In light of Russia moving backwards on gay rights, I
have decided to look into how the world treats gays. In 123 countries
homosexuality is legal, this accounts for 5,470,620,000 of the roughly 7.1
billion humans. In 74 countries, accounting for 1,261,145,000 people,
homosexuality is illegal. The reason the numbers don’t add up is that whilst
homosexual acts are still technically legal, Putin’s anti-gay law makes it
effectively illegal. Here is a breakdown of the countries you really should not
visit if you are gay:
Homosexuality punishable by death (Eight countries, 371
million people)
Afghanistan
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Mauritania*1
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Sudan
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Iran
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Nigeria*2
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Yemen
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Maldives*2
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Saudi Arabia
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Homosexuality punishable by life imprisonment (Six
countries, 140 million people)
Barbados*4
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Guyana*3
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Tanzania
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Burma/Myanmar
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Sierra Leone*3
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Uganda*2
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Homosexuality punishable with a lesser punishment (60
countries, 890 million people)
Algeria
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Kenya
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Samoa
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Angola
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Kiribati*3
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Senegal
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Kuwait*3
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Seychelles*3
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Bangladesh
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Lesotho*3
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Singapore*3*4
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Belize*3
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Liberia
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Solomon Islands
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Bhutan*4
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Libya
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Somalia
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Botswana*4
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Malawi
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South Sudan
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Brunei
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Malaysia
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Sri Lanka
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Burundi
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Mauritius*3
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Swaziland*3
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Cameroon
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Morocco
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Syria
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Comoros
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Namibia*4
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Togo
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Dominica
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Nauru*3
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Tonga*3
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Eritrea
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Oman*4
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Trinidad and Tobago*4
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Ethiopia
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Pakistan
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Tunisia
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Gambia
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Palau*3
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Turkmenistan*3
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Gaza*3
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Papua New Guinea
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Tuvalu*3
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Ghana
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Qatar
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UAE
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Grenada*3
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Saint Kitts and Nevis*3
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Uzbekistan*3
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Guinea
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Saint Lucia
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Zambia
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Jamaica*3
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Zimbabwe*3
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*1 no executions since 1987
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*2 Varies
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*3 Female legal
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*4 Unenforced
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In these countries homosexuality is legal, but there may
be other reasons why you don’t want to visit if you are gay:
Albania
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Estonia
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Mozambique
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Andorra
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Fiji
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Nepal
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Argentina
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Finland
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Netherlands
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Armenia
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France
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New Zealand
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Australia
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Gabon
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Nicaragua
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Austria
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Georgia
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Niger
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Azerbaijan
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Germany
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Norway
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Bahamas
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Greece
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Palestine
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Bahrain
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Guatemala
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Panama
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Belarus
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Guinea-Bissau
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Paraguay
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Belgium
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Haiti
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Peru
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Benin
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Honduras
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Philippines
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Bolivia
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Hungary
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Poland
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Bosnia Herzegovina
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India
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Portugal
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Brazil
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Indonesia
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Romania
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Bulgaria
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Iraq
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Rwanda
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Burkina Faso
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Ireland
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San Marino
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Cambodia
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Israel
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São Tomé and Príncipe
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Canada
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Italy
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Serbia
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Cape Verde Islands
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Japan
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Slovakia
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Central African Republic
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Kazakhstan
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Slovenia
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Chad
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Kosovo
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South Africa
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Chile
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Kyrgyzstan
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South Korea
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China
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Laos
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Spain
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Colombia
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Latvia
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Suriname
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Congo (Democratic Republic of)
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Lebanon
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Sweden
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Congo (Republic of)
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Liechtenstein
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Switzerland
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Costa Rica
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Lithuania
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Taiwan
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Côte d’Ivoire
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Luxembourg
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Tajikistan
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Croatia
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Macedonia
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Thailand
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Cuba
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Madagascar
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Timor-Leste
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Cyprus
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Mali
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Turkey
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Czech Republic
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Malta
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UK
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Denmark
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Marshall Islands
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Ukraine
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Djibouti
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Mexico
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Uruguay
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Dominican Republic
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Micronesia
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USA
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Ecuador
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Moldova
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Vanuatu
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Egypt
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Monaco
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Vatican
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El Salvador
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Mongolia
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Venezuela
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Equatorial Guinea
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Montenegro
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Vietnam
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As you can clearly see, the world has a long way to go on
the issue of gay rights. Yet the world 50 years ago looked very different, with
only a handful of countries allowing homosexuality. At the start of the last
decade homosexuality was illegal in the US state of Minnesota, today there is
legal same-sex marriage. This issue is rapidly advancing, and although there
are a few Russias, most countries are moving in the right direction.
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| Green - countries where homosexual acts legal Red - countries where homosexual acts are illegal (and Russia) Grey - North Korea, where the law is unclear Source: Me |
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