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In 1990 the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from their list of mental disorders.
In different countries across the world, people are still being ill treated for being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. This is because many countries still condemn homosexuality. The Human Rights Committee are constantly challenging discrimination laws on ground of sexual orientation. Many countries have modernised and embraced gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. However it is important before travelling to know what countries homosexuality is still illegal.
Countries homosexuality is illegal:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda , Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Chechen Republic (Russia), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji Gambia, Gaza (Palestine), Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue (New Zealand), 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, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tokelau (New Zealand), Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Western Samoa, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Take a look at ILGA Map 2009 here
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*This is information does not constitute legal advice
