The Caribbean Court of Justice in invalidated a Guyana law prohibiting some forms of gender expression. Angola in January issued a new penal code that no longer penalizes homosexual sex.
Gabon criminalized same-sex conduct in July , but in July , parliament voted to revoke the law. Brunei enacted a new sharia code in April introducing new laws against sex between women and gender nonconformity alongside appalling punishments, including death by stoning, for anal intercourse.
Click on the country bubbles for a snapshot of each country's laws. For more information and Human Rights Watch reporting, click on the country name in the black pop-up box. This map examines two different types of anti-LGBT laws. The red dots indicate countries that outlaw same-sex relations between consenting adults. The same applies in parts of Somalia and northern Nigeria.
In two other countries — Syria and Iraq — the death penalty is carried out by non-state actors, including Islamic State. The report notes that, although the potential exists for a death penalty to be handed down under sharia courts in at least five other countries — Pakistan, Afghanistan, the UAE, Qatar and Mauritania — there is no evidence suggesting that it has been implemented for consensual same-sex acts between adults in private.
However, this number excludes Egypt, where same-sex relations are technically legal but are vigorously pursued and where hundreds of people are reported to be detained on morality grounds.
Altogether, more than countries have decriminalised homosexuality. But some still cannot be described as liberal. Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics. Pew Research Center now uses as the last birth year for Millennials in our work.
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Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit later overturned the ruling , reinstating gay marriage bans in Kentucky and four other states. The Kentucky ban is part of the U. Supreme Court case scheduled for arguments in April and a decision by June. A Federal judge overturned Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage on Friday, March District Court judge ruled last year that the state's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional, resulting in the issuance of more than marriage licenses.
That ended when the U. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted a stay. The court later reinstated Michigan's ban in the same ruling that reinstated Kentucky's ban. Its fate will be decided by the Supreme Court decision due by June. A state court judge ruled in November that Missouri's constitutional ban on gay marriage was illegal. But that court has indicated that it will not rule on the case until after the U. Supreme Court decision. Just a few days after that state court ruling, a U.
District Court judge struck down the state's marriage ban, but that decision has been stayed pending appeals. While the state ban is in effect, officials in the St. Louis area have issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Opinion: Marriage in Mississippi District Court judge granted an injunction last year against the state's same-sex marriage ban, describing it as unconstitutional. The judge, however, postponed his ruling from going into effect to give the state time to appeal. A federal appeals court heard arguments in the case in January. In the meantime, the same-sex marriage ban is still in effect.
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