May.All submissions will be published on LebIDAHO.com and shared on Lebanese LGBT Media Monitor.The three submissions that earn the highest “Likes” will each win a dinner for two at Bardo. Results will be announced by The Monitor on the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia (IDAHO) on May 17th.

Write in whichever language you like [Arabic, English, French, etc.] and in whatever form [Writing, Photography, poem, etc.]

Speak up!