Kuwait Moves to Penalize Gender Imitation and Violence Against Disabled and Elderly
He expressed his gratitude to the minister for understanding the society's legitimate concerns about the negative phenomena that must be addressed through the coordinated efforts of the concerned government agencies and civil society institutions. On the other hand, Al-Naham confirmed in a similar statement to the newspaper that the phenomenon of imitating the opposite sex is a violation of the Islamic Law. He said many countries around the world have started taking strict measures against homosexuality. He added that court rulings have been issued in some foreign countries prohibiting gender reassignment. He explained that gender identity disorder among young people is often due to the impact of globalization, uncontrolled openness, absence of a family role and bad company.
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