Where is it prohibited to be gay?

Where is it prohibited to be gay?

Even where homosexuality is legal, several countries deal with those in same-sex relationships in different ways, such as having an unequal age of authorization or a restriction on marital relationship. In Russia, host of the Sochi Winter Months Olympics, a law banning the promotion of \"non-traditional\" sexuality to under-18s was presented in 2015.

So, where is it illegal to be gay? Which countries permit same-sex marital relationships? Check out the map of UN member mentions below to learn. Countries are coloured and also categorised by their most anti-gay or pro-equality laws.

Resource: UN Workplace of the High Commissioner for Civil Rights and the International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and also Intersex Organization

During the last 200 years, an increasing number of nations have decriminalised same-sex partnerships. After a period of criminalisation prior to the Reign of terror in 1789, the fad towards decriminalisation gathered speed - especially in the 1960s as well as 1970s.

Nonetheless, some countries are relocating the contrary direction, introducing corrective new legislations as well as strengthening existing penalties. In 2014, India renewed a 153-year-old colonial-era law criminalising gay sex. Nigeria, which currently outlaws gay connections, likewise lately banned same-sex marriages, gay groups and programs of same-sex public love.

Olympic host Russia likewise introduced controversial legislation in June that prescribes penalties for any individual providing details concerning homosexuality to individuals under 18.

In 1789, the timeline's starting factor, homosexuality was unlawful in 126 countries.

Keep in mind: Where feasible, former swarms have actually been referenced by their present name.

Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Civil Rights as well as the International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans and also Intersex Association

To find out more on the data behind the map and also timeline, see our complete notes on the information. For more information on gay legal rights, see the UN's Free as well as Equal campaign site.

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