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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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        • G Offline
          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
                  last edited by

                  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
                    last edited by

                    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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                    • B Offline
                      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
                        last edited by

                        The article details were in the opening post.

                        Advocate, The,  May 24, 2005  by Mike Hudson

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                        • O Offline
                          octavio
                          last edited by

                          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
                              last edited by

                              thats a great list
                              its also quite a frightening list

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                              • raphjdR Offline
                                raphjd Forum Administrator
                                last edited by

                                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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