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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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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Wasn't Ethiopia never colonized?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 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