Gay rights across the globe: ath penalty to marriage - France 24

Contents:

• 13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH
• BNEI STONG: WHICH PLAC HAVE THE ATH PENALTY FOR GAY SEX?
• JTICE WHO LED GAY MARRIAGE, ATH PENALTY LGS RETIR
• HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
• GAY RIGHTS ACROSS THE GLOBE: ATH PENALTY TO MARRIAGE
• HALF OF CONSERVATIVE PARTY MEMBERS OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE AND WANT THE RETURN OF THE ATH PENALTY
• FROM GAY MARRIAGE TO THE ATH PENALTY, WHERE ARE LGBT RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD
• HOMOSEXUALY: FROM THE ATH PENALTY TO GAY MARRIAGE
• HERE ARE THE 11 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH

13 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS LEGALLY PUNISHABLE BY ATH

Whether Bnei will keep s word remas to be seen, but the small untry on the island of Borneo near Malaysia is not the only natn where gay men and women are beg sentence for the crime of beg gay some untri is rooted the terpretatn of Sharia law, acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn’s (ILGA) report on state-sponsored, which means “path, ” is not so much a legal system as a gui for helpg people fd life’s answers through Islam, as people unrstand acrdg to tradnal and early terpretatns. D., after the ath of the Prophet ath penalty for gay acts is rived om people’s terpretatns of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, and the Hadh, or the acunts of the saygs of the Prophet Muhammad. An creasg number of Islamic scholars are re-examg what the two guis are teachg about same-sex Islamic untri mete out the ath penalty for crim other than homosexualy.

On a more posive note, the are the untri where same sex marriage is officially intify the untri where beg gay is still legally punishable by ath, 24/7 Tempo reviewed var reports on human rights and homophobia by non-prof anizatns providg help and legal advice to mori, cludg members of the LGBTQ muny across the world. In 2012, a newly adopted provisnal nstutn ma Somalia's terpretatn of Sharia law "the supreme law of the untry, " makg homosexualy a crime that n be punished by floggg or the ath penalty. The untry's Penal Co stat that "rnal terurse agast the orr of nature" — which n mean homosexualy, even though 's not explicly mentned — is punishable by a fe and/or imprisonment om two years to life.

Image source, Getty ImagBnei is troducg new laws that make sex between men an offence punishable by stong to jos Iran, Sdi Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Mrania and parts of Nigeria and Somalia, which also impose the ath penalty for same-sex relatnships, acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA).

BNEI STONG: WHICH PLAC HAVE THE ATH PENALTY FOR GAY SEX?

Commonwealth untriMany of the stat crimalisg homosexual relatns are Commonwealth untri (35 total) wh legal statut origatg om Brish lonial Commonwealth Secretary General, Patricia Stland, has urged the ernment of Bnei to rensir the new punishments, which, she says, "will potentially brg to effect cel and human punishments which ntravene ternatnal human rights law and standards". A lg by the Indian Supreme Court 2018 removed India om the list of stat that explicly outlaw gay 's membership of the Commonwealth had ma s lg, strikg down a lonial-era law, particularly signifint, said Tea Brn of the Human Digny Tst, a UK-based chary that supports those challengg anti-gay laws.

JTICE WHO LED GAY MARRIAGE, ATH PENALTY LGS RETIR

"Its dismantlg by the Indian Supreme Court, after over a century and a half of opprsn agast LGBT people, signals a change ti for the world, " she told BBC challengIn a number untri, legal challeng uld brg about change:In Kenya, the High Court is due to le on whether to crimalise homosexualy, on 24 MayIn Botswana, a judgment om the High Court on a legal challenge to crimalisatn is due this yearIn Jamai, laws crimalisg gay relatns are facg a challengeSame-sex marriageGay marriage is now legal 26 untri worldwi, the ILGA says. Image source, RtersImage ptn, Costa Ri's top urt recently led favour of gay marriageBrazil and Mexi are also on the ILGA's list bee "through one legal route or another, appears to be possible to marry most jurisdictns". Countri where gay marriage is now legal:2001 Netherlands2003 Belgium2005 Canada, Spa2006 South Ai2009 Norway, Swen2010 Iceland, Portugal, Argenta2012 Denmark2013 Uguay, New Zealand, France, Brazil2014 UK (Northern Ireland 2019)2015 Luxembourg, Republic of Ireland, Mexi, USA2016 Colombia2017 Fland, Malta, Germany and Atralia2019 AtriaAnd Augt 2018, Costa Ri's top urt overturned a ban on same-sex marriage and gave legislators 18 months to change the law.

HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY

In 2018, India's Supreme Court crimalised gay Sgapore announced on Sunday that will repeal a law crimalisg gay sex but many other parts of the world homosexualy is illegal and sometim subject to the ath penalty.

Acrdg to a report published 2020 by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), homosexualy was prohibed 69 untri, cludg 11 where is punishable by is an overview. A crime AiAround 30 Ain untri ban homosexualy, wh Mrania, Somalia and Sudan havg the ath penalty for same-sex Ai is the sole natn on the Ain ntent to allow gay marriage, which legalised sex is crimalised only a handful of untri: Angola, Lotho, Mozambique and the East: reprsedSeveral untri the nservative regn still have the ath penalty for homosexualy, cludg Sdi Arabia and the Uned Arab leads the way terms of gay rights, regnisg same-sex marriag that are performed elsewhere although not allowg such unns the untry self.

GAY RIGHTS ACROSS THE GLOBE: ATH PENALTY TO MARRIAGE

Lebanon is also more tolerant than other Arab, first AsiaWhile much of Asia is tolerant of homosexualy, Taiwan beme the first the regn to allow gay marriage after a landmark lg by s Constutnal Court 2017.

Thailand June took a step towards same-sex marriage when lawmakers gave ial approval to legalisg same-sex 2018, India's Supreme Court crimalised gay marriage and adoptn are allowed New Zealand and, gay marriage pneersThe Netherlands 2001 beme the first untry the world to allow gay upl to then, 17 European untri have followed: Atria, Belgium, Bra, Denmark, Fland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spa, Swen, Slovenia and untri allow only gay civil partnerships, cludg the Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyps, Estonia, Greece, Hungary and Rsia, homosexualy was nsired a crime up to 1993 and a mental illns until 1999. Now legal, a 2013 law however punish the promotn of homosexualy among Hungary, a law passed 2021 ma "promotg" homosexualy or genr change to mors punishable by a fe.

HALF OF CONSERVATIVE PARTY MEMBERS OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE AND WANT THE RETURN OF THE ATH PENALTY

Progrs the AmerisCanada was the first Amerin untry to thorise same-sex marriage and adoptns 2005, and 10 years later the Uned Stat legalised gay marriage Lat Ameri, Argenta, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Ri, Chile and Uguay allow same-sex 's feral pal was the pneer the regn, thorisg gay civil unns 2007 and marriag 2009. Sgapore announced on Sunday that will repeal a law crimalisg gay sex but many other parts of the world homosexualy is illegal and sometim subject to the ath penalty.

Acrdg to a report published 2020 by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), homosexualy was prohibed 69 untri, cludg 11 where is punishable by ath.

FROM GAY MARRIAGE TO THE ATH PENALTY, WHERE ARE LGBT RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD

Sgapore PM Lee Hsien Loong announced the crimalisatn of sex between menPhoto: APSgapore announced on Sunday that will repeal a law crimalisg gay sex but many other parts of the world homosexualy is illegal and sometim subject to the ath penalty.

HOMOSEXUALY: FROM THE ATH PENALTY TO GAY MARRIAGE

Acrdg to a report published 2020 by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), homosexualy was prohibed 69 untri, cludg 11 where is punishable by is an overview:A crime AiAround 30 Ain untri ban homosexualy, wh Mrania, Somalia and Sudan havg the ath penalty for same-sex relatns. South Ai is the sole natn on the Ain ntent to allow gay marriage, which legalised sex is crimalised only a handful of untri: Angola, Lotho, Mozambique and the East: reprsedSeveral untri the nservative regn still have the ath penalty for homosexualy, cludg Sdi Arabia and the Uned Arab leads the way terms of gay rights, regnisg same-sex marriag that are performed elsewhere although not allowg such unns the untry self. Thailand June took a step towards same-sex marriage when lawmakers gave ial approval to legalisg same-sex 2018, India's Supreme Court crimalised gay marriage and adoptn are allowed New Zealand and, gay marriage pneers The Netherlands 2001 beme the first untry the world to allow gay upl to then, 17 European untri have followed: Atria, Belgium, Bra, Denmark, Fland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spa, Swen, Slovenia and untri allow only gay civil partnerships, cludg the Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyps, Estonia, Greece, Hungary and Rsia, homosexualy was nsired a crime up to 1993 and a mental illns until 1999.

“We nclu that, light of the history of pernic discrimatn faced by gay men and lbians, and bee the stutn of marriage rri wh a stat and signifince that the newly created classifitn of civil unns do not embody, the segregatn of heterosexual and homosexual upl to separate stutns nstut a gnizable harm, ” Palmer wrote. PARIS: Sgapore announced on Sunday that will repeal a law crimalisg gay sex but many other parts of the world homosexualy is illegal and sometim subject to the ath penalty.

Acrdg to a report published 2020 by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA), homosexualy was prohibed 69 untri, cludg 11 where is punishable by is an 30 Ain untri ban homosexualy, wh Mrania, Somalia and Sudan havg the ath penalty for same-sex Ai is the sole natn on the Ain ntent to allow gay marriage, which legalised sex is crimalised only a handful of untri: Angola, Lotho, Mozambique and the Seychell. Several untri the nservative regn still have the ath penalty for homosexualy, cludg Sdi Arabia and the Uned Arab leads the way terms of gay rights, regnisg same-sex marriag that are performed elsewhere although not allowg such unns the untry self. Lebanon is also more tolerant than other Arab much of Asia is tolerant of homosexualy, Taiwan beme the first the regn to allow gay marriage after a landmark lg by s Constutnal Court 2017.

HERE ARE THE 11 UNTRI WHERE BEG GAY IS PUNISHABLE BY ATH

Thailand June took a step towards same-sex marriage when lawmakers gave ial approval to legalisg same-sex 2018, India's Supreme Court crimalised gay marriage and adoptn are allowed New Zealand and Netherlands 2001 beme the first untry the world to allow gay upl to then, 17 European untri have followed: Atria, Belgium, Bra, Denmark, Fland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spa, Swen, Slovenia and untri allow only gay civil partnerships, cludg the Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyps, Estonia, Greece, Hungary and Rsia, homosexualy was nsired a crime up to 1993 and a mental illns until 1999.

Assisted reproductn for lbian upl is allowed 12 European was the first Amerin untry to thorise same-sex marriage and adoptns 2005, and 10 years later the Uned Stat legalised gay marriage Lat Ameri, Argenta, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Ri, Chile and Uguay allow same-sex 's feral pal was the pneer the regn, thorisg gay civil unns 2007 and marriag 2009. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Kamala Harris has been a vol supporter of LGBTQ rightsUS Vice-Print Kamala Harris who is on a tour of three Ain untri - Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia - has drawn cricism over her support for LGBTQ Ghana, a speech llg for "all people be treated equally" she appeared to cricise a bill before the untry's parliament which crimalis advocy for gay rights and propos jail terms for those that intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, or untry's Speaker Alban Bagb later lled her remarks "unmocratic" and urged lawmakers not to be "timidated by any person" Tanzania, a former mister spoke agast US support for LGBTQ rights ahead of the vis and Zambia some opposn policians have threatened to hold is homosexualy still outlawed? In the same month, the high urt Barbados stck out laws that crimalised gay July last year, the urts Antigua and Barbuda clared a law crimalisg same-sex acts between nsentg adults Febary 2021, Angola's Print Joao Louren signed to law a revised penal to allow same-sex relatnships and ban discrimatn on the basis of sexual 2020, Gabon reversed a law that had crimalised homosexualy and ma gay sex punishable wh six months prison and a large fe.

Mozambique and the Seychell have also scrapped anti-homosexualy laws recent there are untri where existg laws outlawg homosexualy have been tightened, cludg Nigeria and 's parliament recently passed a law to crack down on homosexual activi, promptg wispread source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Campaign agast LGBTQ rights some Ain untri has tensified recent weeksAnd some untri, efforts to get the laws removed have May 2019, the high urt Kenya upheld laws crimalisg homosexual acts.