Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>The case of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JanaGonani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JanaGonani</span></a>, a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/woman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woman</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Malawi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malawi</span></a>, could have profound implications for the nation's anti-LGBTIQ laws. Gonani was convicted under <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PenalCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PenalCode</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Section153" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Section153</span></a>(c) for an "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/unnaturaloffence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unnaturaloffence</span></a>" in December 2021, receiving an eight-year <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sentence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sentence</span></a>. She has since <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/appealed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>appealed</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/judgment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judgment</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/challenging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>challenging</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PenalCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PenalCode</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/provisions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>provisions</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/criminalize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminalize</span></a> such <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/offenses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offenses</span></a>.</p><p>— (1/4)</p>