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.

  • @FireTower
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    177 months ago

    Wasn’t Ethiopia never colonized?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      217 months ago

      Yes. From the article:

      Ethiopia: […] It is one of the few African countries that enacted its own anti-gay laws – most others inherited those laws from Britain.

    • @Twoafros
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      127 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.

    • @yildolw
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      87 months ago

      It was occupied by Italy in WW2, which is outside the “Scramble for Africa” period but is an occupation by a European power