The only thing I find totally strange is for small countries like Algeria, the Olympics are their Superbowl, world Series and NBA championships rolled up into one. The Olympics and the World Cup are how these countries bring notoriety to themselves and the most important situation other rhan war.
So Olympics Heroes are treated like gods in many of these countries like
Noureddine Morceli is in that country. Well if you are a man if you are a woman like
Hassiba Boulmerka than you are treated with disdain and criticism. Maybe things have changed for women and that is why they support Khelif.
So why would a country that has in its law death to LGBTQ people have an intersex individual represent them. I mean this is a country that kills these people just like Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and most other Muslim countries.
It just doesn't make sense to me.
It would be like the trans girl Dylan Mulvaney running for president. She was vilified by the right wing in this country just for supporting a product, something many celebrities have done since the dawn of time and some dude using a shot gun against that product I guess letting her know what he would do to her and that same right wing lunatic tried to destroy that entire company. Imagine if Dylan tried to run for some political office.
Well Algeria is way more bigoted toward LGBTQ people than the US and that's saying something, and that boxer isn't endorsing a product they are representing a whole country.
This just doesn't make sense to me at all.
Algeria is also one of the most LGBTQ phobic countries on earth.
Article 333 of the Algerian law (English translation) reads:
"When the outrage to public decency
has consisted of an act against nature with an individual of the same
sex, the penalty is imprisonment of between 6 months and 3 years, and a
fine of between 1,000 and 10,000 Algerian Dinars."
— Article 333, ILGA May 2008 world laws report[3]
Vigilante executions,[5] beatings,[6] and torture[7] are also allowed, with police frequently joining in on the attacks,[7] being complicit, or turning a blind eye.[6]
The criminals laws originate from the prevailing mores in Algeria that view homosexuality and cross-dressing as against the Islamic faith.[8]
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FACTS:
Khelif is NOT transgender or transsexual. Khelif is a biological woman. In Algeria, the country that Khelif represents, transgender identity is prohibited, as is changing sex or gender and medical or hormonal treatments to transition to another sex
https://x.com/fairplaywomen/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-yes-algeria-prohibits-191100022.html