Countries where homosexuality is still illegal
The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) has a map: www.ilga.org. Click on any country to find more detailed information. Be aware that it may not be up to date. For the latest advice from the British government on the situation in any country, visit the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website for their “country reports”, www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice.
Countries where homosexuality was illegal (at November 2013)
Africa |
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Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burundi Cameroon Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea Kenya |
Lesotho Liberia Libya Malawi (enforcement suspended) Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Sao Tome Senegal |
Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe |
Asia |
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Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Iran Kuwait Lebanon Malaysia |
Maldives Myanmar Oman Pakistan Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia |
Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Yemen |
America |
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Antigua/Barbuda Barbados Belize Dominica |
Grenada Guyana Jamaica St Kitts/Nevis |
St Lucia St Vincent/Grenadines Trinidad & Tobago |
Oceania |
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Cook Islands Indonesia (Aceh, S Sumatra) Kirbati Nauru |
Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa |
Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu |
Europe |
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Northern Cyrpus (and check developments in Russia, Ukraine). |
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