Substantial advances for LGBT rights were achieved in 2016, amid anti-gay violence, arrests and setbacks that marred the past 12 months. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Seychelles
Progress in repealing anti-LGBT laws: 47 down, 73 to go
A total of 47 countries have repealed their anti-LGBT laws since 1982, leaving a total of 73 countries with such laws in place, according to a new publication from United Nations human rights specialists. Continue reading
Let’s celebrate: List of anti-LGBT nations shrinks again
76 countries with anti-homosexuality laws (or 72 or 78) This week’s decision by the Belize Supreme Court to overturn that nation’s anti-sodomy law has shrunk the list of nations with anti-LGBT laws once again. By this blog’s tally, the total is now 76 countries with criminal laws against sexual activity. Or the total is 72 … Continue reading
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 world, has the situation improved, stayed stagnant or gotten worse?” Here’s a quick, non-definitive answer: A. During my time publishing Erasing 76 Crimes, from 2012 to the present, the situation has been fluid — possibly improving, with … Continue reading
’74 countries to go’ — battle cry in fight for LGBTI justice
A celebration of yesterday’s repeal of the anti-gay law in Seychelles. Thanks to Mathias Wasik, senior campaigns manager at AllOut, for the celebratory photo. By some accounts, the Seychelles action dropped the total number of countries with anti-LGBT laws to 74 from 75 worldwide. For more information, see this blog’s articles: “Tiny African victory: Seychelles … Continue reading
Tiny African victory: Seychelles repeals ban on gay sex
The island nation of Seychelles today fulfilled a promise it made five years ago to repeal its anti-gay law. The unenforced law provided for prison sentences of up to 14 years for same-sex intimacy between men. By this blog’s count, that action drops to 78 the total number of countries worldwide with laws against same-sex … Continue reading
Tally of LGBTI rights, wrongs in 29 sub-Saharan countries
Several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made progress in recognizing the human rights of LGBTI people, but much work remains to be done in the region’s 29 countries that still have laws against same-sex intimacy. LGBTI rights in those African countries are the focus of the following excerpts from the 2015 edition of the U.S. … Continue reading
Toolkit for progress toward LGBT rights in 53 countries
The Commonwealth of 53 nations, formerly the British Commonwealth, can play a positive role in improving the lives of LGBT citizens even though dozens of those countries still have anti-LGBT laws inherited from their former colonial overlords. So say the LGBT rights advocates at London-based Kaleidoscope Trust, which this week published a “toolkit” of recommendations … Continue reading
Third African nation prepares to drop anti-gay law
The island nation of Seychelles is preparing to fulfill a promise it made five years ago to repeal its anti-gay law. The unenforced law provides for prison sentences of up to 14 years for same-sex intimacy between men. The nation, located in the Indian Ocean northeast of Madagascar, committed itself to repeal in a statement … Continue reading
New blog targets French-speaking nations’ anti-LGBTI laws
This week marks the first official week of publication of the French-language affiliate of the “Erasing 76 Crimes” this blog. “76 Crimes en français,” which has been published in beta version for months, provides coverage in French of an under-served part of the world — the 13 francophone countries, including 12 in Africa, where LGBTI … Continue reading
