#Outlawed: An Overview of Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Around the Globe
Abstract
A guide to the laws criminalizing LGBTQ+ people in various countries around the globe, including a list of the laws by country, as well as world maps indicating countries by type of offense criminalized and sentence type. Important resource to provide context for those working with LGBTQ+ refugees and immigrants, as well as newcomers with LGBTQ+ children.
Notes
Community organizations: Human Rights Watch
Future research / gaps identified: n/a
Integration timeline: not defined
Key populations: LGBTQ+ refugees or immigrants, and newcomers with LGBTQ+ loved ones back home or in Canada
Open access: Yes
Key findings:
1) At least 67 countries have national laws criminalizing LGBTQ+ relations between consenting adults.
2) At least 9 countries have national laws criminalizing transgender people, gender non-conforming people and gender expression.
3) Offense types fall into the following categories: homosexual acts, unnatural/indecent acts, sodomy, debauchery, buggery, and laws including a range of defenses.
4) Sentence types fall into the following categories: 0-10 years, 10 years to life, the death penalty, lashes/corporal punishment, and unspecified.
5) Country profiles included in the report are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Brunei, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guyana, Iran, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Malawai, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nigeria, Occupied Palestine, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, UAE, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Key recommendations: n/a
Location: Countries around the world that criminalize LGBTQ+ people