There are over 70 countries where it’s illegal to be gay… here they are

Did you know it’s illegal to be gay in over 70 countries worldwide?

Here are the countries in which it is illegal to have a same-sex sexual relationship.

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1. Afghanistan
2. Algeria
3. Antigua and Barbuda
4. Angola * decriminalised gay sex in 2019
5. Bangladesh
6. Barbados
7. Bhutan
8. Botswana
9. Brunei
10. Burundi
11. Cameroon
12. The central African Republic
13. Chad
14. Comoros
15. Cook Islands
16. Dominica
17. Egypt
18. Ethiopia
19. Eritrea
20. The Gambia
21. Ghana
22. Grenada
23. Guinea
24. Guyana
25. India (now legal)
26. Iran
27. Indonesia*
28. Jamaica
29. Kenya
30. Kiribati
31. Kuwait
32. Liberia
33. Libya
34. Malawi
35. Malaysia
36. Maldives
37. Mauritania
38. Mauritius
39. Morroco
40. Myanmar (Burma)
41. Namibia
42. Nigeria
43. Oman
44. Palestinian Territories 
45. Pakistan
46. Papua New Guinea
47. Qatar
48. Sahrawi Arab
49. Saint Kitts and Nevis
50. Saint Lucia
51. Samoa
52. Saudi Arabia
53. Senegal
54. Sierra Leone
55. Singapore
56. Solomon Islands
57. Somalia
58. Somaliland
59. South Sudan
60.  Sri Lanka
61. Sudan
62. Swaziland
63. Syria
64. Tanzania
65. Togo
66. Tonga
67. Trinidad and Tobago (Became legal in 2018)
68. Tunisia
69. Turkmenistan
70. Tuvalu
71. Uganda
72. United Arab Emirates
73. Uzbekistan
74. Western Sahara
75. Yemen
76. Zambia
77. Zimbabwe

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