Contents:
- LLIE+LOHMAN MM OF GAY & LBIAN ART
- 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
LLIE+LOHMAN MM OF GAY & LBIAN ART
Genr inty and exprsn are pennt of sexual orientatn, and transgenr people may intify as heterosexual, lbian, gay or bisexual. In many plac, beg openly gay n get you arrted or even killed, and there is ltle protectn om discrimatn. Keep readg for a parison of gay rights the US vs.
In a handful of untri, like Sdi Arabia, Iran, and Somalia, “homosexual activy” is nsired a pal offense.
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
Though 62% of Amerins say they’re satisfied wh the acceptance of gay and lbian people the untry, wasn’t too long ago that LGBTQ Amerins lived a totally different realy. Throughout the 60s and 70s, as the gay rights movement started to build momentum, 17 more stat joed Illois and repealed their sodomy laws. Homosexualy remas illegal at least 69 untri.
Angola, Botswana, and Mozambique, among others, have all crimalized homosexualy and same-sex relatns recent years. However, other untri, like Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya, have tightened or mataed their anti-homosexualy laws. In 2022, Sgapore’s high urt dismissed an appeal to em their anti-gay laws unnstutnal.
This map shows the timated percentage of each state's adult (ag 18+) populatn that intifi as lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr, based on a 2018 analysis of Gallup data by The Williams Instute.