jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMan detained in mental hospital after trying to set up Pakistan’s first gay clubwww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1415arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·11 months agoAs per Wikipedia: The UN noted that there had been arrests of homosexuals within the past three years in 2018, 2019 and 2022. So it’s not like LGBT issues were much better under Imran Khan either.
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minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoI wouldn’t be surprised either, but you made it sound like things are a lot more clear cut than they actually are.
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minus-squareBilboBargains@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIt didn’t sound like that to me. Americans meddling in other countries is par for the course.
minus-squareintrepid@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe bad laws were in place even before Imran - so that isn’t unexpected. However, only a democratic government affords any chance of revisiting it. Arguing that the situation is the same now is completely disingenuous.
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoHoly shit they can tell the lesser of two evils after all.
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As per Wikipedia:
So it’s not like LGBT issues were much better under Imran Khan either.
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I wouldn’t be surprised either, but you made it sound like things are a lot more clear cut than they actually are.
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It didn’t sound like that to me. Americans meddling in other countries is par for the course.
The bad laws were in place even before Imran - so that isn’t unexpected. However, only a democratic government affords any chance of revisiting it. Arguing that the situation is the same now is completely disingenuous.
Holy shit they can tell the lesser of two evils after all.
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