Introduction by Richard Ammon GlobalGayz.com Photos, News & Reports for Gay Kuwait Cultural changes come about very slowly for gays in the Muslim Middle East. This story appeared several years ago in the Kuwait News; it is an unusual story since homosexuality is rarely discussed publicly, let alone published in a newspaper. (However this is
Kuwait has the world’s fifth largest proven oil reserves and is the ninth richest country in the world per capita. Kuwait is a Muslim nation and thus both homosexuality and cross-dressing are treated as crimes and signs of immorality. However, as is the case with other “moderate” Muslim nations in the Middle East, there are few recorded cases of the criminal laws being enforced. Article 193 of the Penal Code punishes homosexuality between men, over the age of 21, with up to seven years imprisonment. If the conduct involves persons under the age of 21, then imprisonment can be for a maximum of ten years.
Name: Kuwait
Population: 4000000
Capital: Kuwait City - Pop. 64000
Area: 17818 sq. km/ sq. miles
Language: Arabic
Religion: Muslim
Status of Homosexuality: Illegal
Telephone Country Code: 965
Kuwait deports 76 gay men in crackdown, 2017/Aug/10
Kuwait: Parliamentary panel offers to ‘help gays and cross-dressers end their suffering’, 2014/Apr/06
Kuwait arrests young trans woman and her mother, 2012/Dec/26
Kuwait arrests two trans women, 2012/Nov/12
Gay Kuwait News and Reports, 2009/Jan/01
