{"id":55449,"date":"2018-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/55449\/beproud-beirut-pride-week-2018-kicks-off"},"modified":"2023-08-30T05:30:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T05:30:08","slug":"beproud-beirut-pride-week-2018-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/55449\/beproud-beirut-pride-week-2018-kicks-off\/","title":{"rendered":"#BeProud: Beirut Pride Week 2018 Kicks Off"},"content":{"rendered":"Today marks the start to one of our favorite weeks of the year! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/371833189969562\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Beirut Pride Week<\/a> 2018 will host a series of uplifting and inspiring events taking place every day from today until the 20th of May. <br \/>  <br \/>  Beirut Pride Week is here to spread messages of love, tolerance, and pride towards LGBTQ+ communities in the country. Pride week will kick off today with an extravagant performance by our favorite local advocate for gender equality and LGBTQ+ rights, Khansa, the stunning physical poet and multidisciplinary artist with an earth-shattering voice that serves to reshape this society&#8217;s notions of gender and masculinity. Alongside him, Alsarah &#038; the Nubatones, a Brooklyn-based East-African Retro-Pop musical sensation. <br \/>  <br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbeirutcityguide%2Fvideos%2F1726271877386281%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Throughout the week, Beirut Pride will host a series of awe-inspiring, love-filled, and tolerance-spreading events ranging from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirutpride.org\/poetry\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">poetry readings<\/a>, kickass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirutpride.org\/queereeoke\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;queereeoke&#8217;<\/a>, open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirutpride.org\/sexual-health\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">talks <\/a>about sexual health, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirutpride.org\/seeds\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">a legal workshop<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirutpride.org\/storytelling-night\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">storytelling night<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirutpride.org\/fashion\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\"> gender neutral fashion show<\/a>, ending the week of pride with a bang in the form of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirutpride.org\/saturday-night\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">feel-good party<\/a> in our favorite party neighborhood, Mar Mikhael. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/55449.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  We look forward to this week of rainbow flags and happy faces, encouraging us all to #BeProud of who we are no matter what our gender, sexual orientation, or personal identities are.  <br \/>  <br \/>  Visit Beirut Pride\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirutpride.org\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> for more detailed information about this week\u2019s amazing events. 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