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| Region | Iraq |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Banned |
| Start Date | Apr 27, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | On April 27th, 2024, the Iraqi Parliament passed the amendment to the Law Against Prostitution and Sexual Deviance. Article 2 of the bill criminalizes "acts of effeminacy," defined as imitating women through actions such as wearing women’s cosmetics or clothes in public, taking hormones to display feminine traits, or any other behavior deemed effeminate by medical and social standards. Offenders could face imprisonment ranging from one to three years or fines between five and ten million dinars. Additionally, Article 3 prohibits altering a person's biological sex based on psychological desires, with Article 6 imposing penalties of imprisonment for those attempting or performing such changes, except in cases of necessary surgical interventions for congenital anomalies. |
| Sources | https://apnews.com/article/iraq-lgbtq-law-85e5e55cde7a581631c484ad83b0773c https://www.timesofisrael.com/iraq-criminalizes-same-sex-relations-sets-10-15-year-prison-sentence/amp/ https://database.ilga.org/iraq-lgbti |
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| Status | Banned |
| Start Date | Apr 27, 2024 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | On April 27th, 2024, the Iraqi Parliament passed the amendment to the Law Against Prostitution and Sexual Deviance. Article 2 of the bill criminalizes "acts of effeminacy," defined as imitating women through actions such as wearing women’s cosmetics or clothes in public, taking hormones to display feminine traits, or any other behavior deemed effeminate by medical and social standards. Offenders could face imprisonment ranging from one to three years or fines between five and ten million dinars. Additionally, Article 3 prohibits altering a person's biological sex based on psychological desires, with Article 6 imposing penalties of imprisonment for those attempting or performing such changes, except in cases of necessary surgical interventions for congenital anomalies. |
| Sources | https://apnews.com/article/iraq-lgbtq-law-85e5e55cde7a581631c484ad83b0773c https://www.timesofisrael.com/iraq-criminalizes-same-sex-relations-sets-10-15-year-prison-sentence/amp/ https://database.ilga.org/iraq-lgbti |