SEXUAL ORIENTATION LAWS IN THE WORLD - CRIMINALISATION MAY 2017

ILGA, THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX ASSOCIATION I L G A . O R G

Russia

Lithuania

Kazakhstan
Antigua & Barbuda
St Kitts & Nevis Uzbekistan

Tunisia Turkmenistan North Korea

Dominica Lebanon Syria
St Lucia Morocco Iraq China
St Vincent Iran Afghanistan
Gaza
Barbados
Grenada Libya Jordan Bhutan
Algeria Egypt Pakistan
Trinidad & Tobago
Saudi Arabia
India
Iran Myanmar
Mauritania
Oman Bangladesh
Jamaica AG Sudan Eritrea Kuwait
KN DM
VC LC Yemen Bahrain
GD BB Qatar
TT Nigeria Ethiopia
South UAE
Sudan Somalia Brunei
Guyana Sri Lanka
Mauritania Cameroon Maldives
Aceh Malaysia
(1m-2y) Uganda Kenya
Province
Mali
Singapore Papua New Kiribati
Burundi Guinea
Senegal
Gambia Tanzania Solomon
South Indonesia Islands Samoa
Benin
Sumatra Tuvalu
Guinea Nigeria Angola
(8y-14y) Comoros
Sierra Leone Zambia Malawi Cook Islands
Ghana
Liberia Togo Zimbabwe
Namibia Mozambique Mauritius
Botswana Tonga

Swaziland

Actual offence that generates maximum sentences Categories of maximum sentences

Relationship between
Promotion (propaganda) laws Against nature A Death 8 States (implemented)
females is illegal Arrests (documented) in the
Barriers to NGO formation,
establishment
3 States 30 States 45 States (including Egypt) past 3 years (45 States)
A Death 5 States (not implemented) or registration (25 States)

B Relationship between males Note: the country entries on these criminalizing States in State
Sexual act Buggery 15 years to Life (12 States) Sponsored Homophobia outline the full range of penal provisions and
15 States 13 States is illegal sanctions under which same-sex sexual relations are targeted. In this
C 8 to 14 years (23 States) 72 States (including Egypt) map we chart only the category in which maximum sentences fall.

Sodomy Morality law: LGB expression

11 States 19 States (and some provinces) D 3 to 7 years (20 States) The data represented in these maps are based on State-Sponsored Homophobia: a World Survey of Sexual Orientation Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and
Recognition, an ILGA report by Aengus Carroll and Lucas Ramn Mendos. The report and these maps are available in the six official UN languages: English, Chinese, Arabic,
French, Russian and Spanish on ILGA.org. This edition of the world map (May 2017) was coordinated by Aengus Carroll and Lucas Ramn Mendos (ILGA), and designed by
E 1 month 2 years (or a fine) (10 States) Eduardo Enoki (eduardo.enoki@gmail.com).