Map Shows Where Being LGBT Can Be Punishable by Law
The massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando made it clear: Basic legal rights are no guarantee of safety. Yet in several nations, the laws don’t even pretend to protect LGBT citizens—instead, they actively work against them.
Seventy-three countries, or 37 percent of the United Nations, declare same-sex physical relations illegal, according to a comprehensive survey of sexual orientation laws from the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA).
Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen call for the death penalty nationwide for same-sex relations, the report says, while other places can impose death penalties regionally, along with fines and prison sentences. Though the criminalization is centered mainly in Africa and the Middle East, as the map above shows, it also persists in the Caribbean and elsewhere.
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