Lebanese security authorities arrest 36 men at gay cinema following MTV's hidden camera show, perform anal probes on them

I wonder if the boycott Chick-fil-A crowd will launch the campaign to boycott Lebanon or something. Or maybe stage a mass gay kissing action there.

BERLIN (JPost) – Lebanese security authorities swooped in on a gay cinema in Beirut on Saturday and shut down the movie house, arresting 36 male attendees and performing anal probes on them.

According to a report on the Gay Star News website on Monday, “an unknown number” of the 36 had been released after an unnamed doctor administered the anal exam – a procedure meant to detect sperm.

The website NOW Lebanon reported on Tuesday that the theater, Plaza Cinema, was not the first such venue that authorities had closed down.

“In May, an MTV show hosted by Joe Makhlouf called Enta Horr (You are Free) showed undercover camera footage of men in porn cinemas in Beirut and Tripoli,” the website said. “The featured cinemas were subsequently shut down. At the time, the gay rights organization Helem condemned the program, criticizing MTV for showing footage of the men without their knowledge and calling it ‘unethical and unprofessional.’” In an email to The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday, journalist Michael J. Totten, an author at the website World Affairs who has written about Lebanon, said he was surprised to hear of last week’s incident.

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