BuzzFeed has an excellent breakdown of the 76 countries where it is still illegal too be gay. Find out what the penalties are — they range from backward to barbaric. When perusing these places, one can’t help but notice that the majority aren’t the greatest places to live. Being anti-gay really does signal that a nation isn’t ready for prime time and is not part of the modern world.
Wayne Besen is the Founding Executive Director of Truth Wins Out and author of “Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth” (Haworth, 2003). In 2010, Besen was awarded the “Visionary Award” at the Out Music Awards for organizing the American Prayer Hour, an event which shined a spotlight on the role American evangelicals played in the introduction of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill.
