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25 Countries Where You Can't Be Gay (But Can Be A Lesbian)

There are 25 countries where it's legal to be a lesbian but illegal to be a gay man. Correction 1/12/2015: This article is outdated and some of it has been edited because I said lesbians have it so easy which is obviously not true and a dumb thing to say. Please see this now: 76 Countries Where Anti-Gay Laws Are As Bad Or Worse Than Russia.

  • 1. Saint Kitts And Nevis

    Penalty: 10 years imprisonment.

  • 2. Ghana

  • 3. Sierra Leone

    Penalty: life imprisonment.

  • 4. Nigeria

    Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment.

  • 5. Kenya

  • 6. Malawi

    Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment, corporal punishment.

  • 7. Mauritius

    Penalty: death by public stoning.

  • 8. Seychelles

    Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment.

  • 9. Lesotho

  • 10. Swaziland

  • 11. Belize

    Penalty: 10 year prison sentence

  • 12. Grenada

    Penalty: 10 year prison sentence

  • 13. Jamaica

    Penalty: 10 years hard labor

  • 14. Saint Lucia

    Penalty: fine and/or 10 year prison sentence.

  • 15. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

    Penalty: fine and/or 10 year prison sentence.

  • 16. Guyana

    Penalty: life imprisonment.

  • 17. Turkmenistan

    Penalty: up to 2 year prison sentence.

  • 18. Uzbekistan

    Penalty: up to 3 year prison sentence.

  • 19. Singapore

    Penalty: up to 2 years prison sentence.

  • 20. Kiribati

  • 21. Nauru

  • 22. Palau

  • 23. Cook Islands

    Penalty: Consensual male sodomy is punishable by up to 7 years imprisonment, while indecency between males is punishable by up to five years imprisonment.

  • 24. Tuvalu

    Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment.

  • 25. Tonga

    Penalty: up to 10 years in prison