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 Correction 1/12/2015: This article is outdated and some of it has been edited because I said lesbians have it so easy which is obviously not true and a dumb thing to say.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.
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1. Saint Kitts And Nevis
Penalty: 10 years imprisonment.
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2. Ghana
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3. Sierra Leone
Penalty: life imprisonment.
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4. Nigeria
Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment.
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5. Kenya
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6. Malawi
Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment, corporal punishment.
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7. Mauritius
Penalty: death by public stoning.
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8. Seychelles
Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment.
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9. Lesotho
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10. Swaziland
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11. Belize
Penalty: 10 year prison sentence
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12. Grenada
Penalty: 10 year prison sentence
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13. Jamaica
Penalty: 10 years hard labor
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14. Saint Lucia
Penalty: fine and/or 10 year prison sentence.
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15. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Penalty: fine and/or 10 year prison sentence.
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16. Guyana
Penalty: life imprisonment.
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17. Turkmenistan
Penalty: up to 2 year prison sentence.
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18. Uzbekistan
Penalty: up to 3 year prison sentence.
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19. Singapore
Penalty: up to 2 years prison sentence.
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20. Kiribati
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21. Nauru
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22. Palau
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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.
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24. Tuvalu
Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment.
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25. Tonga
Penalty: up to 10 years in prison