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    • C Offline
      CaptainHero
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      Do you mind sharing the list?

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      • raphjdR Offline
        raphjd Forum Administrator
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        Most Muslim/Arab and African countries have anti gay laws.

        Many/most of the former USSR countries are anti gay.

        China is also not gay friendly, even though they partially legalized homosexuality.

        The surprising thing {not really} is that the EU says that in order to join, you have to have basic human rights laws in place, that protect everyone. Yet they still allow countries to join that violate one of their most basic rules. Actually, it's their first rule of membership.

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          CaptainHero
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          @raphjd:

          Most Muslim/Arab and African countries have anti gay laws.

          Many/most of the former USSR countries are anti gay.

          China is also not gay friendly, even though they partially legalized homosexuality.

          The surprising thing {not really} is that the EU says that in order to join, you have to have basic human rights laws in place, that protect everyone. Yet they still allow countries to join that violate one of their most basic rules. Actually, it's their first rule of membership.

          That is good to know. Thanks.

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            geodude
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            Yah well I live in Egypt part of the time, so I know how the prosecution is like here. They are also very anti-bi when it comes to that matter, they see it as something very immoral and wrong. The problem with islam is that it takes fanticism to a new level, as where gays in christianity are not accepted, with islam they are being erradicated, so to speak.

            The best option in egypt, if your gay, is to just hide it. That realy is the only thing people can do, otherwise they would find themselves in a multitude of insults, beatings and a lot of pain. I have come to realise lately though that the younger generation is a bit more open-minded then the older generation, so we might see a change in the gay opinions in egypt, even so, thats a pretty long way off :P. This mentality against gays seems to be reflected only in the lower class though, people who are living middle to high class don't have this problem

            But generaly the rule of thumb is that if your not an egyptian, its alright for you to be gay. I wouldn't have a problem telling people I'm bi in Egypt, since Im half-Greek anyway, plus I know a lot of people who are half-British or half-American who have no problems whatsoever. Its just a very stupid subject tbh because they don't realy have any evidence or real reasons as to WHY they hate gays, they just keep refering back to the koran, and tbh I don't trust a book that doesn't have any facts.

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              mgr
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              HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD

              COUNTRIES WHERE HOMOSEXUAL ACTS ARE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH

              Afghanistan
              Iran
              Mauritania
              Pakistan
              Saudi Arabia
              Sudan
              Nigeria
              Yemen

              COUNTRIES WITH SODOMY LAWS (HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IS
              ILLEGAL)

              Afghanistan
              Algeria
              Angola
              Barbados
              Bangladesh
              Bahrain
              Benin
              Bhutan
              Botswana
              Burma(Myanmar)
              Brunei
              Burundi
              Cape Verde
              Cook Islands
              Fiji
              Cameroon
              Djibouti
              Ethiopia
              Grenada
              Ghana
              French Polynesia (Tahiti)
              Guinea
              Guyana
              India
              Kenya
              Lebanon
              Kiribati
              Iran
              Iraq
              Jamaica
              Laos
              Liberia
              Kuwait
              Libya
              Malawi
              Maldives
              Malaysia
              Mali
              Marshall Islands
              Mauritania
              Mauritius
              Mongolia
              Morocco
              Mozambique
              Namibia
              Nauru
              Nepal
              Nicaragua
              Nigeria
              Niue Oman
              Pakistan
              Papua New Guinea
              Qatar
              Saint Lucia
              Samoa
              Saudi Arabia
              Senegal
              Seychelles
              Sierra Leone
              Singapore
              Solomon Islands
              Somalia
              Sri Lanka
              Sudan
              Swaziland
              Syria
              Tajikistan
              Tanzania
              Tonga
              Tokelau
              Trinidad & Tobago
              Tunisia
              Togo
              Tuvalu
              Uganda
              United Arab Emirates
              Uzbekistan
              Yemen
              Zambia
              Zimbabwe

              QUESTIONABLE SODOMY LAW COUNTRIES (UNSURE IF THEY HAVE
              A SODOMY LAW)

              Egypt
              North Korea
              Turkmenistan

              COUNTRIES WITH NO SODOMY LAWS (HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IS
              LEGAL)

              Albania
              Anguilla
              Andorra
              Antigua-Barbuda
              Argentina
              Armenia
              Australia
              Austria
              Aruba
              Azerbaijan
              Bahamas
              Belarus
              Belgium
              Belize
              Bermuda
              Bolivia
              Bosnia & Herzegovina
              Brazil
              British Virgin Islands
              Bulgaria
              Burkina Faso
              Cambodia (Kampuchea)
              Canada
              Cayman Islands
              Central African Republic
              China
              Colombia
              Chad
              Chile
              Comoros
              Congo
              Costa Rica
              Cyprus
              Cuba
              Croatia
              Czech Republic
              Dominican Republic
              Dutch Antilles
              Denmark
              Ecuador
              El Salvador
              Eritrea
              Estonia
              Falkland Islands/Malvinas
              Faroe Islands
              Finland
              France
              French Guyana
              Georgia
              Germany
              Gabon
              Gibraltar
              Greece
              Greenland
              Guadeloupe
              Guatemala
              Guinea-Bissau
              Haiti
              Honduras
              Hong Kong
              Hungary
              Iceland
              Indonesia
              Ireland
              Israel
              Italy
              Ivory Coast
              Japan
              Jordan
              Kazakhstan
              Kosovo
              Kyrgyzstan
              Latvia
              Lesotho
              Liechtenstein
              Lithuania
              Luxembourg
              Macau
              Macedonia
              Madagascar
              Malta
              Martinique
              Mexico
              Moldova
              Monaco
              Montserrat
              Netherlands
              Netherlands Antilles
              New Caledonia
              New Zealand
              Niger
              Norway
              Panama
              Paraguay
              Peru
              Philippines
              Poland
              Portugal
              Puerto Rico
              Reunion
              Romania
              Russia
              Rwanda
              San Marino
              Sao Tome & Principe
              Serbia
              Slovakia
              Slovenia
              South Africa
              South Korea
              Spain
              Suriname
              Sweden
              Switzerland
              Taiwan
              Thailand
              Turkey
              Turks & Caicos Islands
              Ukraine
              United Kingdom
              United States
              Uruguay
              Vanuatu/New Hebrides
              Venezuela
              Vietnam
              Vojvodina

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              • D Offline
                Dalantis
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                And now: on the list of COUNTRIES WITH NO SODOMY LAWS (HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IS
                LEGAL) there IS NOT even one Arab/Muslim country (exept Turkey and B&H that are in Europe, or at least-partly in Europe)… Facts say by themselfs...

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                  twoboyz
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                  @Dalantis:

                  And now: on the list of COUNTRIES WITH NO SODOMY LAWS (HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IS
                  LEGAL) there IS NOT even one Arab/Muslim country (exept Turkey and B&H that are in Europe, or at least-partly in Europe)… Facts say by themselfs...

                  But am i wrong in thinking Kazakhstan,Azerbaijan,Kyrgyzstan and Georgia are muslim to the greater extent and Eritrea has two state religions 1 being sunni muslim so no i dont see that the facts do speak for themselfs i just think we should stop being so anti muslim my self and my partner visit Egypt regularly and have NEVER had any problems at all.

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                    Dalantis
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                    Well - I don't think any of us here is anti-muslim. Me personally - I love muslim culture. We are just saying that islam is definnitely good religion concerning gay topic. U say - the same about catholicism and ortodox - right - I agree - but at least in Greece and in Poland and in most of the other cristian countries there is no any law that tells me what should I do in my bed (and with whom should I do it). We all know that in muslim countries being gay is much more difficult then in Europe or the States. My friends from Egypt and Gulf are offen affrain even to put pictures of themselves into the gay profile, in order not to be recognised there in their anti-gay countries…. Doesn't seem nice for me...

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                      DOTAFREAK
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                      no actually
                      Jordan is a muslim country and it is on the list
                      😜
                      i live in jordan but i never knew that

                      will i dont think it matters at all …coz its how u are treated by other arabs/muslims in the country u live so am not planning to come out any time soon
                      until i move to canada
                      after i finish college

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                        badbadass6
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                        hey i'm from egypt , and after i read the main message of that forum , i ask him , where you hear that story ? indeed , no laws against Gays now in Egypt , it's impossible to find a gay man jailed for gay sex ! here in Egypt ( for more information about that point see www.wikipeida.org & and search for gays laws around the world ) anyway , that's not mean we have gay rights , but we are the must fighting Islamic/Arabic country for that point . but we still the first Arabic ( second Islamic after Turkey ) that we haven't a laws against gays , but we still not that free , still many gays here want to move to gay rights countries
                        THANKS

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                        • raphjdR Offline
                          raphjd Forum Administrator
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                          The article details were in the opening post.

                          Advocate, The,  May 24, 2005  by Mike Hudson

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                            octavio
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                            Homophobic countries can and will use any kind of law available to get their way.
                            A lot of them do have laws on immorality which they use on gays.
                            I think also in Egypt such laws are used for gays.

                            Also, I'm told that some states within the US still have sodomy laws.
                            Laws applicable on sodomy / assfucking between straight people as well as gays.
                            They are almost never used but still in existence and come in handy for police now and then!

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                              baduy
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                              thank you mgr…. 😘

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                                twinkerzzz
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                                thats a great list
                                its also quite a frightening list

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                                • raphjdR Offline
                                  raphjd Forum Administrator
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                                  US Governor of Iraq at the time {with the US State Dept} wrote the Iraq constitution, outlawing m/m sodomy.

                                  I remember watching the BBC news when this happened and C. Rice said the topic was not open for discussion, that the Bush Admin felt it was the best thing for the US and Iraq to include the anti sodomy laws in the Iraq constitution.

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