Kuwait overturns law criminalising ‘imitation of opposite sex’
KUWAIT CITY – Kuwait’s constitutional court Wednesday overturned a law that criminalises “imitation of the opposite sex” in a move Amnesty International said was a breakthrough for transgender rights in the region. Kuwaiti lawyer Ali al-Aryan, who filed a lawsuit to overturn Article 198 of the penal code two years ago, confirmed that the law had been … Read more
