![]() All but five nations in the Caribbean and Guyana in South America also legally allow same-sex consensual activity. Homosexual activity is legal in all 27 member states of the European Union, and in Central America. As many as 150 of those would specifically restrict the rights of transgender people, the highest number of Bills targeting transgender people in a single year to date. Human Rights Watch said Tennessee, Texas, and Arizona are tabling laws to ban drag performances when children are present. In the US, more than 450 anti-LGBTQ Bills have been introduced in various states, said White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre, who pointed to a proposed Florida Bill that would give the state the right to separate transgender children from their parents. A Trinidad and Tobago court ruled that laws banning gay sex were unconstitutional. Meanwhile, Botswana’s High Court ruled in favour of decriminalising homosexuality in 2019 and Mozambique and the Seychelles scrapped anti-homosexuality laws. Gabon reversed a law that had criminalised homosexuality and made gay sex punishable with six months of imprisonment. Angola’s President Joao Lourenco in February brought into effect revised penal code to allow same-sex relationships and banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. However, efforts are on in the direction of decriminalisation of homosexuality too. Additionally, of the 69 countries that have laws criminalising homosexuality, nearly half are in Africa. More than 30 of Africa’s 54 countries, including Uganda, already ban homosexuality. But the group’s leader stated that his organisation had been rejected by the registrar of companies as undesirable. The Ugandan agency overseeing the work of NGOs last year stopped the operations of Sexual Minorities Uganda, the most prominent LGBTQ organisation in the country, accusing it of failing to register legally. “This law is very extreme and draconian … it criminalises being an LGBTQ person, but also they are trying to erase the entire existence of any LGBTQ Ugandan,” he said. Lawmaker David Bahati said during debate on the bill, “Our creator God is happy (about) what is happening … I support the bill to protect the future of our children.”įrank Mugisha, a prominent Ugandan LGBTQ activist, denounced the legislation as draconian. The legislation was supported by nearly all of the 389 members of parliament. Aggravated homosexuality involves gay sex with people under the age of 18 or when the perpetrator is HIV positive, among other categories, according to the law. Violations under the law draw severe penalties, including death for so-called aggravated homosexuality and life in prison for gay sex. Supporters of the new law say it is needed to punish a broader array of LGBTQ activities, which they say threaten traditional values in the conservative and religious East African nation. Also Read | Which countries in the world allow same-sex marriage & through what routes? ![]()
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