“so we went to Gaza and handed out aid”

  • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_State_of_Palestine

    On September 18, 1936, the criminal code of Mandatory Palestine, British Mandate Criminal Code, which drew from Ottoman law or English law, was enacted. Section 152(1)(b)© of the code states that any person who “commits an act of sodomy with any person against his will by the use of force or threats” or “commits an act of sodomy with a child under the age of sixteen years” is liable for imprisonment up to 14 years, while Section 152(2)(b) states that anyone who has “carnal knowledge” of anyone acting “against the law of nature” is liable for a prison term up to 10 years.[2] Palestinian academic Sa’ed Atshan argued that this criminal code was an example of British export of homophobia to the Global South. who-did-this

    Mixed legality:

    • West Bank – decriminalized since 1951, equal age of consent

    • Gaza Strip – no consensus on applicability of British 1936 Sexual offences provisions to homosexual conduct

    • No recognition of same-sex couples

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