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| Region | Kuwait |
| Issue | Bathroom access |
| Status | Restricted (enforced with penalties or fines) |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Feb 15, 2022 |
| Description | Until 2022, transgender women were explicitly criminalised in Kuwait, effectively banning their access to the bathroom matching their gender identity. |
| Sources | https://dawnmena.org/transgender-discrimination-continues-in-kuwait-despite-a-court-ruling/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/kuwait-overturning-law-that-criminalized-imitation-of-the-opposite-sex-a-breakthrough-for-transgender-rights/ |
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Restricted (enforced with penalties or fines) |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Feb 15, 2022 |
| Description | Until 2022, transgender women were explicitly criminalised in Kuwait, effectively banning their access to the bathroom matching their gender identity. |
| Sources | https://dawnmena.org/transgender-discrimination-continues-in-kuwait-despite-a-court-ruling/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/02/kuwait-overturning-law-that-criminalized-imitation-of-the-opposite-sex-a-breakthrough-for-transgender-rights/ |