Trans activist in Kuwait: ‘transgender an “epidemic” that politicians say the co

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Trans activist in Kuwait: 'transgender an "epidemic" that politicians say the country must get rid of'

October 31, 2012 • 11:02 PM


http://lexiecannes.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/trans-activist-in-kuwait-transgender-an-epidemic-that-politicians-say-the-country-must-get-rid-of/


THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — ". . . gender identity is increasingly talked about by politicians and the media as an "epidemic" that the country must get rid of' says a trans activist in Kuwait.

With six trans women arrested by Kuwaiti police in recent weeks and five already in prison, the government of Kuwait continues their oppression of transgender people through the use of a 2007 law that 'imitating the appearance of a member of the opposite sex'.

A Human Rights Watch report published in January outlined the arrest, abuse and torture of trans people in Kuwait. I wrote about that here: http://lexiecannes.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/u-s-should-force-kuwait-to-repeal-law-against-imitating-the-opposite-sex-which-allows-abuse-of-trans-by-police/