Pride flag raised in Casablanca divides Moroccan activists

For the first time, a rainbow flag – associated with Queer rights – was raised in Morocco during a women's rights protest, causing a disturbance among protesters and triggering a heated conversation about homophobia and selective feminism in the North African kingdom. On Sunday, dozens of women's rights activists gathered at the Nation Union Square in Casablanca to protest the ongoing institutionalised gender disparity in family and penal codes. Under the organisation of Hiya, a newly established Moroccan women's rights movement, the protest was held to call for legislative reforms of penal an…

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