Iraqi Prohibition of Homosexuality Term

Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission yesterday directed all media and social media companies in the country not to use the term “homosexuality” and instead replace it with “sexual deviance”. 

 

The media regulator also prohibited the use of the term “gender”. 

 

Iraq does not explicitly criminalise gay sex but loosely defined morality clauses in its penal code have been used to target members of the LGBT community. 

 

FYI, more than 60 countries criminalise gay sex, while same-sex sexual acts are legal in more than 130 countries, according to Our World in Data.