April 2007 State Homophobia A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults an ILGA report by Daniel Ottosson © 2007 ILGA, International Lesbian and Gay Association www.ilga.org Content Page Afghanistan ..................................................................................... 6 Algeria........................................................................................... 6 Angola ........................................................................................... 6 Antigua and Barbuda.......................................................................... 7 Bahrain .......................................................................................... 7 Bangladesh...................................................................................... 7 Barbados ........................................................................................ 8 Belize ............................................................................................ 8 Benin............................................................................................. 9 Bhutan........................................................................................... 9 Botswana........................................................................................ 9 Brunei...........................................................................................10 Cameroon ......................................................................................10 Cook Islands (New Zealand associate) ....................................................11 Costa Rica......................................................................................11 Djibouti.........................................................................................12 Democratic Republic of Congo (Former Zaire) ..........................................12 Dominica .......................................................................................12 Egypt............................................................................................13 Eritrea ..........................................................................................13 Ethiopia ........................................................................................13 Gambia .........................................................................................14 Gaza (Part of Palestinian Authority) ......................................................14 Ghana...........................................................................................14 Grenada ........................................................................................15 Guinea..........................................................................................15 Guinea-Bissau .................................................................................15 Guyana .........................................................................................15 India ............................................................................................16 Indonesia (in some regions).................................................................16 Iran..............................................................................................17 Iraq..............................................................................................18 Jamaica ........................................................................................18 Kenya ...........................................................................................19 Kiribati .........................................................................................20 Kuwait ..........................................................................................20 Lebanon ........................................................................................20 Lesotho.........................................................................................21 Liberia ..........................................................................................21 Libya ............................................................................................21 Malawi ..........................................................................................21 Malaysia ........................................................................................22 Maldives ........................................................................................22 Mauritania .....................................................................................23 Mauritius .......................................................................................23 Morocco ........................................................................................24 Mozambique ...................................................................................24 State Homophobia – April 2007 2 ILGA - International Lesbian and Gay Association - www.ilga.org Myanmar (Former Burma)...................................................................26 Namibia ........................................................................................26 Nauru ...........................................................................................26 Nepal ...........................................................................................26 Nicaragua ......................................................................................26 Nigeria..........................................................................................27 Niue (New Zealand associate)..............................................................29 Oman ...........................................................................................29 Pakistan ........................................................................................29 Palau............................................................................................30 Panama.........................................................................................30 Papua New Guinea ...........................................................................30 Qatar............................................................................................31 Saint Kitts and Nevis .........................................................................31 Saint Lucia .....................................................................................31 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines .........................................................32 São Tomé and Principe ......................................................................32 Saudi-Arabia...................................................................................32 Senegal .........................................................................................33 Seychelles......................................................................................33 Sierra Leone ...................................................................................33 Singapore ......................................................................................33 Solomon Islands...............................................................................34 Somalia.........................................................................................34 Sri Lanka .......................................................................................35 Sudan ...........................................................................................35 Swaziland ......................................................................................36 Syria ............................................................................................36 Tanzania .......................................................................................36 Togo.............................................................................................37 Tokelau (New Zealand associate)..........................................................37 Tonga ...........................................................................................38 Trinidad and Tobago .........................................................................38 Tunisia..........................................................................................38 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (not recognized internationally) .............39 Turkmenistan..................................................................................39 Tuvalu ..........................................................................................39 Uganda .........................................................................................40 United Arab Emirates ........................................................................40 Uzbekistan .....................................................................................41 Western Samoa ...............................................................................41 Yemen ..........................................................................................42 Zambia .........................................................................................42 Zimbabwe......................................................................................42 Sources............................................................................................44 Notes ..............................................................................................50 State Homophobia – April 2007 3 ILGA - International Lesbian and Gay Association - www.ilga.org Homophobia is the