Country |
Status on Homosexuality |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
Illegal (Penalty: 15 year prison sentence) |
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Australia |
Legal nationwide since 1994 |
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Bahamas |
Legal since 1991 (Age of consent discrepancy) |
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Bangladesh |
Illegal |
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Barbados |
Illegal (Penalty: life sentence) |
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Belize |
Male: Illegal since 2003 (Penalty: 10 year prison sentence) |
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Botswana |
Illegal (Penalty: Fine - 7 years) |
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Brunei |
Illegal (Penalty: fine or prison sentence up to 10 years) |
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Cameroon |
Illegal (Penalty: Fine to 5 years prison) |
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Canada |
Legal since 1969 |
|
Cyprus |
Legal since 1998 |
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Dominica |
Illegal (Penalty: 10 year prison sentence) |
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Gambia |
Illegal (Penalty: up to 14 years) |
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Ghana |
Male illegal |
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Grenada |
Male illegal (Penalty: 10 year prison sentence) |
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Guyana |
Male illegal (Penalty: life imprisonment) |
|
India |
Legal since 2009 Delhi High Court ruling |
|
Jamaica |
Illegal (Penalty: 10 years hard labour) |
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Kenya |
Male illegal (Penalty: up to 14 years) |
|
Kiribati |
Male illegal |
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Lesotho |
Male illegal |
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Malawi |
Male illegal |
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Malaysia |
Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence (2-20 years), or whippings) |
|
Maldives |
Illegal - Banishment and Lashes |
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Malta |
Legal since 1973 |
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Mauritius |
Male illegal |
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Mozambique |
Legal |
|
Namibia |
Illegal (not enforced) |
|
Nauru |
Male illegal |
|
New Zealand |
Legal since 1986. |
|
Nigeria |
Male illegal |
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Pakistan |
Illegal (Penalty: 2 years to life sentence) |
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Papua New Guinea |
Illegal |
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Rwanda |
Legal |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Male illegal (Penalty: 10 years) |
|
Saint Lucia |
Male illegal (Penalty: fine and/or 10 year prison sentence) |
|
Saint Vincent |
Illegal (Penalty: fine and/or 10 year prison sentence) |
|
Samoa |
Illegal Legalisation proposed under a new Criminal Code |
|
Seychelles |
Male illegal |
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Sierra Leone |
Male illegal |
|
Singapore |
Male illegal (Penalty: up to 2 years prison sentence) |
|
Solomon Islands |
Illegal |
|
South Africa |
Male legal since 1994, female always legal |
|
Sri Lanka |
Illegal |
|
Swaziland |
Male illegal |
|
Tanzania |
Illegal (Penalty: up to life imprisonment) |
|
Tonga |
Male illegal |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
Illegal (Penalty: 25 year prison sentence) |
|
Tuvalu |
Male illegal |
|
Uganda |
Illegal |
|
United Kingdom |
Legal since 1967 in England and Wales, 1981 in Scotland and 1982 in Northern Ireland |
|
Vanuatu |
Legal since 2007 |
|
Zambia |
Male illegal (Penalty: up to 14 years) |
