Countries that are against lgbt
90% countries banning gay sex are majority Muslim or Christian
Posted: Tue, 3rd May
The population of over 90% of countries that ban same-sex relationships is majority Muslim or Christian.
Thirty-five of the 71 countries that criminalise homosexuality, or 49%, are nations where most citizens are Muslims, according to the Erasing 76 Crimes news site.
Thirty-one countries, or 44%, are majority Christian.
The remaining five countries include Nigeria, which has a roughly split of Muslims and Christians. The other four are either Hindu or Buddhist majority. No country with a nonreligious majority bans homosexuality.
Ten countries prescribe the death penalty for homosexuality. Apart from Nigeria, every one of these countries is Muslim-majority. The penalty is based on sharia law.
Libya and Nigeria have anti-"gay propaganda" laws in addition to their laws outlawing same-sex intimacy.
Erasing 76 Crimes, which focuses on "the human toll" of anti-LGBTI laws and the struggle to repeal them, said while no European countries criminalise homosexuality, Russia and Lithuania possess en
Homosexuality is a crime in 64 countries worldwide
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Ghana has grow the latest African nation to propose legislation outlawing homosexuality.
The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, which seeks to criminalise LGBTQ+ activities and lobbying, is returning to parliament after former president Nana Akufo-Addo failed to approve it into law before leaving office at the beginning of this year.
The bill is being sponsored by 10 lawmakers from both major parties, "an unusual bipartisan effort in Ghana's polarised political landscape", said The Africa Notify, and comes "despite international outcry and warnings from Ghana's key development partners".
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Which countries impose the death penalty on gay people?
Around the world, queer people continue to meet discrimination, violence, harassment and social stigma. While social movements have marked progress towards acceptance in many countries, in others homosexuality continues to be outlawed and penalised, sometimes with death.
According to Statistica Research Department, as of , homosexuality is criminalised in 64 countries globally, with most of these nations situated in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In 12 of these countries, the death penalty is either enforced or remains a possibility for private, consensual gay sexual activity.
In many cases, the laws only apply to sexual relations between two men, but 38 countries include amendments that include those between women in their definitions.
These penalisations represent abuses of human rights, especially the rights to freedom of phrase, the right to develop one's hold personality and the right to life.
Which countries enforce the death penalty for homosexuality?
Saudi Arabia
The Wahabbi interpretation of
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Criminalisation:
- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity between males
- Criminalises sexual activity between females
- Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:
Death penalty
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- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity between males
Maximum punishment:
Life imprisonment
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- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual outing between males
- Criminalises sexual outing between females
- Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
- Imposes the death penalty
Maximum punishment:
Death by stoning
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- Criminalises LGBT people
- Criminalises sexual activity between males
- Criminalises sexual activity between females
- Criminalises the gender verbalization of trans people
- Maintains discriminatory age of consent
Maximum punishment:
Eight years imprisonment and lashes
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