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Population
: 2,111,561 (2002)
Internet
users :200,000 (2002)
The
World Factbook 2002
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GLBT
KUWAIT NEWS
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Kuwaiti Trans Woman Can't Change Documents |
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16.6.03
Kuwait's Civil Bench of the Court of First Instance June 8 dismissed
the case of a 25-year-old woman who wanted to change her name on
official documents after undergoing a sex-change operation in
Thailand.
The woman's lawyer said that although she was born male, she always
felt female and now has "no manhood signs visible from the
physiological point of view."
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T.A.T.U - The first
lesbians kiss in Kuwait ?
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May 2003 By
Shabi A. Getenio
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The
last information we had about GLBT and Kuwait was from 1997,
when Dr Alia Shoaib was dismissed from her
professorial chair in Kuwait University for suggesting that
homosexuality exists in the emirate.
That
is way GME was quite surprised to find, few weeks ago ,in a kuwaiti music web-site called
salmiya
a positive article about the
Russian-lesbian group T.A.T.U (!!!). The article on front page even contained
links to T.A.T.U’s video clips (including lesbian kisses) and an interview
with the two lesbian girls.
GME
wrote an e-mail to the managers of the web-site and asked them if
there really was a change of policy in Kuwait.
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The
Russian lesbian group - T.A.T.U
T.A.T.U
live lesbian kiss.
T.A.T.U
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offical
site
Universal-music
link
Tatugirls
link
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The reaction
was quite fast. The day after we found an article about
Christina Aguilera’s ‘Dirty’ nominee to the Grammy award (at
least they could put Christina Aguilera’s ‘Beautiful’
video-clip...)
instead of the article
about T.A.T.U.
Till
now there is no answer from the managers of
salmiya web-site or from any
other Kuwaiti Officials that we tried to reach.
For
all the GLBT from Kuwait who want to see T.A.T.U great
videos – here is the link
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Legal
status
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Sexual
activity :
Same-sex
male :
Illegal
same-sex
female :
N/I
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GayMiddleEast.com
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GME
is looking for volunteers
who want to join the staff of GME
as a reporters.
Requirements
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writing in English
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living in the ME or having good sources in gay communities in
the region.
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agreeing with GME vision and goals.
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GAY
TIME STORY
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Your
Government says that
you as a GLBT do not exist ?
This
is the time to tell us your story !
How do you
live as a GLBT in your country ? What are
your fears ? What are your dreams ? What makes you
happy ? Whom do you love ? What do you think ?
Where do
you meet other GLBT?
What
do you want to tell us? What do you want to talk
about?
GME
is here for you all.
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Important
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More Legal Status |
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Kuwait:
Has a sodomy
law, punishes sexual intercourse between men over 21 years of age
with imprisonment of up of to seven years, it punishes
sexual intercourse with a male under 21 with imprisonment of up to
10 years.***
***This
information taken from the website
Gay Rights
Info
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GLBT News Web-Sites |
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The Guardian -
29.3.97
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Dr Alia Shoaib was dismissed from her professorial chair in
Kuwait University for suggesting that homosexuality exists in
the emirate. Her comments were published in a local magazine,
al-Hadaf, which was the also sued [sic] for obscenity. Dr
Fazia Khorafi, the female president of the university and
responsible for her dismissal, claimed that homosexuality does
not exist in Kuwait. However the under-secretary of the
education ministry described this view as being of a
"dinosaur mentality". But the Information Minister,
Sheikh Saoud al-Nasser al-Sabah said the professor's comments
had "defamed the University". "We know that
there are gays in Kuwait, they are hidden and should remain
so". A leading Kuwaiti novelist, Leila Othman, is
currently facing obscenity charges for her book "The
Departure" which includes short stories dealing with
lesbianism and gay male relationships.
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