Video: If the world were anti-tall instead of anti-gay

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Scene from "Illegal To Be You" (Photo courtesy of Kaleidoscope Trust) — Scene from “Illegal To Be You” (Photo courtesy of Kaleidoscope Trust)

IF YOUR IDENTITY WERE ILLEGAL

Kaleidoscope Trust has released a short video, “Illegal To Be You,” which gives a hint at what LGBT people go through in countries where homosexuality is illegal.

To help others understand how that feels, the video imagines harassment and discrimination directed at people who are tall, or bald, or blue-eyed, or over age 40.

The final frame states, “It should never be a crime to be gay.”

The video refers to 78 countries where homosexuality is illegal. Those are the 76 countries from which this blog takes its name, apparently plus two:

India, where the law against homosexual activity has been suspended pending court action, and
Iraq, where no such law exists, but homophobic violence is unchecked.