Lebanese bloggers share 'How to talk to a Homophobe'

With all blogs from Lebanon: A straight Beiruti shares how to talk to a homophobic; Ivy warns mothers of the poisonous women itching for their sons, and a movie review

How do you talk to someone who just doesn't like gay people?

Beirut Spring [2]

Outreach, Not Piling On. How to Talk with Homophobes.

A straight Arab blogger shares, "I was lucky later in my life to meet several people.. I really liked and then found out later that they were gay. From my own experience, I can tell you that the only way some people will accept and love gay people is to really get to know some of them."

Ivy Says [3]

The Girl Your Mother Won’t Let You Marry

Ivy, an anonymous blogger in Beirut, describes every mother's nightmare for their sons: A floozy. "The girl that dives head first into a relationship every fifteen minutes. Every guy is a rebound of a rebound."

Blog 961 [4]

Tannoura Maxi – Heels of War

We round out our foray into the Lebanese blogs with one blogger who's had enough of the war movies, already! "Regardless how good this movie might be, it is yet another Lebanese movie with a story taking place during the war, and I guess people are fed up with this repetitive pattern in Lebanese movies."