Last edited: November 24, 2007

Laws around the World

White = Legal        Red = Illegal

• Caribbean detail map
• South Pacific detail map

Countries with information gathered for this site:
| Algeria | Armenia | Australia | Azerbaijan | Bahamas | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Barbados | Belarus | Belize | Bermuda | Botswana |  Bosnia- Herzegovina | Burma/Myanmar | Burundi | Cameroon | Canada | Cayman Islands | Chile | China | Cuba | Cyprus | Egypt | Eritrea | Estonia | Ethiopia | Fiji | France | Gambia | Georgia | Germany | Greece | Grenada | Honduras | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Israel | Jamaica | Japan | Jordan | Kazakhstan | Kenya | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Lebanon | Liberia | Lithuania | Macedonia | Malaysia | Maldives | Mexico | Morocco | Namibia | Nepal | Nicaragua | Nigeria | Pakistan | Palestine | Peru | Philippines | Poland | Qatar | Romania | Russia | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | Singapore | Slovakia | Solomon Islands | Somalia | South Africa | South Korea | Sri Lanka | St. Kitts and Nevis | St Lucia | Sudan | Sweden | Taiwan | Tajikistan | Tanzania | Thailand | Trinidad and Tobago | Turkey | Uganda | Ukraine | United Arab Emirates | United Kingdom | Uzbekistan | Zambia | Zimbabwe | 

Survey of Key Developments Worldwide

News

International Lesbian and Gay Association's State of the World in 1998 (with a few updates based on news reports)

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission's summary of sodomy laws

Africa | Americas | Asia-Pacific | Europe | Middle East

Country
Africa	Lesbian	Gay Male	Maximum Penalty
Algeria	Illegal	Illegal	3 years/fine
Angola	Illegal	Illegal	Unknown
Benin	Illegal	Illegal	Unknown
Botswana	Legal	Illegal	7 years
Burkina Faso	Legal	Legal	3 years
Burundi	Legal	Legal	Punishable as an "immoral act"
Cameroon	Illegal	Illegal	5 years/fine
Cape Verde	Illegal	Illegal	Bail
Central African Republic	Legal	Legal
Chad	Legal	Legal
Comoros	Legal	Legal
Congo	Legal	Legal
Djibouti	Illegal	Illegal	Unknown
Egypt	Illegal	Illegal	A variety of laws are applied
Equatorial Guinea	Not available	Not available	No information
Eritrea	Illegal	Illegal	3 years
Ethiopia	Illegal	Illegal	3 years
Gabon	Legal	Legal
Gambia	Not available	Illegal	14 years
Ghana	Legal	Illegal	Unknown
Guinea	Illegal	Illegal	3 years/fine
Guinea Bissau	Legal	Legal
Ivory Coast	Legal	Legal
Kenya	Legal	Illegal	14 years
Lesotho	Legal	Legal
Liberia	Illegal	Illegal	Misdemeanor
Libya	Illegal	Illegal	5 years
Madagascar	Legal	Legal
Malawi	Illegal	Illegal	Unknown
Mali	Legal	Legal	2 years/fine
Mauritania	Illegal	Illegal	Death
Mauritius	Illegal	Illegal	5 years
Morocco	Illegal	Illegal	3 years/fine
Mozambique	Legal	Illegal	3 years/hard labor
Namibia	Legal	Illegal	Unknown
Niger	Legal	Legal
Nigeria	Legal	Illegal	Death
Reunion	Legal	Legal
Rwanda	Legal	Legal
Sao Tome and Principe	Legal	Legal
Senegal	Illegal	Illegal	5 years/fine
Seychelles	Not available	Illegal	Unknown
Sierra Leone	Not available	Not available	Unknown
Somalia	Illegal	Illegal	3 years
South Africa	Legal	Legal
Sudan	Illegal	Illegal	Death
Swaziland	Illegal	Illegal	Prison or fine
Tanzania	Legal	Illegal	14 years
Togo	Illegal	Illegal	3 years
Tunisia	Illegal	Illegal	3 years
Uganda	Legal	Illegal	Life
Zaire	Unclear	Unclear	Unknown
Zambia	Legal	Illegal	14 years
Zimbabwe	Legal	Illegal	3 years
Americas	Lesbian	Gay Male	Maximum Penalty
Antigua & Barbuda	Legal	Legal
Netherlands Antilles	Legal	Legal
Argentina	Legal	Legal
Aruba	Legal	Legal
Bahamas	Legal	Legal
Barbados	Illegal	Illegal	Unknown
Belize	Legal	Legal
Bermuda	Legal	Legal
Bolivia	Legal	Legal
Brazil	Legal	Legal
Canada	Legal	Legal
Cayman Islands	Legal	Legal
Chile	Legal	Legal
Colombia	Legal	Legal
Costa Rica	Legal	Legal
Cuba	Legal	Legal
Dominican Republic	Legal	Legal
Ecuador	Legal	Legal
El Salvador	Legal	Legal
Falkland Islands / Malvinas	Legal	Legal
French Guyana	Legal	Legal
Greenland	Legal	Legal
Grenada	Legal	Illegal	Unknown
Guadeloupe	Legal	Legal
Guatemala	Legal	Legal
Guyana	Legal	Illegal	Life
Haiti	Legal	Legal
Honduras	Legal	Legal
Jamaica	Legal	Illegal	10 years / hard labor
Martinique	Legal	Legal
Mexico	Legal	Legal
Nicaragua	Illegal	Illegal	3 years
Panama	Legal	Legal
Paraguay	Legal	Legal
Peru	Legal	Legal
Puerto Rico (USA)	Legal	Legal
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Illegal	Not available
Saint Lucia	Illegal	Illegal	25 years
Surinam	Legal	Legal
Trinidad and Tobago	Illegal	Illegal	10 years
Turks and Caicos Islands	Legal	Legal
United States of America	Legal	Legal
Uruguay	Legal	Legal
Venezuela	Legal	Legal
Asia-Pacific	Lesbian	Gay Male	Maximum Penalty
Afghanistan	Illegal	Illegal	Death
Australia	Legal*	Legal*
Bangladesh	Illegal	Illegal	Life
Bhutan	Illegal	Illegal	Life
Brunei	Illegal	Illegal	10 years
Burma/Myanmar	Illegal	Illegal	10 years/fine
Cambodia	Legal	Legal
China	Legal	Legal
Cook Islands (New Zealand Associated State)	Legal	Illegal	14 years
Fiji Islands	Legal	Legal
French Polynesia/Tahiti	Legal	Legal
Guam (USA)	Legal	Legal
Hong Kong	Legal	Legal
India	Illegal	Illegal	Life
Indonesia	Legal	Legal
Japan	Legal	Legal
Kazakhstan	Legal	Legal
Kiribati	Legal	Illegal	14 years
Kyrgyzstan	Legal	Legal
Laos	Not available	Not available	Unknown
Macao	Legal	Legal
Malaysia	Illegal	Illegal	20 years/caning and fine
Maldives	Legal	Illegal	Life
Marshall Islands	Legal	Illegal	10 years
Micronesia	Legal	Legal
Mongolia	Legal	Legal
Nauru	Not available	Not available
Nepal	Illegal	Illegal	Life
New Caledonia	Legal	Legal
New Zealand	Legal	Legal
Niue (New Zealand Associated State)	Legal	Illegal	10 years
North Korea	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Pakistan	Illegal	Illegal	Death
Papua New Guinea	Legal	Illegal	14 years
Philippines	Legal	Legal
Singapore	Illegal	Illegal	Life
Solomon Islands	Illegal	Illegal	14 years
South Korea	Legal	Legal
Sri Lanka	Legal	Illegal	12 years
Taiwan	Legal	Legal
Tajikistan	Legal	Legal
Thailand	Legal	Legal
Tokelau (New Zealand Associated State)	Legal	Illegal	10 years
Tonga	Legal	Illegal	10 years
Turkmenistan	Legal	Illegal	2 years
Tuvalu	Legal	Illegal	14 years
Uzbekistan	Legal	Illegal	3 years
Vanuatu/New Hebrides	Legal	Legal
Vietnam	Legal	Legal
Western Samoa	Illegal	Illegal	7 years
Europe	Lesbian	Gay Male	Maximum Penalty
Albania	Legal	Legal
Andorra	Legal	Legal
Armenia	Legal	Legal
Austria	Legal	Legal
Azerbaijan	Legal	Legal
Belgium	Legal	Legal
Belarus	Legal	Legal
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Legal	Legal
Bulgaria	Legal	Legal
Croatia	Legal	Legal
Cyprus	Legal	Legal
Czech Republic	Legal	Legal
Denmark	Legal	Legal
Estonia	Legal	Legal
Faroe Islands	Legal	Legal
Finland	Legal	Legal
France	Legal	Legal
Georgia	Legal	Legal
Germany	Legal	Legal
Greece	Legal	Legal
Hungary	Legal	Legal
Iceland	Legal	Legal
Ireland	Legal	Legal
Italy	Legal	Legal
Latvia	Legal	Legal
Liechtenstein	Legal	Legal
Lithuania	Legal	Legal
Luxembourg	Legal	Legal
Macedonia	Legal	Legal
Malta	Legal	Legal
Moldavia	Legal	Legal
Monaco	Legal	Legal
Montenegro	Legal	Legal
Netherlands	Legal	Legal
Norway	Legal	Legal
Poland	Legal	Legal
Portugal	Legal	Legal
Romania	Legal	Legal
Russia	Legal	Legal
San Marino	Legal	Legal
Serbia	Legal	Legal
Slovakia	Legal	Legal
Slovenia	Legal	Legal
Spain	Legal	Legal
Sweden	Legal	Legal
Switzerland	Legal	Legal
Turkey	Legal	Legal
Ukraine	Legal	Legal
United Kingdom	Legal	Legal
Vatican City	Legal	Legal
Middle East	Lesbian	Gay Male	Maximum Penalty
Bahrain	Illegal	Illegal	10 years
Iran	Illegal	Illegal	Death
Iraq	Legal?	Legal?	Legal but taboo?
Israel	Legal	Legal
Jordan	Legal	Legal
Kuwait	Illegal	Illegal	7 years
Lebanon	Illegal	Illegal	1 year
Oman	Illegal	Illegal	3 years
Palestine	Illegal	Illegal	10 years
Qatar	Illegal	Illegal	5 years (some uncertainty)
Saudi Arabia	Illegal	Illegal	Death
Syria	Illegal	Illegal	1 year
United Arab Emirates	Illegal	Illegal	Death
Yemen	Illegal	Illegal	Death

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Editorials

• Why Should Being Gay Be a Crime? - By Doug Ireland in The Advocate, November 15, 2006
  We'll Celebrate Our Love, but Others Live in Constant Fear - Elton John in The Observer, December 18, 2005
• A Just Cause - Andrew Sullivan in the The Advocate, April 29, 2003
• Fundie Eruptions - Michelangelo Signorile in the New York Press - July 3, 2002
• I Want an Apology Too - Michelangelo Signorile in the New York Press - June 11, 2002

World News

• International Rallies Celebrate Gay Freedom - Edge, May 16, 2007
  Thursday, May 17, will usher in this year’s annual International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), a date that honors the anniversary of the day in 1990 when the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its catalogue of mental illnesses.
• ‘Hall of Shame’ Exposes Dangers of High-Level Homophobia - Human Rights Watch, May 16, 2007) – Pope Benedict XVI, US President George W. Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have undermined human rights by actively promoting prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Human Rights Watch said today in its annual “hall of shame” to mark the International Day Against Homophobia.
• U.N. Study Sees Subtle Discrimination - The Advocate, May 11, 2007
  The disabled, gays and lesbians, and people living with HIV/AIDS are suffering from new and more subtle forms of workplace discrimination, the U.N. labor agency in Geneva said Thursday.
• Africa's 'State-Backed' Homophobia - Mail and Guardian, May 9, 2007
  African gay activists this week protested against "state-sponsored" homophobia, saying authorities condone their persecution across the continent. The International Gay and Lesbian Association's first pan-African conference in Johannesburg drew activists who say they have seen the consequences of laws that breed homophobia.
• Widespread Homophobia Fueling HIV In Africa - 365Gay.com, March 2, 2007
• Petition to UN For Resolution to Decriminalize Homosexuality Goes On-Line - 247Gay.com, November 17, 2006
  A petition calling for UN Resolution to decriminalize homosexuality world-wide went on-line. It is being coordinated by the international anti-homophobia group IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia).
• Sign for a universal decriminalisation of homosexuality! - International Day Against Homophobia, November 17, 2006
• Struggle for Gay Rights in the Middle East - CNN, June 2, 2006
  Youssef is openly gay and says he doesn't care who knows it.
• Being gay, Christian and African - BBC News, March 13, 2006
• State Department Report on Human Rights Violations Points to UAE and Iran as Culprits, Among Others - Human Rights Campaign, March 8, 2006
• U.S. Arab Allies Attacked on Human Rights Record - 365Gay.com, March 8, 2006
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - U.S. Department of State, March 8, 2006
• Elton John Lashes Out at Homophobia - 365Gay.com, December 18, 2005
• Gay Officials to Gather in Seattle - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 12, 2006
• Gay Marches, Gay Bashings: The State of LGBT Rights Around the World - The Associated Press in 365Gay.com, July 1, 2006
• UNHCHR to Debate Sexual Orientation Resolution - IslamOnline.net & News Agencies, March 12, 2005
• Church Schism Feared Despite Deal on Gays - Guardian, February 26, 2005
• Dissident Sexualities: Muslim and Gay in the UK - Muslim WakeUp! Inc., December 29, 2004
• Director of Film on Muslim Homosexuals Frets over His Subjects’ Safety - The New York Times, December 2, 2004
• Human Rights Watch Says Curbs on Condoms Undermine Global Right Against HIV/AIDS - Associated Press, November 30, 2004
• World AIDS Day: Condom Restrictions Cost Lives - Human Rights Watch, November 30, 2004
• Can Islam Change? - New Statesman, September 13, 2004
• International Anti-Gay Violence on the Rise - Washington Blade, July 30, 2004
• New Book Details Increase in Antigay Violence Worldwide - The Advocate, July 7, 2004
• Gay Persecution Seen Rising Around the World - Reuters, July 5, 2004
• The Developing World’s Homophobia is a Legacy of Colonial Rule - The Guardian, July 3, 2004
• You Can Thank Pacific Islanders for Your View of Sexuality - New Zealand Herald, June 16, 2004
• Africa’s Gays Persecuted as Cause of Ills - Chicago Tribune, June 9, 2004
• Homosexual Rights Resolution Withdrawn at United Nations - The Washington Times, March 30, 2004
• United Nations Drops Gay Civil Rights - 365Gay.com, March 29, 2004
• United Nations Ill-Advised on Homosexual Laws - February 8, 2004
• IGLHRC Calls for Global Mobilization to Help Pass the UN Resolution on Sexual Orientation and Human Rights - IGLHRC, February 2, 2004
• ‘Muslim Refusenik’ Incites Furor With Critique of Faith - Washington Post, January 19, 2004
• Bill Would Condemn International LGBT Human Rights Violation - 365Gay.com, November 20, 2003
• House Decree Targets GLBT Rights Abuses - Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network, November 20, 2003
• HRC Lauds Congressional Resolution Condemning International Human Rights Violations Against GLBT People - Human Rights Campaign, November 20, 2003
• U.S. Must Not Squander Opportunity for Global Promotion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Human Rights, says Amnesty International - Amnesty International USA, November 18, 2003
• Gay Rights a Catalyst for Politicians, Democracy - Pacific News Service, August 20, 2003
• Summer Lovin’—Arab Gays, Lesbians Coming Out of the Closet...? - Al Bawaba, August 8, 2003
• Pink Refugees - Rainbow Network, May 7, 2003
• Government Disorientation - The Guardian, April 29, 2003
• US Defends Non-Support of Gay Bill - Agence France-Presse, April 26, 2003
• Al-Fatiha Statement on UN Resolution on Human Rights & Sexual Orientation - Al-Fatiha Foundation, April 25, 2003
• HRC Expresses Disappointment over U.N. Decision to Postpone Vote on Human Rights and Sexual Orientation Resolution - Human Rights Campaign, April 25, 2003
• Muslim Alliance Derails UN’s Gay Rights Resolution - The Guardian, April 25, 2003
• UN Resolution Will Be Voted Next Year - International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, April 25, 2003
• Muslim Alliance Set to Derail Historic UN Vote - Gay.com UK, April 25, 2003
• Muslim Nations Oppose Pro-Gay U.N. Resolution - The Advocate, April 25, 2003
• U.S. May Abstain from Historic U.N. Vote - Gay.com, April 24, 2003
• Gay Human Rights - Rainbow Network, April 22, 2003
• UN Votes on Rights for Gays - The Mirror, April 21, 2003
• The True Clash of Civilizations - Foreign Policy Magazine, March/April 2003
• Muslim States Oppose European Push to Reinstate Gay Group - Gay.com U.K., April 30, 2002
• U.N. Official: Caribbean Must Relax Antigay Laws - The Advocate, December 2001
• New U.S. Allies Enforce Homophobic Persecution - Washington Blade, October 19, 2001
• For Gay Armenian Refugee, Prayers for Asylum Finally Answered Armenian Refugee Joins Trend of Gays Granted Asylum in U.S. - Roanoke Times, August 12, 2001
• Reconciling Allah - Vital Signs, August 6, 2001
• Government Inaction & Abuse Drives Torture, Sexual Assault, Forced Psychiatric Treatment of Lesbians and Gays Worldwide - Amnesty International, June 22, 2001
• Report Condemns Treatment of Gays - Canadian Press, June 22, 2001
• Amnesty Says Gay Abuse Rampant - Associated Press, June 22, 2001
• UN Starts to Address Abuse of Gays - Detroit News, June 18, 2001
• Human Rights Watch World Report 2001 - Human Rights Watch, May 24, 2001
• PlanetOut Article Cites Inaccurate Verses from Quran - December 16, 2000
• Gay Sex Prosecuted Worldwide - Planet Out, December 13, 2000
• Letters Reveal Wilde’s Private Side - Associated Press, November 30, 2000
• The Wilde Way of Setting Up Camp - The Irish Times, November 21, 2000
• The Many Faces of Sharia - BBC.com, June 21, 2000
• ‘Perversion’ Is a Right - Africa News Service, January 7, 1999

Afghanistan

• US, Canada Round Up Gays in Afghanistan - 365Gay.com, February 27, 2006
• American Arrested in Afghanistan on Suspicion of Homosexuality, Soliciting, Officials Say - September 1, 2004
• American Arrested for Sex with Afghan Male - September 1, 2004
• Harsh Penalties Remain for Gays in Afghanistan - April 19, 2002
• Kandahar’s Lightly Veiled Homosexual Habits - April 3, 2002
• Homosexual Practice Back in Kandahar - January 15, 2002
• Kandahar Comes Out of the Closet - January 12, 2002
• New Afghan Rulers Better for Gays? - December 21, 2001
• Hate Crimes: Like the Taliban, America’s Middle East Allies Tyrannize Gays and Women - October 3-9, 2001
• Inside The Taliban Reign of Terror - September 23, 2001
• San Francisco Resolution Condemning the Taliban - January 25, 1999
• Another Afghan Execution Fails - January 19, 1999
• Afghanistan Kills 2 for Sodomy - March 24, 1998
• Three survive being buried alive for sodomy - February 25, 1998

Algeria

• Gay Iranian Kills Himself After UK Asylum Appeal Denied - 365Gay.com, April 20, 2005
• Gay Algerian Faces Deportation After 10 Years in UK - UK Gay News, February 21, 2005
• Outrage! Petitions for Algerian Asylum Refugee - Gay.com UK, November 26, 2004
• Gay Algerian Faces Death If Deported Group Says - 365Gay.com, November 25, 2004

Armenia

• Bigots on Baghramian?: Parliament Members Continue Gay Debate - October 2004
• Armenia Removes Anti-Gay Laws From Criminal Code - January 10, 2003
• Armenia Decriminalizes Sex Between Men - January 9, 2003
• Armenia Removes the Anti-Gay Law from Country’s Criminal Code - January 7, 2003
• Armenian Activists Threaten to Out Politicians - December 12, 2002
• Armenia Pressured to Drop Anti-Gay Laws - March 12, 2002
• French Group Demands Armenia Abolish Anti-Gay Penal Code - February 26, 2002
• For Gay Armenian Refugee, Prayers for Asylum Finally Answered Armenian Refugee Joins Trend of Gays Granted Asylum in U.S. - August 12, 2001

Austria

• Austria Repeals Anti-Gay Consent Laws - August 15, 2002
• Austrian Court Strikes Down Gay Sex Law - July 3, 2002

Australia

• Happy Hitch for Gay Crusader - Mercury, February 18, 2007
  The man who took Tasmania's former anti-gay laws to the United Nations added commitment to his campaigning when he tied the knot with his long-standing male partner yesterday.
• Gay Sea-Change Sweeps Tasmania - ABC Local Radio, March 14, 2006
• Rights Activists Recall When Gay Sex was a Crime - The Age, December 19, 2005
• Gay Sex Prosecution Condemned - Sydney Star Observer, February 3, 2005 
• Gay Old Time - The Age, January 23, 2005
• A Prude Awakening - The Age, January 9, 2005
• Australia’s First Civil Unions - December 31, 2003
• Al-Fatiha Applauds Australia High Court Decision Granting Refugee Status to Sexual Minorities - Al-Fatiha Foundation, December 10, 2003
• Sexuality Persecution Grounds for Asylum Court Rules - 365Gay.com, December 9, 2003
• NT Age of Consent for Gays Lowered - November 26, 2003
• “Sodomy” - September 24, 2003
• Australia State to Modernize Consent Law - 365Gay.com, May 6, 2003
• Victimised Gay Couple Contest Refugee Refusal - The Guardian, April 8, 2003
• Tassie Gives Gays New Rights - September 25, 2002
• Victory! Sweeping Legal Reform in Western Australia - April 23, 2002

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan Lifts Ban on Sex Between Men - June 24, 2000

Bahamas

• Bahamas Ban 'Brokeback' for 'Extreme Homosexuality' - NBC4.com, March 31, 2006
• Protesters Confront Gay Cruise Passengers - The Scotsman, July 17, 2004
• Two Bahamian Men Talk About Their Lives - Nassau Guardian, July 28, 2003
• Bahamas Apologizes to Gay Passengers - Los Angeles Times, April 19, 1998
• Anti-Gay Protesters Demonstrate as Ship Docks - Miami Herald, April 13, 1998
• Bahamians Demonstrate Against Lesbian Cruise - Reuters, April 13, 1998
• Bahamians Protest Gay Cruise Ship - Associated Press, April 13, 1998
• Anti-Gay Preachers to Demonstrate - Miami Herald, April 9, 1998
• Nasty Christians in the Bahamas - Reuters, March 9, 1998

Bahrain

• Husband and Maid Cited for Adultery - Gulf Daily News, February 4, 2005
• Bahrain Deporting 2,000 Gays from RP - Manila Standard, July 11, 2002
• Bahrain Cracks Down on Gay Migrant Workers - Manila Times, July 11, 2002

Bangladesh

• The Shadow Citizens - Himal Magazine, May, 2004
• Al-Fatiha Applauds Australia High Court Decision Granting Refugee Status to Sexual Minorities - Al-Fatiha Foundation, December 10, 2003
• Sexuality Persecution Grounds for Asylum Court Rules - 365Gay.com, December 9, 2003
• Victimised Gay Couple Contest Refugee Refusal - The Guardian, April 8, 2003

Barbados

• Focus on Sex Laws - The Nation, January 26, 2005
• Sin Or No Sin – Church’s View - The Nation, October 17, 2004
• Time ‘For Change’ - The Nation, October 12, 2003

Belarus

• Belarusian Gay Activist Keeps Fighting the Dictatorship - UK Gay News, July 17, 2006
  Gay Belarusian activist Slava Bortnik is interviewed by GayRussia – and gives a rare insight into life – and life as a gay – in the country considered the most repressive in Europe.
• Asylum Seeker Wins, But Still Detained - OutRage!, March 7, 2005

Belize

• Lesbian Love - October 17, 1999
• Cruise OK in Belize, UK Confab - February 4, 1998

Bermuda

• Webb Tables Bill Banning Anti-Gay Discrimination - Royal Gazette, March 19, 2006
• Bermuda to Ban Homophobia - 365Gay.com, November 2, 2004

Botswana

• Woman Fined P8,000 for Adultery - Mmegi, February 11, 2005
• Anti-Gay Laws Challenged in Botswana - Datalounge, May 4, 2001
• Alleged Gay Challenges Homosexual Laws - Panafrican News Agency, May 3, 2001
• Botswana Wrestles with Implications of Gay Case - Datalounge, June 13, 2001
• Botswana Debates The Relaxation of Anti-Gay Laws - Johannesburg Daily Mail & Guardian, January 19, 1999

Bosnia- Herzegovina

Burma/Myanmar

• All Burma Students' Democratic Front Repeals Law Criminalizing Homosexual Acts - May 18, 2001

Burundi

• Two Men Flee Muslim Law Enforcers, October 18, 2004

Cameroon

• Cameroon Court Frees Gay Man After 2 Years In Prison Without Trial - 365Gay.com, March 2, 2007
• UN Condemns Anti-Gay Laws of Cameroon - afrol News, October 11, 2006
• UN Body Condemns Cameroon Imprisonment of Gay Men - 365Gay.com, October 11, 2006
• Man Charged in Cameroon Sodomy Purge Dies - 365Gay.com, June 30, 2006
  One of 11 men who spent more than a year in jail awaiting trial on charges of sodomy has died of  AIDS-related complications.
• Sodomy Hell in Cameroon - Gay.com U.K., June 15, 2006
• Cameroon Men "Guilty" of Sodomy - The Advocate, June 14, 2006
  Seven of the nine men who have been on trial for homosexuality in the African nation of Cameroon have been found guilty of sodomy and sentenced to a 10-month jail term, according to the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission. Since the men have already been imprisoned for more than a year, they are expected to be released shortly for time served.
• Gay Cameroonians Jailed on “Sodomy” Charges - PinkNews, June 14, 2006
• Cameroon Sentences 7 to Prison in Sodomy Retrial - 365Gay.com, June 13, 2006
• Editor Jailed Over 'Gay' List in Cameroon - Mail and Guardian, May 27, 2006
• Cameroon Refuses to Release Men Acquitted of Homosexuality Charges - The Advocate, May 5, 2006
  Cameroon’s government is refusing to release from jail the nine men acquitted last month on homosexuality charges. The men were part of the "Yaoundé 11," detained in May 2005 following a police raid at a nightclub said to be frequented by gay men and women. Two of the men had charges dropped earlier this year.
• ‘Gay List’ Editor Jailed - PinkNews, March 31, 2006
• Editor Jailed Over 'Gay' List - News24.com, March 27, 2006
• Homophobic Witch Hunt at Cameroon Schools - 365Gay.com, March 21, 2006
• Groups Press Cameroon Over Gay Detainees - PlanetOut, March 9, 2006
• Prison Over African “Gay Slur” - Gay.com, March 7, 2006
• Prison for Publisher of 'Gay Names' in Cameroon - 365Gay.com, March 3, 2006
• Jail term for Cameroon gay libel - BBC News, March 3, 2006
• Pair Sentenced to Year in Prison For Gay Sex in Cameroon - 365Gay.com, February 28, 2006
• Two Jailed for Gay Sex - The Advertiser, February 28, 2006
• Cameroon Jails Two Men for Gay Sex - PlanetOut.com, February 28, 2006
• Cameroon Tabloids on Trial over Outing Campaign - The Advocate, February 17, 2006
• Cameroon Papers Sued for 'Outing' [A cabinet minister and two doctors in Cameroon sue two newspapers that alleged they were gay.] - BBC News, February 15, 2006
• Lawsuits Fly after Mass Gay Outings by Newspapers - 365Gay.com, February 15, 2006
• Protests Mark Start of Cameroon Gay 'Outing' Trial - Voice of America, February 14, 2006
• Star 'Outed' in Anti-Gay Frenzy - The Times Online, February 8, 2006
• Row over Cameroon 'Gay' Witchhunt [Cameroon's elite is rocked by a campaign by tabloid newspapers to "out" top personalities they say are homosexual.] - BBC News, February 6, 2006
• 50 Public Figures Named in Gay Witchhunt by Cameroon's Papers - The Guardian, February 6, 2006
• Cameroon Slammed for Gay ‘Name and Shame’ - Gay.com, February 6, 2006
• Cameroon Papers Outing Gay Politicians in 'Purity' Campaign - 365Gay.com, February 5, 2006
• Cameroon Newspapers Publish Lists to 'Out' Gays - The Star (Reuters), February 4, 2006
• Cameroon Tabloids Profit from Celebrity Outings - The Advocate, February 3, 2006
• Groups Petition Cameroon over 11 Arrests - PlanetOut.com, December 2, 2005
• 7 Months Behind Bars on 'Suspicion' of Being Gay - 365Gay.com, December 1, 2005
• Mass Gay Arrests in Cameroon - 365Gay.com, July 29, 2005
• “The Government’s Human Rights Record Remained Poor” - U.S. Department of State, February 28, 2005

Canada

• Nicaraguan Wins Reprieve in Bid to Remain in Canada - Globe and Mail, February 10, 2007
• Canada Issues Temporary Ban On Deporting Gay Nicaraguan - 365Gay.com, February 10, 2007
• Can't Prove He Was Openly Gay at 12, Man Denied Asylum in Canada - 365Gay.com, February 7, 2007
• Can't Prove He's Gay, Teen Is Denied Asylum - Globe and Mail, February 7, 2007
• UN Body Rejects Canadian Gays - 365Gay.com, February 2, 2007
• Muslim Countries at UN Reject Canadian Gay Activist Group - CanWest News Service, February 2, 2007
• Canadian Lawmaker Wants Gay Rights Tied to Foreign Policy - 365Gay.com, September 25, 2006
  A Canadian member of parliament is calling for the adoption of the Declaration of Montreal to be enshrined in the country's foreign policy. The declaration was prepared this summer at an international LGBT rights conference tied to the first Outgames in Montreal.
  Although document's principals are already part of Canadian law - equal rights, abolition of anti-gay sex laws, and equal marriage - New Democratic Party MP says Canada should be promoting those values in its foreign affairs.
• Group Sex in Clubs OK Canada's High Court Rules - 365Gay.com, December 21, 2005
• Canada Issues Warning to Gays - 365Gay.com, July 25, 2005
• Anglican Bishops Put on Hold Blessings of Same-Sex Marriage - London Free Press, April 29, 2005
• Committee Doesn’t Hear Queers - Xtra, March 17, 2005
• Solicitation Laws Bad, Say Young Liberals - Xtra, March 17, 2005
• Who Dropped the Ball? - Xtra, March 11, 2005
• MPs Studying Solicitation Laws Seek Input - Xtra, March 7, 2005
• Address by Prime Minister Paul Martin on Bill C-38 (The Civil Marriage Act) - Prime Minister of Canada, February 16, 2005
• Crown Abandons Bathhouse Charges - Calgary Herald, February 3, 2005
• Goliath’s Charges Stayed - Xtra, February 2, 2005
• Canada’s Two Biggest Faiths Battle Over Gay Marriage - 365Gay.com, January 24, 2005
• Canada’s Catholic Leaders Crusade Against Gay Marriage - Mercury News, January 23, 2005
• Alberta Premier, Anti-Catholic Groups Criticize Bishop Henry and Cardinal Ambrozic - LifeSiteNews.com (Fundamentalist Christian), January 21, 2005
• Same-Sex Difference - Edmonton Sun, January 21, 2005
• Klein Rebukes Bishop’s Comments on Gays - Calgary Herald, January 20, 2005
• Henry Refuses to Be Silenced - Western Catholic Reporter, January 19, 2005
• Same-Sex Slam - Winnipeg Sun, January 16, 2005
• Toronto Chief Slams Gay Ruling - 365Gay.com, December 19, 2004
• Fantino Attacks Requirement for Officers to Take Gay Sensitivity Training - 580 CFRA News Talk Radio, December 18, 2004
• Toronto Lesbians, Police Reach Settlement - PlanetOut Network, December 17, 2004
• Toronto Cops to Undergo Sensitivity Training after Gay Bathhouse Raid - 365Gay.com, December 17, 2004
• Toronto Police to Attend Gay Sensitivity Training - CTV Television Network, December 17, 2004
• Toronto Police to Face Gay-Sensitivity Training - Globe and Mail, December 17, 2004
• Caution: Slippery Slope - Equal Marriage, October 11, 2004
• Public Inquiry Ordered into Police Conduct at Lesbian Bath Raid - 365Gay.com, June 18, 2004
• Gay Jordanian Now ‘Gloriously Free’ in Canada - The Globe & Mail, May 20, 2004
• Gay Refugee Claimants Seeking Haven in Canada - Toronto Globe & Mail, April 24, 2004
• Refuge from the Stones - Globe and Mail, December 6, 2003
• 2nd Homophobic Scandal Hits Canadian Political Party in Week - 365Gay.com, November 29, 2003
• Nanaimo-Cowichan Member Stands by Anti-Homosexual Speech - Vancouver Sun, November 28, 2003
• Jail Homosexuals Canadian Politician Says - 365Gay.com, November 27, 2003
• Make It a Crime to Be Gay: Alliance MP - Vancouver Sun, November 27, 2003
• The Land of Wait & See - Xtra, August 7, 2003
• Speaking the Language of Sex - Xtra, July 24, 2003
• Bath Raid Divides Calgary Gays - 365Gay.com, January 25, 2003
• Cops Unapologetic Over Gay Raid - 365Gay.com, January 11, 2003
• Raid Blamed for Gay Sex Out in Public - Calgary Sun, January 10, 2003
• City Reviews Licence for Gay Spa - Calgary Herald, December 17, 2002
• 15 Charged in Bathhouse Raid - 365Gay.com, December 14, 2002
• Rae Denies Malice: Closing Remarks in Defamation Suit - Toronto Sun, June 18, 2002
• Cops ‘Gawked,’ Jury Told - Toronto Sun, June 11, 2002
• Gay Raid Cop ‘Hated, Feared’ - Toronto Sun, May 31, 2002
• Charges Dropped in Lesbian Baths Raid - 365Gay.com, February 1, 2002
• Lesbian Bathhouse Charges Dismissed; Judge Criticizes Toronto Police - Associated Press, January 31, 2002
• Cop Suit Possible over Rae Remarks - Toronto Sun, October 20, 2000
• Toronto Bath Women Charged - PlanetOut News, October 9, 2000
• Rae Warns Against Bathhouse Charges - Toronto Star, September 21, 2000
• British Columbia Schools and The Law - Planet Out, June 23, 2000
• Police Make Secret Deal with Gay Bars - National Post, August 10, 1999

Cayman Islands

• Gay Cruise Decision Defended - Cayman Compass, January 30, 2006
• Repeal of Caymans’ Anti-Gay Laws Strains ‘Partnership’ with Britain - May 4, 2001
• UK: Repeal of Anti-Gay Laws Will Remain - February 23, 2001
• Britain Will Hear Cayman Islands’ Complaints - February 20, 2001
• Britain Will Hear Cayman’s Complaints on Gay Laws - February 18, 2001
• Cayman Clergy Bash Gay Law - February 5, 2001
• Cayman Island Churches Push for Antigay Laws - February 5, 2001
• Cayman Churches Want Anti-Gay Law - February 4, 2001
• Britain to Legalise Gay Sex in Colonies - November 12, 2000
• Britain to overhaul ties with remaining colonies - February 2, 1998
• Controversy in the Caymans - April 1998
• Cayman Islands Government Minister Defends Ban on Gay Sex - March 29, 1999

Chile

• Chilean Lawmakers Mull Gay Protections - Associated Press in The Advocate, July 11, 2006
  Chile's Congress is debating striking down regulations against "offenses to morals and good customs" that police have used to harass gays, even for behavior such as holding hands in public.

China

• China's Gay Scene Steps Out of the Closet - Daily News and Analysis India, November 9, 2006
• Hong Kong Drops Challenge Against Gay Sex Law - Independent Online, October 16 2006
  Hong Kong's government on Monday caved in to a challenge against its gay sex laws, effectively lowering the homosexual age of consent from 21 to 16.
• Hong Kong Court Upholds Decision Striking Down Sodomy Laws - The Advocate, September 21, 2006
• Hong Kong Court Upholds Equality of Consent Laws - The Advocate, September 20, 2006
• Hong Kong Begins Challenge to Liberal Gay Sex Ruling - The Nation, July 7, 2006
• Hong Kong Gays Fight Sodomy Laws, Triggering Debate in Traditional Society - The Advocate, December 31, 2005
• Photo Journal: Gay Life in Hong Kong - BBC News, October 24, 2005
• Hong Kong Failing to Uphold Human Rights: U.N. report accuses government of neglecting minorities - OhmyNews, October 10, 2005
• Hong Kong Government Appeals Pro-Gay Ruling - The Advocate, October 1, 2005
• Hong Kong Appeals Gay Rights Case - 365Gay.com, September 30, 2005
• Hong Kong Ruling Against Sodomy Laws Gets Mixed Response - The Advocate, August 26, 2005
• Hong Kong Strikes Down Gay Ban - U.K. Gay.com, August 26, 2005
• Hong Kong Anti-Gay Laws Overturned - Mercury News, August 25, 2005
• Hong Kong Judge Rules Against Sodomy Laws - The Advocate, August 25, 2005
• Judge Strikes Down HK Sodomy Laws - CNN.com, August 24, 2005
• Hong Kong Anti-Gay Law Ruled Unconstitutional - 365Gay.com, August 24, 2005
• Hong Kong High Court Strikes Gay Sex Ban - U.K. Gay.com, August 24, 2005
• Judge: Anti-Gay Laws in Hong Kong Illegal - NewsMax.com Wires, August 24, 2005
• Growing Tolerance Towards Homosexuals - December 10, 2004
• Gays Fight ‘Archaic’ Laws in Hong Kong - June 23, 2004
• Hong Kong Gays Fight Sex Laws - July 25, 2002
• Hong Kong Rejects Consent Reform - July 25, 2002
• Raid in China Arrests 37 Gays - July 8, 2000
• China Arrests 37 Homosexuals - July 7, 2000
• China’s Landmark Decision on Homosexuality - October 15, 1999

Cuba

• Castro's Niece Behind Revolution in Sexual Politics: Mariela Castro wants macho society's attitudes, policies to change - Reuters, June 29, 2006
  Mariela Castro is leading a Cuban revolution less well-known than her Uncle Fidel's -- one in favor of sexual tolerance within the island's macho society.
• No Turning Back on Gay Rights in Cuba - IPS, December 27, 2005
• Sleeping With the Enemy? - February 14, 2003
• Cuba Libre? Guess Again - January 17, 2003

Cyprus

• N. Cyprus To Abolish Sodomy Law - 365Gay.com, October 20, 2006
  Turkish controlled Northern Cyprus has announced plans to decriminalize homosexuality. The Greek southern half of the divided island already has amended its laws. The move brings the north in line with the European Union.
• Gays Ruling ‘Too Little, Too Late’ - July 6, 2002
• House Moves to Lower Age of Consent for Gay Men - July 5, 2002
• Nicosia Dispatch: Cyprus Divided Over Gay Rights - October 16, 2001
• Cyprus Moves to Strip Law of Anti-Gay Reference - June 20, 2000
• Cyprus Gay Rights Activist Welcomes Amendment to Homosexuality Law - June 10, 2000
• Amnesty concern at new gay law - May 26, 1998
• Repressive "Reform" In Cyprus: Will They Get Away With It? - May 26, 1998
• Houses passes gay sex bill - May 22, 1998
• Black list threat for gay vote - May 21, 1998
• Cyprus should lift gay ban, European official says - May 14, 1998
• Cyprus Church vs. Sodomy Reform - April 9, 1998

Egypt

• Prisoners of Sex - New York Times, December 3, 2006 
  In Egypt and across the Arab world, homosexuality is becoming a political issue. But as gay people become more visible, they could wind up even less free.
• Egypt’s Fearful Gays Shy from HIV Testing - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 14, 2005
• Is U.S. Backing Egyptian Crackdown? - June 3, 2004
• U.S. Leaders Decry Egypt’s Anti-Gay Abuses - May 6, 2004
• Rothman Leads Bipartisan Congressional Coalition Urging Egypt to Cease Torture of Gay Men - May 6, 2004
• Egypt Rapped on ‘Gay Persecution’ - March 1, 2004
• Group Says Egypt Entraps, Tortures Gays - March 1, 2004
• Group Urges Egypt to Prove Reform by Ending Torture - March 1, 2004
• Human Rights Watch: Egyptian Government Arresting, Torturing Gay Men - March 1, 2004
• Egypt Continues to Torture Gays - March 1, 2004
• Torture Common in Egyptian Prison, Amnesty Int’l Says - November 22, 2003
• Egypt Must Release Gay Prisoners, Says Civil Rights Group - October 7, 2003
• Egypt: Crackdown on Homosexual Men Continues - October 7, 2003
• Egypt Continues Persecution of Gay Men - September 25, 2003
• Egypt Police Arrest 62 Suspected Gay Men - September 24, 2003
• Statistics on Gay Arrests in Egypt - September 23, 2003
• Egypt Religious Leader Fights Gay ‘Plague’ - September 9, 2003
• Al-Fatiha Launches Fund for Egyptian Asylum Seekers - August 21, 2003
• Israeli Tourist Released from Egypt after “Witch Hunt” - August 7, 2003
• Amnesty International Welcomes Acquittal of Egyptian Men Imprisoned for ‘Debauchery,’ Urges Immediate Release of Others - July 22, 2003
• Egyptian Court Acquits 11 Men in Gay Sex Case - July 22, 2003
• Egypt Releases 11 Charged With Gay Crimes - July 21, 2003
• Egypt Court Acquits 11 Suspected Gay Men - July 21, 2003
• Court Acquits 11 Men in Gay Trial - July 20, 2003
• Gay Israeli Arrested in Egypt - June 26, 2003
• Egyptian Gays Living—and Fleeing—in Fear - Philadelphia Inquirer, June 16, 2003
• Cairo Court Frees Four Convicted in Gay Club Raid - 365Gay.com, June 5, 2003
• Egyptian Court Reduces Gay Sex Sentences - Gay.com U.K., June 5, 2003
• Green Party Protests against Treatment of Egyptian Gays - The Independent, May 20, 2003
• Remembering “Ahmad” at a Protest Against Egypt - Mubarak Dahir, May 14, 2003
• Worldwide Protests Decry Egyptian Treatment of Gays - The Advocate, May 14, 2003
• Global Protests Against Egyptian Crackdown - The Data Lounge, May 12, 2003
• Gay Activists Launch Protests Against Egypt - Gay.com/PlanetOut.com Network, May 12, 2003
• House Democrats Urge Sanctions on Egypt for Gay Persecution - Washington Blade, May 9, 2003
• U.S. Trains Egyptian Police, Prosecutors - Gay City News, May 2-8, 2003
• 10th May: Global Day of Action and Solidarity in protest at the continued detention, persecution and torture of Egyptian men on the grounds of sexual orientation - ILGA Europe, April 22, 2003
• Egypt Sends 14 Suspected Gay Men to Jail - Gay.com, April 22, 2003
• Egyptian Official Criticizes EU - The Advocate, April 22, 2003
• Egypt Angered by Euro Condemnation - The Data Lounge, April 21, 2003
• Egypt Tells EU to Butt Out on Gay Trials - 365Gay.com, April 19, 2003
• Egypt Criticizes EU on Rights Resolution - Associated Press, April 18, 2003
• Egypt Sends 14 Suspected Gay Men to Jail - Gay.com, April 18, 2003
• Egypt Sentences 14 to Jail - The Advocate, April 17, 2003
• Frank Calls on Gays to Oppose ‘Brutal Regime’ in Egypt - 365Gay.com, April 14, 2003
• Frank Urges Gay Groups to Lobby Against Egypt - Barney Frank, April 14, 2003
• Egypt Urged to End Antigay Persecution - The Advocate, April 12, 2003
• Europe, Activists Pressure Egypt on Gays - Gay.com, April 11, 2003
• Euro Parliament Protests Egypt Crackdown - The Data Lounge, April 11, 2003
• Call for Appeals to Egypt over Gay Entrapment - 365Gay.com, April 10, 2003
• Frank Letter to National Gay Rights Groups - Barney Frank, April 10, 2003
• Frank Letter to Egyptian Ambassador - Barney Frank, April 9, 2003
• Egyptian Government Denies Gay Crackdown - The Data Lounge, April 4, 2003
• Egypt Uses Web to Snare Suspected Gays - March 27, 2003
• Twenty-One of Cairo 52 Re-Sentenced - Gay City News, March 21–27, 2003
• Egypt S