Only 72 nations still cling to their anti-gay laws
Slowly, slowly, nations are giving up the idea that they should make it a crime to love someone…
Is the world now a better place for LGBTI people?
Q. A journalist asked, “In the years that Erasing 76 Crimes has covered criminalization of queerness around the…
92 nations formerly had anti-LGBT laws; now it’s 75 (or 79)
The number of countries with laws against same-sex sexual activity has dropped from 92 a decade ago to…
Recount: 75 (or 79) nations where homosexuality is illegal
The number of countries with anti-homosexuality laws is currently 75, according to the latest tally from ILGA, the…
10 years later, tally of 92 anti-LGBT nations drops to 76
The arc of history is trending toward justice for LGBTI people worldwide, judging by the latest tallies from…
A good-news map: 78 (was 82) countries with anti-gay laws
Today this blog gets an updated map of countries with laws against homosexual activity. The total number of…
12 grim lands, 7 bright spots in LGBTI preview of 2015
As debate over LGBTI rights continues worldwide in 2015, progress has been made in at least seven of…
Cook Islands queen: Our anti-gay law is unfair
A queen in the traditional royalty of the Cook Islands has spoken out against her country’s law against…
Two tiny nations drop anti-gay laws: Palau and Sao Tome
Two tiny island nations have dropped their laws against same-sex intimacy. Palau in the western Pacific Ocean, north…