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All 64 of the countries where it’s illegal to be LGBTQ+ – and yes, it’s all colonialism’s fault (www.thepinknews.com)
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We take a look at all the countries and territories where it is still illegal to be gay or LGBTQ+ – and examine the role colonialism played.

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[-] Twoafros@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Ethiopian here, Ethiopia was never colonized but unfortunately we've managed to be incredibly anti-lgbtq all on our own.

Personally, I blame our long history of Christianity and Islam which both carry anti-lgbtq beliefs.

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