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حلم | |
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| Founded | 2001 |
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| Legal status | Non-governmental organization |
| Focus | LGBT rights in Lebanon, LGBT activism |
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Region served | Lebanon, MENA |
Executive Director | Tarek Zeidan |
| Award(s) | Felipa de Souza Award |
| Website | helem |
Helem (Arabic: حلم, Lebanese Arabic pronunciation: [ħelem]; which means ‘dream’) is the first LGBTQIA+ rights non-governmental organization in the Arab world, founded in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2001. Its mission is to lead a non-violent struggle for the liberation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other persons with non-conforming sexualities and/or gender identities (LGBTQIA+) in Lebanon and the MENA region from all sorts of violations of their individual and collective civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights. Helem’s name was also an acronym in Arabic that stood for “Lebanese protection for the LGBT community” (Arabic: حماية لبنانية للمثليين/ات والمزدوجين/ات المغايرين/ات, or حلم.م.م.م.م.م).