Africa

Map of the 67 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known efforts to remove them. 
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Map of the 67 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known efforts to remove them. 
Number of nations with laws against gay sex falls to 66
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Kenyan member of parliament Peter Kaluma keeps pushing for anti-LGBTQ action. (Photo courtesy of The Star)
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A report from Ugandan human rights groups Convening for Equality and its Strategic Response Team highlight a “horrific breadth and depth of abuses” that have occurred as a result of the nation’s 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. To read the report, click the image. (Image courtesy of Kuchu Times)
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UgandaUganda President Yoweri Museveni signs the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023. (Photo courtesy of State House Uganda) President Yoweri Museveni signs Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2022, turning it into the Homosexuality Act Law 2023. (Photo courtesy of State House Uganda)
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