Amendments to anti-prostitution law also enable courts to sentence trans people to three years in prison

Iraq’s parliament has passed a bill making same-sex relations punishable by up to 15 years in prison, in a move condemned as an “attack on human rights”.

Transgender people will also be sentenced to three years in jail under the amendments to a 1988 anti-prostitution law, which were adopted during a session attended by 170 out of 329 lawmakers on Saturday.

A previous draft had proposed capital punishment for same-sex relations, in what campaigners had called a “dangerous” escalation. The new amendments enable courts to sentence people to between 10 and 15 years in prison, according to the document seen by AFP, in a country where gay and transgender people already face frequent attacks and discrimination.

They also set a minimum seven-year prison term for “promoting” same-sex relations and a sentence ranging from one to three years for men who “intentionally” act like women.

  • @[email protected]
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    118 months ago

    Yeah, I mean before America showed up, they were all for same sex marriages over there. Saddam loved the LGBT community! /S

    • @[email protected]
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      08 months ago

      The point is “liberating” them didn’t make things better. Not that things were good before.

        • @[email protected]
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          18 months ago

          I responded to a comment about the US invasion. It wasn’t me making anything about about something else.

          Sure I know what the real origin of this whole thing is. Islam, like the other Abrahamic faiths, is anti-LGBT.