Opinion | Iraqi officials incite violence against LGBT+ citizens while neglecting calls for reform
While much of the world is celebrating International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBiT), political and religious leaders in Iraq—Muqtada al-Sadr, Ahmed al-Sahaf, and Ali al-Bayati among them—are busy scapegoating LGBT+ citizens to distract the public from pressing issues at home, including COVID-19 and the need to form a government that can respond to the demands of Iraqi protestors.