Here are the countries where it is still illegal to be LGBTQ+

It’s almost been 50 years since the American Psychiatric Association officially declassified homosexuality as a mental illness, yet there are still countries around the world that barbarically oppose – and at times, deny – the existence of LGBTQ+ people.

Although there’s been significant progress for LGBTQ+ issues in various global territories – such as same-sex marriage, protections in the workplace, the right to adopt and banning conversion therapy –  71 archaic countries continue to criminalise same-sex activity.

Even worse, there are 11 jurisdictions where being queer is punishable by death: Iran, Northern Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Brunei, Mauritania, Pakistan, Qatar and UAE.

It’s important to remember how far we’ve come but also, how far we have to go.⁠ See the full list of countries below that criminalise being LGBTQ+, and share this to remind others of the progress we still need to make.

• Afghanistan
• Algeria
• Antigua & Barbuda
• Bangladesh
• Brunei
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Comoros
• Cook Islands
• Dominica
• Egypt
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Grenada
• Guinea
• Guyana
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Jamaica
• Kenya
• Kiribati
• Kuwait
• Lebanon
• Liberia
• Libya
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mauritania

 

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