La homosexualidad es ilegal en 76 países y en cinco es castigada con pena de muerte
Irán, Mauritania, Arabia Saudita, Sudán y Yemen y en algunos lugares de Nigeria y Somalia, los homosexuales son penalizados con la muerte. Solo 8 países reconocen el matrimonio gay.
Asó lo deja saber un informe divulgado por la Asociación Internacional de Gays y Lesbianas (ILGA).
En comparación con el año anterior, el principal avance ha sido la despenalización de las prácticas sexuales entre personas del mismo sexo en la India (salvo en los estados de Jammu y Kashmir), según destaca la asociación en un comunicado. […] [www.eltiempo.com/La homosexualidad es ilegal en 76 países y en cinco es castigada con pena de muerte]
According to The International Lesbian and Gay Association, 85 countries criminalize consensual same sex acts among adults in 2007. Not all of the countries listed systematically enforce these laws, but the fact remains that they are on the books. More countries outlaw gay male sex than lesbian sex. The countries with an * do not consider female/female sex illegal.
This list was updated on 9/25/09. Eight countries were removed and one Burundi, was added. In 2009, for the first time in history, same-sex relations have been criminalized in Burundi.
Answer:
The following countries have laws that ban homosexual sex:
Afghanistan – Algeria – Angola – Antiqua and Barbuda – *Bangladesh – Barbados – Belize – Bhutan – Botswana – *Brunei – Burundi – Cameroon – *Cook Islands Djibouti (unknown status) – Dominica – Eritrea – Ethiopia – *Gambia – *Gaza – Ghana – *Grenada – Guinea – *Guyana – *India – Iran – *Iraq – *Jamaica – *Kenya – *Kiribati – *Kuwait – Lebanon – *Lesotho – Liberia – Libya – *Malawi – *Malaysia – Maldives – Mauritania – *Mauritius – Morocco – Mozambique – *Myanmar – *Namibia – *Nauru – Nicaragua – *Nigeria – Oman – *Pakistan – *Palau – *Papua New Guinea – Qatar – *Saint Kitts and Nevis – Saint Lucia – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Sao Tome and Principe – Saudi-Arabia – Senegal – *Seychelles – *Sierra Leone – *Singapore – Solomon Islands – Somalia – Sri Lanka – Sudan ´- Swaziland (female/female-unclear) – Syria (female/female-unclear) – *Tanzania – Togo – *Tonga – Trinidad and Tobago – Tunisia – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (plans to repeal the law) – *Turkmesistan – *Tuvalu Uganda ¨- United Arab Emirates – *Uzbekistan – *Western Samoa – Yemen – *Zambia – *Zimbabwe
Countries Whose Laws do not Explicitly ban Same-Sex Behavior, but have some laws which have been used to punish gay and lesbian behavior:
- Costa Rica
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Egypt
- Indonesia
Source: International Lesbian and Gay Association, Daniel Ottosson, researcher [lesbianlife.about.com/od/lesbianactivism/f/IllegalGaySex.htm]
