Transgender and proud in Lebanon – Correspondenthttp://www.menanews.co/transgender-and-proud-in-lebanon-correspondent/MenaNews/February 5, 2016
"Beirut, February 4, 2016 — I never realized we had transsexuals in Lebanon. Or rather, every country has its trasnssexuals and transgenders, but I didn't realize they would go public here. When I did, it was a bit of a shock. We are still in the Middle East after all.
Beirut might be a very open city, it's often called the gay capital of the Middle East, but still, we're in a very conservative and religious environment, on all sides."