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The new penal code punishes anyone who “commits or attempts to commit an immodest or unnatural act or practices lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender, Queer, intersex, Asexual (LGBTQIA+) acts” with between five and 10 years in prison and a fine, according to the text of the new penal code.
A homophobic law using "LGBTQIA+" and winding up criminalising "asexual acts" feels like a bit
They're using the acronym because it's targeting a political identity. They'd be targeting asexuals who go to pride parades or do advocacy or whatever. They're not going to chuck you in prison for not meeting your sex quota.
What even are "asexual acts"?
It might be used for incel shit. A girl rejects a guy? Asexual.
I don't think Niger have a big problem with incels, it's rather western and westoid phenomenon
Not necessarily incels by name, but the general male attitude of "women owe me attention and attraction"
Watching Doctor Who and playing Scrabble.
Jfc how is this bullshit considered worth anyone’s time? Niger has much bigger problems get real…
Seriously, I don't understand how something like that could get official attention like this as opposed to so many other things Niger is facing
Why do you think?
Pinkwashing imperialism against Niger.
i think people are asking why niger would bother to do this, not why the media cares it is doing it.
and the first time around iirc the answer is reactionary religious groups as usual. catholic and muslim.
I see. Yeah. Same as always.
I will take this news with a huge grain of salt, since its exclusively pro-empire sources reporting this.
But its likely done to persuade the advancing forces of IS.
~~this is a doubling down. they criminalized it some months or a year ago, we talked about it on hexbear at the time. very frustrating, critical support.~~
nvm, but also weird that it happened twice
Niger and Mali are less socialist and more developmentalist. Niger is also considered the Crassus of the AES triumvirate by the empire, that why the us approached it multiple times.
Wasn't it Burkina Faso though that did it a few months ago? or maybe I missed Niger doing the same
ah shit i've been up all night, yeah it was probably Burkina Faso before
It was Burkina Faso.