Tunis, May 16, 2019 Press Release: Another May 17 in legal and institutional homophobia and transphobia The signatory associations, members of the Civil Coalition for Individual Freedoms and their Allies, are celebrating this year’s May 17, which coincides...
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Tunis, May 16, 2019 Press Release: Another May 17 in legal and institutional homophobia and transphobia The signatory associations, members of the Civil Coalition for Individual Freedoms and their Allies, are celebrating this year’s May 17, which coincides with the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, while the situation of LGBTQI++ individuals stagnates and the official institutions of the State continue to use liberticidal laws and homophobic and transphobic practices; On the legal front, Articles that punish people with non-normative sexuality, gender identity or gender expressions, are still there, immutable and resulting in innumerable cases of harassment and intimidation, and dozens of arrests, some of which result in convictions each year; These same legal provisions renew their silence regarding the change of civil status, and leave the door open to random judicial interpretations and shameful penitentiary practices against Trans* persons; At the judicial level
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