Battling Homophobia: Same-Sex Marriage Bans Across the Globe

A look at bans on homosexuality across globe.

Battling Homophobia: Same-Sex Marriage Bans Across the Globe - Illinois became the 16th state to permit same-sex marriage on Nov. 20 and more states are predicted to follow suit since the U.S. expanded federal benefits for married gay couples. But as the United States becomes more liberal, nations such as India and Russia have been making headlines for their harsh laws on LGBT relationships. BET.com takes a look at the battle that gays and lesbians are facing domestically and beyond. — Dominique Zonyéé(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
India’s Anti-Gay Sex Law - India’s lower court decriminalized homosexual conduct in 2009, but on Dec. 11, a supreme court struck down the lower court decision, making same-sex relations illegal yet again. "We cannot be forced back into the closet. We are not backing off from our fight against discrimination," said Gautam Bhan, an activist who had petitioned the court.(Photo: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
Liberia Considers Two Anti-Gay Proposals - Two new bills were introduced into Liberia's legislature which would make the country the latest in the African continent to punish homosexuality with possible jail time.  (Photo: REUTERS/James Akena)Senegal Sentences Two Gay Men to Prison - Two gay Senegalese men were convicted to six months in prison and faced criminal charges for having sex. They were arrested after their neighbors called police to their home in Dakar, the country’s capital. The men were sentenced under a code that outlaws “an improper or unnatural act with the person of the same sex.”(Photo: REUTERS/Normand Blouin)

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Battling Homophobia: Same-Sex Marriage Bans Across the Globe - Illinois became the 16th state to permit same-sex marriage on Nov. 20 and more states are predicted to follow suit since the U.S. expanded federal benefits for married gay couples. But as the United States becomes more liberal, nations such as India and Russia have been making headlines for their harsh laws on LGBT relationships. BET.com takes a look at the battle that gays and lesbians are facing domestically and beyond. — Dominique Zonyéé(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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