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In some Muslim-majority countries, current anti-LGBTQ laws were enacted by United Kingdom or Soviet organs and retained following independence. [51] [50] The 1860 Indian Penal Code, which included an anti-sodomy statute, was used as a basis of penal laws in other parts of the empire. [57]
Sex between men is illegal in 9 of the 18 countries that make up the region. It is punishable by death in four of these 18 countries. The rights and freedoms of LGBTQ citizens are strongly influenced by the prevailing cultural traditions and religious mores of people living in the region – particularly Islam.
Following the issuance of the report, the United Nations urged all countries which had not yet done so to enact laws protecting basic LGBT rights. [15] [16] A 2022 study found that LGBT rights (as measured by ILGA-Europe's Rainbow Index) were correlated with less HIV/AIDS incidence among gay and bisexual men independently of risky sexual ...
LGBTQ people and Islam; LGBTQ rights by country or territory; LGBTQ rights in Iraq; LGBTQ rights in Russia; LGBTQ rights in the Commonwealth of Nations; Legal status of same-sex marriage; Religion and LGBTQ people; Religion and sexuality; Russian anti-LGBT law; Same-sex relationship; Sharia; Societal attitudes toward homosexuality; Timeline of ...
LGBTQ rights; Lesbian ∙ Gay ∙ ... Muslim; Politics. Anarchism; ... List of LGBTQ rights by region, including countries, commonwealths, disputed territories, and ...
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The ‘Queering the Map’ site is providing space for LGBT people in conflict-stricken Gaza to share messages of solidarity, love, and loss. In Gaza, ‘Queering the Map’ Reveals Heartbreaking ...
Then, in the summer of 2021, he was a counselor at a queer leadership camp for 12- to 18-year-olds outside Los Angeles, and he said being surrounded by 100 LGBTQ people for 11 days was “euphoric.”