Sodomy Laws
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Watch people celebrate as a judge strikes down Trinidad’s sodomy law
Friday, April 13, 2018Activists celebrated as the court found the sodomy ban to be "irrational and illegal." -
10 Louisiana Republicans voted to keep bestiality legal & anal sex against the law
Wednesday, April 11, 2018"God forbid you vote against this bill, good luck explaining it." -
Caribbean activist faces death threats as he awaits ruling to overturn antigay laws
Wednesday, January 24, 2018Activist Jason Jones has received death threats since filing the lawsuit but believes the fight must go on. -
Nearly a quarter of Americans think homosexuality should still be illegal
Tuesday, September 26, 2017The numbers are trending in the right direction, but clearly there is a lot of work left to do. -
These queer ghosthunters help spirits who are dying to come out
Monday, July 24, 2017Is there sexuality in the afterlife? -
Two steps back & one step forward for gays in Asia this week
Friday, May 26, 2017A first-ever ruling in favor of same-sex marriage in Asia. A public caning in Indonesia. A soldier convicted in South Korea. -
UK could posthumously pardon over 100,000 sodomy convictions
Wednesday, February 1, 2017Those people, including some lesbians, convicted for same-sex kissing and cuddling under laws such as the Public Order Act of 1986, are not eligible for a pardon. -
Two men jailed for being gay in a country with no sodomy laws
Thursday, January 26, 2017"If there is no law that that condemns it, I don’t understand how we could have been convicted." -
It’s still illegal to be gay in Texas but one lawmaker wants to change that
Thursday, December 15, 2016Years after the Supreme Court struck down the state's sodomy laws, they remain on the books. -
Belize’s Supreme Court throws out law making it illegal to be gay
Wednesday, August 10, 2016The Central American nation started as a British colony and the law was a leftover from that era.
