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Under anti-gay law Iraq hunts down LGBTQ people, imprisons anyone who 'behaves like a woman' (www.ynetnews.com)
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[–] Someonelemmy@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 6 months ago

JFC, I'm so glad we spent all that blood and treasure to end up with this...

A quick check of old news makes it sound like LGBT rights were a lot better under Saddam: https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/06_june/30/saddam.shtml