These are the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ communities
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These are the world’s most dangerous countries for LGBTQ communities

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Lesbian, 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.

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