For the last two years, Hadi Damien’s big plans for celebrating Pride in Lebanon have been destroyed.
In 2018, he was arrested and detained minutes into a recital of a play about homophobia.
He was released, but had to cancel the rest of the week-long Pride events he and his team had organised.
Then last year, the centrepiece concert of Beirut Pride had to be called off after violent threats were made against the venue and participants.
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