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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
Obituary: Eric Scharf, 65, longtime LGBTQ rights advocate
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)
Reeling from over 500 anti-LGBT abuses, Ugandan activists plead for help from West
Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships. (Photo courtesy of Parliament Magazine)
United front against homophobic Ugandan law? Europe says no.
Haiti: ‘Cultural awareness as a tool to heal psychological wounds’
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Guadeloupe: The challenge of bringing together the LGBT+ community
Black lesbian eco-feminists fight for victims of Caribbean pesticide poisoning
Guadeloupe scene
Tolerant Caribbean island of Guadeloupe should reach out to LGBT+ tourists
Beach scene from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Photo courtesy of TropixTraveler)
Focus on Saint Vincent in the Caribbean: ‘The laws create a system of homophobia’
French West Indies researcher reports higher prevalence of oral HPV infections LGBTQ among patients with head and neck cancer
Pepfar clients visit anti-AIDS clinic for treatment. (Photo courtesy of Pepfar)
U.S. abortion opponents threaten to end live-saving global AIDS program
Poor turnout for Guadeloupe Pride speaks to poor community outreach, and maybe fear
U.S. Rep. Joyce Beatty (Photo courtesy of House Television)
U.S. legislators to World Bank: Halt loans to Uganda until anti-gay law is repealed
Guadeloupean artist Dominique Pouzol (Photo courtesy of ADAGP)
Portrait : Dominique Pouzol, Guadeloupean artist fighting LGBTphobia
Audrey Marks, Jamaican ambassador to the United States, will have to return to Jamaica if the diplomatic dispute over an American same-sex spouse is not resolved. (Photo courtesy of Jamaican embassy)
Jamaica rejects same-sex spouse of U.S. diplomat, provoking retaliation
Haiti: ‘My transgender mother is a wonderful woman!’