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.
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 Throughout the 60s and 70s, as the gay rights movement started to build momentum, 17 more stat joed Illois and repealed their sodomy laws.
'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
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.