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Where being queer is still illegal

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The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) released an updated map listing the nations still criminalising consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults.

De Facto criminalisation:

Iraq, Egypt

Up to eight years imprisonment:

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Cameroon, Togo, Ghana, Liberia, Guinea, Senegal, Namibia, Botswana*, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Oman, Syria, Lebanon, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Comoros, Mauritius, Eswatini, Bhutan, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Cook Islands

10 years to life in prison:

Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, St Vincent and Grenadines, St Lucia, Grenada, Barbados, Guyana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Brunei, Soloman Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Tonga

Effective death penalty:

Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran

Possible death penalty:

Mauritania, UAE, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Gambia

*Since the list was published Botswana scrapped its law that banned gay sex


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