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Homosexuality is a human characteristic, not a choice or a disease
2-4-2019
Dr. Omar Fattal, founding member of the Lebanese Medical Association for Sexual Health (LebMASH), said homosexuality is a natural diversity in humans. It is neither a choice, nor a mental disorder nor a hormonal imbalance, but a characteristic just like the color of the human eyes, he explained. Fattal was speaking to An Nahar newspaper during the LGBT Health Week held mid-March. Fattal notes that LebMASH was founded to achieve health equality among all the Lebanese, with special focus on the marginalized communities, like LGBTs. The conference was launched with the aim to raise awareness about health and the negative factors affecting it and the provision of medical care for every patient, namely marginalized groups, Fattal maintained. It targeted several groups, including students and health workers on the one hand, and the media on the other, so that the latter can deliver the concept to the society at large. Dr. Fattal criticized Lebanon’s continued criminalization of homosexuality as seen in Article 534 of the Penal Code, despite the establishment by the international medical community and Lebanese medical associations that same sex is neither a disease nor it is against nature. He asked concerned parties to review and hence, repeal the unfair and discriminatory law, which not only not only criminalizes homosexuality, but also discriminates in health issues with all side effects this ensues. One of the most prominent forms of discrimination against LGBTs is the lack of scientific health information and stereotyping against them, Fattal said. (An Nahar, April 2, 2019)
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