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Iraq bans media usage of words ‘homosexuality,’ ‘gender’: reports (thehill.com)

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Iraq’s official media regulator has reportedly banned the terms “homosexual” and “homosexuality” on all media and social media platforms and is instead mandating the usage of the term “sexual devia…

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[–] Knusper@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was the Iraq War not also officially to combat religious fundamentalists? And now you hear these kind of news from Iraq and from Florida.

[–] jhulten@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

The Ba'ath party was more nationalist, anti imperialist but also unify the Arab world, socialist but discriminatatory...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Socialist_Ba%27ath_Party_%E2%80%93_Iraq_Region