Are gay people illegal

Answer 1

Being gay is legal in most of the Americas, Europe, Australia/NZ, and many other places. As of 2013, it is illegal in:

Africa

1 Algeria

2 Angola

3 Benin

4 Botswana

5 Burundi

6 Cameroon

7 Comoros

8 Egypt

9 Eritrea

10 Ethiopia

11 Gambia

12 Ghana

13 Guinea

14 Kenya

15 Lesotho

16 Liberia

17 Libya

18 Malawi (enforcement of law suspended)

19 Mauritania

20 Mauritius

21 Morocco

22 Mozambique

23 Namibia

24 Nigeria

25 Sao Tome

26 Senegal

27 Seychelles

28 Sierra Leone

29 Somalia

30 South Sudan

31 Sudan

32 Swaziland

33 Tanzania

34 Togo

35 Tunisia

36 Uganda

37 Zambia

38 Zimbabwe

Asia, including the Middle East

39 Afghanistan

40 Bangladesh

41 Bhutan

42 Brunei

43 Iran

44 Kuwait

45 Lebanon

46 Malaysia

47 Maldives

48 Myanmar

49 Oman

50 Pakistan

51 Palestine/Gaza Strip

52 Qatar

53 Saudi Arabia

54 Singapore

55 Sri Lanka

56 Syria

57 Turkmenistan

58 United Arab Emirates

59 Uzbekistan

60 Yemen

Two Asian/Middle Eastern countries are listed separately by the ILGA under the heading "Legal status of homosexual acts unclear or uncertain":

In Iraq, there is no law against homosexual acts, but homophobic violence is unchecked and self-appointed sharia judges reportedly have imposed sentences for homosexual behavior.

In India, enforcement of the law against homosexual activity has been suspended by court action.

Americas

61 Antigua & Barbuda

62 Barbados

63 Belize

64 Dominica

65 Grenada

66 Guyana

67 Jamaica

68 St Kitts & Nevis

69 St Lucia

70 St Vincent & the Grenadines

71 Trinidad & Tobago

In the United States, anti-sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003, but they are still on the books in 13 states: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Conservative state legislators refuse to repeal the laws and, in some cases, police still enforce them. Reportedly, in the past few years more than a dozen LGBT people were arrested for violating those laws, but the arrestees were freed because prosecutors won't seek convictions based on defunct laws.

Oceania

72 Cook Islands

73 Indonesia (Aceh Province and South Sumatra)

74 Kirbati

75 Nauru

76 Palau

77 Papua New Guinea

78 Samoa

79 Solomon Islands

80 Tonga

81 Tuvalu

Europe

82 Northern Cyprus

Also in Europe and worth mentioning but not on that list of countries with laws against homosexuality are:

Russia, which enacted a law in 2013 prohibiting any positive mention of homosexuality in the presence of minors, including online;

Ukraine, which has considered, but so far has not adopted a similar law against "gay propaganda."

Moldova, which adopted and then repealed such a law in 2013.

Answer 2

It has often been illegal to be gay; today, for instance, homosexuality is punishable by execution in most of the Islamic world, India, etc., and male homosexual sex was illegal in some states until 2003. Thankfully times are changing.

Answer 3

Yes, being gay is legal in most countries. Jurisdictions cannot legislate to control your private thoughts and feelings. What they can, and do, legislate to control are your actions and behaviours - and in some jurisdictions this will extend to actions that you carry out in private. So while being gay in itself can usually not be illegal, specific expressions of your sexual orientation may be illegal within the jurisdiction in which you live. You should be able to reference the laws of your country online.

There are exceptions though. In several African countries, people may be arrested and put in jail based only on the suspicion of being gay. But these countries are not tourist destinations.

Answer 4

It depends where you are. Being gay and forming same-sex relationships is legal in all 50 states, as well as most of Europe, the Americas, and Australia/NZ. As of 2013, it is illegal to be gay in about 76 countries, although most countries will not arrest a gay person unless they are caught in sexual acts with members of the same sex. Exceptions to this are some Muslim countries, which will arrest and imprison gay people just for being gay.

As of 2013, the following countries ban either being gay by itself, homosexual activity, or both:

Africa

1 Algeria

2 Angola

3 Benin

4 Botswana

5 Burundi

6 Cameroon

7 Comoros

8 Egypt

9 Eritrea

10 Ethiopia

11 Gambia

12 Ghana

13 Guinea

14 Kenya

15 Lesotho

16 Liberia

17 Libya

18 Malawi (enforcement of law suspended)

19 Mauritania

20 Mauritius

21 Morocco

22 Mozambique

23 Namibia

24 Nigeria

25 Sao Tome

26 Senegal

27 Seychelles

28 Sierra Leone

29 Somalia

30 South Sudan

31 Sudan

32 Swaziland

33 Tanzania

34 Togo

35 Tunisia

36 Uganda

37 Zambia

38 Zimbabwe

Asia, including the Middle East

39 Afghanistan

40 Bangladesh

41 Bhutan

42 Brunei

43 Iran

44 Kuwait

45 Lebanon

46 Malaysia

47 Maldives

48 Myanmar

49 Oman

50 Pakistan

51 Palestine/Gaza Strip

52 Qatar

53 Saudi Arabia

54 Singapore

55 Sri Lanka

56 Syria

57 Turkmenistan

58 United Arab Emirates

59 Uzbekistan

60 Yemen

Two Asian/Middle Eastern countries are listed separately by the ILGA under the heading "Legal status of homosexual acts unclear or uncertain":

In Iraq, there is no law against homosexual acts, but homophobic violence is unchecked and self-appointed sharia judges reportedly have imposed sentences for homosexual behavior.

In India, enforcement of the law against homosexual activity has been suspended by court action.

Americas

61 Antigua & Barbuda

62 Barbados

63 Belize

64 Dominica

65 Grenada

66 Guyana

67 Jamaica

68 St Kitts & Nevis

69 St Lucia

70 St Vincent & the Grenadines

71 Trinidad & Tobago

In the United States, anti-sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003, but they are still on the books in 13 states: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Conservative state legislators refuse to repeal the laws and, in some cases, police still enforce them. Reportedly, in the past few years more than a dozen LGBT people were arrested for violating those laws, but the arrestees were freed because prosecutors won't seek convictions based on defunct laws.

Oceania

72 Cook Islands

73 Indonesia (Aceh Province and South Sumatra)

74 Kirbati

75 Nauru

76 Palau

77 Papua New Guinea

78 Samoa

79 Solomon Islands

80 Tonga

81 Tuvalu

Europe

82 Northern Cyprus

Also in Europe and worth mentioning but not on that list of countries with laws against homosexuality are:

◾Russia, which enacted a law in 2013 prohibiting any positive mention of homosexuality in the presence of minors, including online;

◾Ukraine, which has considered, but so far has not adopted a similar law against "gay propaganda."

◾Moldova, which adopted and then repealed such a law in 2013.

Answer 5

There are two answers to your question. First, can a gay person legally marry a person of the opposite sex? Yes. There is no sexual orientation requirement for marriage anywhere in the United States. A gay man may marry a woman in any of the fifty states.

The second question is whether a gay person can legally marry someone of their own gender, which is presumably whom they would want to marry. The answer is "yes" in some states and "no" in others.

As of of 2013, US same-sex marriage is recognized by the federal government in all 50 states,and also legal at the state level in:

1. Maine
2. Massachusetts
3. Vermont
4. New Hampshire
5. New York
6. New Jersey
7. Connecticut
8. Rhode Island
9. Delaware
10. Maryland
11. Iowa
12. Illinois
13. Minnesota
14. Washington
15. California
16. Hawaii
17. DC

In the world, There are 20 countries that either perform or recognize same-sex marriage, including:

1. Argentina
2. Australia: in ACT only
3. Belgium
4. Brazil
5. Canada
6. Denmark
7. France
8. Iceland
9. Israel
10. Mexico
11. Netherlands
12. New Zealand
13. Norway
14. Portugal
15. South Africa
16. Spain
17. Sweden
18. United Kingdom: in England & Wales only
19. United States: in CA, CT, DE, DC, HI, IL, IA, ME, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NM (8 counties), NY, RI, VT, WA, and 8 Indian tribes
20. Uruguay

Answer 6

Gay people are not illegal anywhere, however, in some countries, the practice of homosexuality is illegal.