The Kuwaiti government is attempting to rid the country of gay and trangender citizens.
June 19 2008 12:00 AM EST
November 17 2015 5:28 AM EST
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The Kuwaiti government is attempting to rid the country of gay and trangender citizens.
The Kuwaiti government is attempting to rid the country of gay and transgender citizens.
The Social Vice committee in Kuwait is in the process of organizing a national conference in order to define "social vices" and determine ways to crack down on them, according to British online news service Pink News.
Valid Tabatabaii, a Kuwaiti MP on the committee, said to local newspaper Alaqabs that the government has tried to crack down on "girlie boys" and homosexuals, who, he said, promote crime and sexual immorality in the country.
Last December, Kuwait's parliament passed a law that made "imitating the appearance of the opposite sex" a crime.
The amendment states that "any person committing an indecent act in a public place, or imitating the appearance of a member of the opposite sex, shall be subject to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or a fine." (The Advocate)