Kuwait

A still from Wicked.

Film
Dec 05 2024

Wicked faces censorship in Kuwait for its inclusion of LGBTQ+ cast, local media speculate

Maha al-Mutairi, a trans woman, wears a white shirt while sitting down

World
Feb 17 2022

Kuwait overturns cruel anti-trans law in ‘major breakthrough’ – but the fight is far from over

Transphobia is a hangover of British colonialism, and we need to address it

World
Mar 31 2021

Transphobia in Commonwealth countries is an injustice left over from British colonialism. It’s time we addressed it

United Nations: Trans people are still criminalised in 13 member states

Trans
Sep 30 2020

Trans people are still criminalised in 13 United Nation member states with rights in every corner of the world ‘regressing’

Lena Waithe Onward

TV
Mar 07 2020

Disney’s ‘Onward’ banned in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia over tiny reference to a lesbian relationship

Culture
Oct 29 2017

People are freaking out about a hoax article claiming Ian McKellen has died

Current Affairs
Aug 11 2017

Dozens of gay and bi men deported from Kuwait amid crackdown

Culture
Jun 30 2017

Ian McKellen says ‘homophobia is alive and kicking’

Crime
Feb 05 2016

Family claims US lesbian couple were jailed for 25 years in Kuwait ‘for being gay’

Current Affairs
Apr 06 2014

Kuwait: Parliamentary panel offers to ‘help gays and cross-dressers end their suffering’

Community
Jan 27 2014

Kuwait: Trans women arrested under law which bans ‘imitating the opposite sex’

Current Affairs
Nov 07 2013

How will Gulf States detect if travellers are gay? Video suggests solution to detecting and blocking gay tourists

Current Affairs
Oct 14 2013

Kuwaiti MPs: Amnesty International must stop aligning itself with ‘deviant gays’ instead of really oppressed people

Current Affairs
Oct 12 2013

Amnesty slams Gulf countries’ proposed ‘medical tests’ to ‘detect’ and ban gay and trans people