Pope Francis Conmns Anti-Gay Laws, Says Homosexualy 'Not a Crime'

Contents:

• WHERE GAY IS CRIMAL: THE DEFIVE GUI TO COUNTRI WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL
• 15 (SURPRISG) UNTRI WHERE ’S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
• LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
• WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• WHERE 'S A CRIME TO BE GAY: A VISUAL GUI TO WHERE LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ARE REPRSED
• UGANDAN PRINT SIGNS ANTI-GAY LAW THAT INCLUS DEATH PENALTY AS A PUNISHMENT
• POPE FRANCIS CONMNS ANTI-GAY LAWS AROUND THE WORLD: 'BEG HOMOSEXUAL IS NOT A CRIME'

WHERE GAY IS CRIMAL: THE DEFIVE GUI TO COUNTRI WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL

So as part of Hor’s efforts to #DecrimalizeLGBT, we’ve put together this quick and handy gui to untri where homosexualy is illegal (mostly bee of anti-sodomy laws). In this handy gui of untri where homosexualy is illegal, we’ve only clud untri wh laws on the books that imprison adult men for nsensual sex wh another adult male — ually forbidn unr the charg of sodomy, buggery, unnatural offens or crim agast nature. To unver the untri where homosexualy is illegal, we ed data om the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn 2017 report on State Sponsored Homophobia, the Kaleidospe Tst’s 2015 report on LGBTQ Rights Across the Commonwealth and Louis-Ge T’s encyclopedic volume The Dictnary of Homophobia: A Global History of Gay & Lbian Experience.

Countri where homosexualy is illegal: Algeria, Botswana, Bundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Errea, Ethpia, Gambia, Ghana, Guea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mrania, Mri, Moroc, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Of Ai’s 54 untri, the bulk of them crimalize nsensual same-sex sexual enunters, mostly thanks to Brish-era lonial laws and Amerin evangelils like Stt Lively who export their homophobia abroad. ” Many of the laws nflate homosexualy wh btialy and seven Ain untri allow police to e forced anal exams to “nfirm” spects’ homosexualy even though the exams are basilly jt a form of legalized rape that n’t actually nfirm the past occurrence of anal sex.

In Ethpia, prison sentenc for “homosexual acts” n be extend om three to 15 years if the nvicted person ed “ercn or trickery, ” transms an STI or if their partner later ms suici.

15 (SURPRISG) UNTRI WHERE ’S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY

Egypt is particularly onero bee while homosexualy isn’t illegal there, LGBTQ people are still arrted for a variety of offens such as “cement of cency, ” “sndalo act, ” “practicg cement to bchery” or even “propagatn, ” which means anythg that uld dispt “natnal uny or social peace. Countri where homosexualy is illegal: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Domi, Grenada, Guyana, Jamai, Sat Kts and Nevis, Sat Lucia, Sat Vcent and the Grenad, Tridad and Tobago.

Thanks largely to Inquisn-era Spanish nquerors and Brish lonizers who implemented relig-based anti-sodomy laws pretty much everywhere they settled, numero Caribbean regns and the South Amerin untry of Guyana rema among the untri where homosexualy is illegal. Among the Caribbean untri where homosexualy is illegal, wtern media has largely foced on Jamai, cg the island natn’s numero human rights vlatns, health re discrimatn, vlent asslt, mob attacks and rrective rape agast LGBTQ cizens.

LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?

Countri where homosexualy is illegal: Afghanistan, Banglash, Bhutan, Bnei Dassalam, Gaza, Indonia, Iran, Kuwa, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldiv, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Sdi Arabia, Sgapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uned Arab Emirat, Uzbekistan, Yemen. Durg the 19th and 20th centuri, Brish and French lonial law stalled anti-gay laws throughout the Middle East, punishments for which were ma even harsher by the rise of Islamic fundamentalist clerics the 1980s and then by adly extra-ernmental ias durg the 21st century. While Indonia isn’t technilly one of the untri where homosexualy is illegal, has begun a particularly harsh anti-LGBTQ crackdown of late, spe the fact that gay sex is only illegal s Aceh and Sumatra provc.

Durg the lonial age, 11 different wtern untri lonized var Oceanic islands, stallg siar brands of relig homophobia and toxic masculy and banishg same-sex practic to the cultural closet. Many Oceanic islands now allow charg for “attempted buggery, ” a vague term that allows queer men to be persecuted unr the imprsn that their actns nstute a possible attempt to have gay sex.

Seventy-three untri, or 37 percent of the Uned Natns, clare same-sex physil relatns illegal, acrdg to a prehensive survey of sexual orientatn laws om the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), Iran, Sdi Arabia, and Yemen ll for the ath penalty natnwi for same-sex relatns, the report says, while other plac n impose ath penalti regnally, along wh f and prison sentenc. Jt as stat followed Florida’s bill that opponents labeled “Don’t Say Gay” — which rtricts -school discsns about sexual orientatn or genr inty — several joed Tennsee proposg bills that would ban drag performanc.

WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?

A total of 72 untri have crimal laws agast sexual activy by lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or tersex (LGBTI) people, acrdg to a new tally by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, or ILGA. ILGA, the publitn “State-Sponsored Homophobia 2017” by Aeng Carroll of Ireland and Lus Ramón Mendos of Argenta, leav out Egypt om s “Same-Sex Sexual Acts Illegal” list of 71 untri wh anti-LGBT laws.

Should Rsia’s semi-tonomo republic of Chechnya be add to the list bee of the btal mpaign agast gay and bisexual men that has been sweepg through Chechnya recent months?

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

This blog’s total would be 78 untri if were to clu Rsia and Lhuania, two untri that do not have laws agast homosexual acts but do have reprsive laws agast “propaganda of homosexualy. The ty natns of Pal the wtern Pacific Ocean and São Tomé and Príncipe, the Atlantic Ocean off the shor of central Ai, recently crimalized homosexualy and were dropped om this list 2014.

Mozambique’s LGBTI advocy anizatn, Lambda, n celebrate the repeal of the untry’s anti-gay law, but has not yet won s battle for official ernment regnn, which has been seekg sce 2008. ”As the number of anti-LGBTQ bills hs rerd highs, rearch shows that so, too, has support for LGBTQ rights and polici prohibg discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.

WHERE 'S A CRIME TO BE GAY: A VISUAL GUI TO WHERE LGBTQ+ RIGHTS ARE REPRSED

Many natns the world have mornized their views on same-sex unns, but there are still 72 untri which homosexualy is illegal — the majory of which are Ai or the Middle East.

Known for s rarted mountas and priste beach, this untry is anythg but a paradise for homosexuals, who face anywhere om four to 10 years prison wh a chance for hard labor.

Tourism is boomg this former Brish lony which boasts elephant-filled forts, unique cultur, and betiful beach — but if you’re gay, you uld get 10 years prison or a fe. Image source, Getty ImagIn the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ muny. Gee Peter Kaluma's move after neighbourg Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejectg threats by US Print Joe Bin to impose sanctns and travel rtrictns on "anyone volved ser human rights ab".

UGANDAN PRINT SIGNS ANTI-GAY LAW THAT INCLUS DEATH PENALTY AS A PUNISHMENT

"We want to prohib everythg to do wh homosexualy, " Mr Kaluma tells me, addg that his bill will be much broar than the legislatn passed by Uganda's parliament and approved by Print Yoweri Meveni May.

The Ugandan law is regard as one of the harsht anti-LGBTQ laws the propos life imprisonment for anyone nvicted of homosexualy, and the ath penalty for so-lled aggravated s, which clu havg gay sex wh someone below the age of 18 or where someone be fected wh a life-long illns such as the other si of the ntent, MPs Ghana earlier this month unanimoly voted favour of amendments to the untry's anti-gay legislatn, phg closer to beg enacted to law. Though ls harsh than Uganda's new law, the Promotn of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Fay Valu Bill propos a three-year prison sentence for anyone who intifi as LGBTQ and a 10-year sentence for anyone who promot homosexualy.

POPE FRANCIS CONMNS ANTI-GAY LAWS AROUND THE WORLD: 'BEG HOMOSEXUAL IS NOT A CRIME'

Gay sex is already illegal Kenya, but the ernment n also be tolerant of gay people - for example, has given asylum to people om other Ain untri, cludg Uganda, who faced persecutn their home untri bee of their sexual orientatn.