Security authorities reportedly perform rectal probes on detainees; unknown number released after exam to detect sperm.
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
BERLIN – 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.
Hezbollah posters on a Beirut street. – Photo: Bloomberg
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.














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