These are the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ communities
Live MintLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride Month is being celebrated in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan. Of the 193 countries in the United Nations, 64 still criminalise same-sex acts, according to International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Trans, and Intersex Association Here's a list of countries where same-sex acts are considered illegal: AFRICA: Of the 52 countries, same-sex acts are considered illegal in 32 nations--Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST: Countries where same-sex acts are considered illegal include--Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen. AMERICA: In the Americas, same-sex acts are prohibited in Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ISLANDS: Island countries where same-sex acts are prohibited include Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Kiribati. Death penalty on same-sex acts: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Uganda, Nigeria, Iran, Brunei, Mauritania Prison, fines, or whipping: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Uganda, Oman, Malaysia, Kuwait, South Sudan, Brunei, Malawi Countries that have decriminalised same-sex relationship: India, Mozambique, Singapore, Angola, and Botswana.