LGBT rights around the world

The Herald reports:

New Zealand has been rated as a world-leader when it comes to recognising the rights of the LGBT community, a step ahead of our neighbours across the ditch.

A map produced by ILGA, the international lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex association, shows how different countries are rated according to their laws regarding .

New Zealand is at the highest end of the scale for its recognition of same- unions, joint adoption and second parent adoption.

The full report is here, and an interesting read. Some extracts:

  • 39% of countries (74 countries) make it a to have a same sex relationship
  • Of those 74 countries all outlaw male homosexual relationships and 45 also outlaw female lesbian relationships
  • Seven of those 74 countries are in the Pacific – Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, PNG, Samoa, Solomons, Tonga and Tuvalu
  • 13 countries (6%) have the for consensual same sex relationships – Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Nigeria, Somalia, Mauritania, Afghanistan, Pakistan, , , Iraq, ISIL
  • Only 53% of countries have the same age of consent for same sex and opposite sex relationships
  • Only 38% of countries prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation
  • 22 countries (11%) allow for same sex marriage. A further 18 countries have or the like.

People will disagree or same sex marriage. But incredible to think 39% of countries still criminalise consensual adult relationships, and in 13 of them you can end up dead for it.

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