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Map of the 65 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 legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them.
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Sint Maarten’s first openly trans woman says attitudes are changing
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Caribbean: Same-sex marriage likely in Sint-Maarten, Aruba, Curaçao
Sint Maarten MP Melissa Gumbs welcomes conference-goers.
Caribbean conference focuses on needs of LBTQ people assigned female at birth
Saint-Martin: the vulnerability of LGBTI people to global warming
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LGBTQI coalition gears up in eastern Caribbean
Profusion of gay weddings soon in the Caribbean?