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Contents:

• HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023
• ALL EU UNTRI MT REGNISE RIGHTS OF GAY SPO, ECJ L
• COUNTRI MOST ACCEPTG OF GAY MARRIAGE

HOMOSEXUALY: THE UNTRI WHERE IS ILLEGAL TO BE GAY

Sce then, however, Hungarian lawmakers and populist Prime Mister Viktor Orban have passed several anti-LGBTQ+ laws, cludg on that prohib same-sex upl om adoptg children and ban any ntent emed to promote beg gay or transgenr om beg distributed to people unr the age of eighteen. Meanwhile, Chechnya, a semitonomo republic wh Rsia, dozens of men spected of beg gay have been taed, tortured, and even killed two separate official crackdowns sce 2017. When Qatar hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup, s anti-LGBTQ+ laws were wily cricized; prohibs gay sex, and secury forc have asslted transgenr women and other LGBTQ+ people, acrdg to Human Rights Watch.

In 2018, Lebane urts set a potential precent for the crimalizatn of gay sex, but the untry ntued to crack down on peaceful LGBTQ+ gathergs 2021 and banned them outright 2022. Pollg by Aobarometer between 2016 and 2018 found that 78 percent [PDF] of Ains across thirty-four untri were tolerant of homosexualy. However, there have been recent advanc: the Aobarometer poll found that majori three untri addn to South Ai—Cape Ver, Mri, and Namibia—are tolerant of homosexualy.

Although heterosexualy is the most popular form of sexual relatnship today, homosexualy is gag acceptance some parts of the world.

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

However, as of 2017, a total of 74 natns have still crimalized homosexualy and put place stiff penalti cludg the ath sentence for those found to be practicg . In Egypt, engagg homosexualy will attract 17 years imprisonment while Moroc and South Sudan one will serve 3 and 10 years rpectively. Although most of the untri that have crimalized homosexualy through legislatn, some untri, pecially Mlim untri, is the applitn of Sharia laws that have led to the crimalizatn of the act.

At least 73 untri have laws that crimalize same-sex massacre at a gay nightclub Orlando ma clear: Basic legal rights are no guarantee of safety. 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. 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. And many plac, breakg the laws uld be punishable by long prison of the 53 untri the Commonwealth - a loose associatn of untri most of them former Brish loni - 29 have laws that crimalise homosexualy.

ALL EU UNTRI MT REGNISE RIGHTS OF GAY SPO, ECJ L

Although the origal Brish laws applied only to men, untri that crimalise homosexualy today also have penalti for women who have sex wh Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (Ilga) monors the progrs of laws relatg to homosexualy around the says the ath penalty is the legally prcribed punishment for same-sex sexual acts Bnei, Iran, Mrania, Sdi Arabia, Yemen and some northern stat of five untri - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, and the Uned Arab Emirat - there is no legal clary and the ath penalty uld be source, AFPImage ptn, An Indian gay rights activist protts agast a urt lg 2013 upholdg a law which crimalis gay repealed the ath penalty for nsensual same-sex sexual acts observers note that the risk of prosecutn some plac is mimal. For example, a 2017 report on Jamai by the UK Home Office said that Jamai was regard as a homophobic society, but that the "thori do not actively seek to prosecute LGBT persons".

Sce the first same-sex marriag took place the Netherlands 2001, more than 30 other jurisdictns have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry, mostly Europe and the Ameris. Netherlands2001EuropeFirst untry to legalize same-sex marriage after Parliament passed the law December Zealand 2013Asia-PacificFirst untry the Asia-Pacific regn to allow gays and lbians to 2009EuropeThe law replaced a 1993 statute permtg civil unns. Slovenia 2022EuropeFirst untry formerly munist Eastern Europe to legalize same-sex Ai 2006Sub-Saharan AiOnly Ain untry where same-sex marriage is legal; several untri on the ntent have passed laws that ban homosexualy recent 2005EuropeBeme the third untry globally to legalize same-sex marriage after a vote s closely divid 2009EuropeGay and lbian upl Swen prevly had been allowed to register for civil unns sce 1995.

1%) st ballots favor of legalizg same-sex marriage a 2021 2019Asia-PacificA urt lg prompted a change the law that ma Taiwan the first jurisdictn Asia to perm gays and lbians to Kgdom 2014EuropeLegal same-sex marriage took effect Northern Ireland 2020, six years after the change England and Wal. As Sgapore's Prime Mister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Sunday that the untry will repeal a lonial-era law crimalizg sex between men, LGBTQ+ rights activists the untry celebrated a long-sought law, which did not apply to women, had not been enforced over 15 years, but s long-standg prence ntributed to stigmatizg and discrimatg agast gay men Sgapore, activists said.

COUNTRI MOST ACCEPTG OF GAY MARRIAGE

This map urty of the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersexual Associatn (ILGA) shows sexual orientatn laws across the world. "Dpe creased acceptance the past two s of LGBTQ+ rights around the world, there have also been backlash and setbacks many untri—and 67 natns part of the Uned Natns, homosexualy is still persecuted as a Countri Where It's Illegal to Be GayA map produced by the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersexual Associatn (ILGA) 2020, seen above, shows the untri where homosexualy is still the report was published, Bhutan and Antigua and Barbuda crimalized nsensual same-sex sexual relatns between adults, rpectively, 2021 and half of the untri where homosexualy is still crimalized are Ai.

Member stat listed above —Bnei, Iran, Mrania, Nigeria (12 northern stat only), Sdi Arabia and Yemen—ILGA has full legal certaty that homosexualy rri the ath penalty. Tridad and Tobago reversed laws crimalizg gay sex 2018, while 2019 Botswana's urt of appeal voted to uphold a lg that said that crimalizg homosexualy was Febary 2021, Angola's Print Joao Louren approved a revisn of the penal allowg same-sex relatnships and banng discrimatn on the basis of sexual repealed a law crimalizg homosexualy which ma gay sex punishable wh six months prison and a large fe June of that same December 2021, Chile approved a bill makg same-sex marriage legal as well as allowg same-sex upl to adopt, while Swzerland troduced marriage equaly July 2022. Same-Sex Marriage Legalizatn by CountryThe Dutch triggered a polil and social shift that has spread across large swaths of the globe.People take part the gay pri nga, May 13, 2023, Havana.(YAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Imag)Sce the Netherlands beme the first untry to legalize same-sex marriage 2001, more than 30 untri around the world have followed su.On June 20, 2023, Estonia moved to bee the first ex-Soviet bloc untry to legalize the practice, wh s new law takg effect next year.Today, marriage equaly is largely limed to untri North and South Ameri, Europe and Oceania.

The first same-sex marriag took place Northern Ireland Febary 2020.Ecuador legally regnized same-sex marriage after a majory of judg s hight urt led favor of a gay uple sug the untry’s civil registry. Prime Mister Xavier Bettel, who is openly gay, supported the measure and beme the first lear of the European Unn to marry his partner.Stland: 2014The Sttish Parliament passed a bill allowg same-sex marriage Febary 2014 and the law took effect later that year.