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| Region | Kuwait |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Banned |
| Start Date | Oct 19, 2020 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Article 19 of Law No. 70 of Kuwait's medical liability law explicitly prohibits all kinds of gender-affirming care being granted to trans people since 2020. Such procedures are not prohibited for intersex people. |
| Sources | https://www.amr.gov.kw/law70-2020 https://cairo52.com/countries/Kuwait/ |
Revision History (5)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Redoing the whole entry as while the status is correct, it was based on trans people's criminalisation, not their healthcare's.
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| Start Date | Jan 1, 2007 | Oct 19, 2020 |
| Description | Transgender people are still deported after removal of a penal code in 2007, that states article 198, which prohibited “imitating the opposite sex." is unconstitutional. HRW reported in 2022 that the Kuwait times published an article stating the police deported 3,000 transgender and gay people because they "imitated" the opposite sex. | Article 19 of Law No. 70 of Kuwait's medical liability law explicitly prohibits all kinds of gender-affirming care being granted to trans people since 2020. Such procedures are not prohibited for intersex people. |
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| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/kuwait#:~:text=The%20penal%20code%20criminalizes%20adultery,to%20seven%20years%20in%20prison. https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/kuwait/ https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/kuwait/ | https://www.amr.gov.kw/law70-2020 https://cairo52.com/countries/Kuwait/ |
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edited by cosmeticplague. Reverting to revision #40814: It's banned
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Banned |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Banned |
| Description | The constitutional court of Kuwait overturned article 198 which criminalize “imitating the opposite sex” and said it’s unconstitutional. I think the journalist from Kuwait times is uneducated who does not differentiate between feminine gay guys and crossdressing/transgender people. Even if the deportation of over 3000 people happened but because those people were sex workers in massage places. | Transgender people are still deported after removal of a penal code in 2007, that states article 198, which prohibited “imitating the opposite sex." is unconstitutional. HRW reported in 2022 that the Kuwait times published an article stating the police deported 3,000 transgender and gay people because they "imitated" the opposite sex. |
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| Federal Law | Yes | No |
| Sources | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/kuwait/#:~:text=In%20February%2C%20Kuwait's%20Constitutional%20Court,sex'%2C%20ruling%20it%20unconstitutional. | https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/kuwait#:~:text=The%20penal%20code%20criminalizes%20adultery,to%20seven%20years%20in%20prison. https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/kuwait/ https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/kuwait/ |
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edited by billies949. statut correction, ambiguous
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| Value | Banned | (REMOVED) |
| Special Status | Banned | Ambiguous |
| Description | Transgender people are still deported after removal of a penal code in 2007, that states article 198, which prohibited “imitating the opposite sex." is unconstitutional. HRW reported in 2022 that the Kuwait times published an article stating the police deported 3,000 transgender and gay people because they "imitated" the opposite sex. | The constitutional court of Kuwait overturned article 198 which criminalize “imitating the opposite sex” and said it’s unconstitutional. I think the journalist from Kuwait times is uneducated who does not differentiate between feminine gay guys and crossdressing/transgender people. Even if the deportation of over 3000 people happened but because those people were sex workers in massage places. |
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/kuwait#:~:text=The%20penal%20code%20criminalizes%20adultery,to%20seven%20years%20in%20prison. https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/kuwait/ https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/kuwait/ | https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/kuwait/#:~:text=In%20February%2C%20Kuwait's%20Constitutional%20Court,sex'%2C%20ruling%20it%20unconstitutional. |
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Jan 1, 2007 |
| Original entry | |
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| Status | Banned |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Transgender people are still deported after removal of a penal code in 2007, that states article 198, which prohibited “imitating the opposite sex." is unconstitutional. HRW reported in 2022 that the Kuwait times published an article stating the police deported 3,000 transgender and gay people because they "imitated" the opposite sex. |
| Sources | https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2024/country-chapters/kuwait#:~:text=The%20penal%20code%20criminalizes%20adultery,to%20seven%20years%20in%20prison. https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/kuwait/ https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/kuwait/ |