Only five untri the world have given lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people equal nstutnal rights, global rearch shows, wh most untri failg to protect the muny om wispread discrimatn and ab.
Contents:
- HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
- HOW GAY RIGHTS HAVE SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD OVER THE LAST 224 YEARS
HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
The followg untry profil are rived part om sectns of theHuman Rights Watch 2021 World Report that relate to the rights of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr and (LGBT) people. * how many countries have gay rights *
LGBT and LGBTQ+ have several addnal variatns, cludg LGBTQ, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA+, and 2SLGBTQIA+ (Two-spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, and asexual, wh the + reprentg pansexual, agenr, genr queer, bigenr, genr variant, and pangenr). Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn's annual report State-Sponsored Homophobia, same-sex nduct was crimalized 67 of the Uned Natns' 193 member stat 2020 and was facto illegal two more. Another of the world's most gay-iendly untri, Swen has legalized both marriage and adoptn for same-sex upl, stalled anti-discrimatn protectns for both genr inty and sexual orientatn, end nstutnal protectns agast discrimatn, and crimalized vlence agast LGBTQ+ people.
HOW GAY RIGHTS HAVE SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD OVER THE LAST 224 YEARS
In 1791, France legalized same-sex sexual acts for s 29 ln rints. A wave of acceptance for gays and lbians was slow to follow, only gag momentum 200 years later the 1990s, when untri began prohibg employment discrimatn and grantg rights to same-sex partners. Here's how laws have spread by untry, year and natnal populatn at the time the law was enacted. Rearchers generally timate 4 percent of the populatn of the world is gay. * how many countries have gay rights *
Individuals arrted for homosexual nduct are often subjected to addnal mistreatment, om torture and forced anal exams by shady law enforcement officials to oversized sentenc or extend pre-trial rceratn that n last for years. Same-sex relatns are punishable unr article 338 of the penal by up to two years Algerian urt on September 3, 2020 sentenced two men to prison terms and 42 others to spend terms after mass arrts at what the police alleged was a “gay weddg. In Febary 2021, a new penal me to effect Angola that no longer crimaliz nsensual same-sex nduct, scrappg lonial-era provisns that characterized homosexualy as “vic agast nature.