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Date: February 23, 2024 08:02PM
https://www.hrw.org/report/2012/01/15/they-hunt-us-down-fun/discrimination-and-police-violence-against-transgender-womenThey hunt us down for fun. They don’t want me to dress like a woman so I don’t. I wear a dishdasha (traditional Kuwaiti male garment) now. I cut my hair short. After all that I was still arrested, beaten, and raped for having a smooth, feminine face. What can I do about my face?
–Amani, 24, Kuwait City, February 8, 2011
Issue official cards for transgender individuals identifying them as such that prevent arrest by the police.
The committee raised much controversy, particularly during the 2008 term when the Islamists comprised a majority of the parliament. While its proponents claim that the committee’s mandate is to uphold traditional Kuwaiti values, others see it as a precursor to a Saudi-style Committee to Promote Virtue and Prevent Vice, an authorized law enforcement agency tasked with upholding public morality. Critics accuse the Kuwaiti committee of attempting to impinge on constitutionally guaranteed freedoms, citing its record of trying to impose strict controls on private parties and gatherings, challenging the legal definition of “privacy” in order to further regulate people’s personal lives and conduct, opposing TV shows and concerts that they consider immoral.