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81 Countries Where Homosexuality Is Illegal by anonymous6(f): 3:34pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
[b]The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, or ILGA, lists 77 countries with criminal laws against sexual activity by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex people (LGBTIs), but that’s an understatement. A more realistic, 81-country list is below, including links to this blog’s coverage of individual countries. The ILGA total as of early 2013 was 81 countries if you included Indonesia, where two large provinces outlaw homosexual acts, as well as political entities that aren’t fully accepted by the international community — Gaza/Palestine, the Turkish-controlled northern portion of Cyprus, and the Cook Islands, a self-governing country whose residents all have citizenship in New Zealand. On Dec. 11, 2013, that total increased by one — to 82 countries with anti-homosexuality laws — when the Supreme Court of India reversed a lower court ruling that had suspended enforcement of the law. But in January 2014, North Cyprus repealed its law, thus returning the total to 81. Click on the image for an interactive graphic from The Guardian, showing the status of LGBT rights, country by country, around the world. Click on the image for an interactive graphic from The Guardian, showing the status of LGBT rights, country by country, around the world. The total would actually be 82 countries if you were to include Russia, which does not have a law against homosexual acts but is in the midst of an anti-gay crackdown on the basis of its new law against “gay propaganda.” Back in 2012, based on a separate, nearly complete count, St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation cited a total of 76 countries. That list was used in that year’s Spirit of 76 Worldwide program aimed at repealing those laws. It also inspired the name of this blog — “Erasing 76 Crimes.” Here is the list of 81 countries and independent political entities with anti-homosexuality laws, with links to coverage in this blog: Africa 1 Algeria 2 Angola 3 Botswana 4 Burundi 5 Cameroon 6 Comoros 7 Egypt 8 Eritrea 9 Ethiopia 10 Gambia 10 Ghana 12 Guinea 13 Kenya 14 Lesotho 15 Liberia 16 Libya 17 Malawi (enforcement of law suspended) 18 Mauritania 19 Mauritius 20 Morocco 21 Mozambique 22 Namibia 23 Nigeria 24 Sao Tome 25 Senegal 26 Seychelles 27 Sierra Leone 28 Somalia 29 South Sudan 30 Sudan 31 Swaziland 32 Tanzania 33 Togo 34 Tunisia 35 Uganda 36 Zambia 37 Zimbabwe Benin had been included in some editions of the ILGA report, but homosexuality is not illegal there, though the age of consent is higher for same-sex relations than for heterosexual relations. It was removed from this list in May 2014. Asia, including the Middle East 38 Afghanistan 39 Bangladesh 40 Bhutan 41 Brunei 42 India 43 Iran 44 Kuwait 45 Lebanon (law ruled invalid in one court) 46 Malaysia 47 Maldives 48 Myanmar 49 Oman 50 Pakistan 51 Palestine/Gaza Strip 52 Qatar 53 Saudi Arabia 54 Singapore 55 Sri Lanka 56 Syria 57 Turkmenistan 58 United Arab Emirates 59 Uzbekistan 60 Yemen Two Asian/Middle Eastern countries were listed separately by ILGA in early 2013 under the heading “Legal status of homosexual acts unclear or uncertain”: In Iraq, there is no law against homosexual acts, but homophobic violence is unchecked and self-appointed sharia judges reportedly have imposed sentences for homosexual behavior. In India, enforcement of the law against homosexual activity had been suspended by court action, but the Supreme Court overturned that ruling on Dec. 11, 2013, so India is back on the main list of countries with anti-homosexuality laws. Americas 61 Antigua & Barbuda 62 Barbados 63 Belize 64 Dominica 65 Grenada 66 Guyana 67 Jamaica 68 St Kitts & Nevis 69 St Lucia 70 St Vincent & the Grenadines 71 Trinidad & Tobago In the United States, anti-sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003, but they are still on the books in 13 states: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Conservative state legislators refuse to repeal the laws and, in some cases, police still enforce them. Reportedly, in the past few years more than a dozen LGBT people were arrested for violating those laws, but the arrestees were freed because prosecutors won’t seek convictions based on defunct laws. Oceania 72 Cook Islands 73 Indonesia (Aceh Province and South Sumatra) 74 Kirbati 75 Nauru 76 Palau 77 Papua New Guinea 78 Samoa 79 Solomon Islands 80 Tonga 81 Tuvalu Europe No country in Europe has a law against homosexuality. The last one, Northern Cyprus, repealed its law in January 2014. Also in Europe and worth mentioning but not on that list of countries with laws against homosexuality are: Russia, which enacted an anti-gay propaganda law in 2013 prohibiting any positive mention of homosexuality in the presence of minors, including online; Kyrgyzstan, on June 17, 2014, it adopted an anti-gay propaganda law similar to that in Russia. Any type of information on same-sex relations is a crime punishable by fines and a jail sentence. Ukraine, which has considered, but so far has not adopted a similar law against “gay propaganda.” Moldova, which adopted and then repealed such a law in 2013.[/b] http://76crimes.com/76-countries-where-homosexuality-is-illegal/ |
Re: 81 Countries Where Homosexuality Is Illegal by Asek1(m): 4:12pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
What's the sense in this sheet "God created Adam and Eve NOT Adam and Steve" 1 Like |
Re: 81 Countries Where Homosexuality Is Illegal by BarryX(m): 4:58pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
It's Illegal in these countries and so what Don't get the idea behind listing such countries They have made their stand known and it's now left for the homofreaks to tread their sexual inclinations including both the penileAss folks and cuntthrobbing bit.ches to countries that allow such acts simple ! 1 Like |
Re: 81 Countries Where Homosexuality Is Illegal by anonymous6(f): 10:42pm On Jul 03, 2014 |
BarryX: It's Illegal in these countries and so what I understand you but for the media to list these countries shows some people in the western world are pissed by this. |
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