(Mostly the lists differ only in relatively small ways, such as whether they are limited to United Nations member nations.)
HISTORY: Recent history of many nations repealing or overturning those laws and a few nations newly adopting them.ĬOMPARISON: A comparison of this blog’s list with the similar list compiled by ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. THE LIST: A tally of nations with anti-homosexuality laws. Such laws apply in parts of Indonesia, so it is shown here in orange. Map of the 71 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. Bhutan in the Himalayas and Gabon in central Africa are the most recent countries to have repealed their anti-gay laws. Gay sex is no longer as widely criminalized as it used to be, but a total of 71 nations still have laws against it.
