Gay kingdom

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual activity between males
• Criminalises sexual activity between females
• Imposes the death penalty

Maximum punishment:

Death penalty

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual activity between males

Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual task between males
• Criminalises sexual exercise between females
• Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
• Imposes the death penalty

Maximum punishment:

Death by stoning

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual activity between males
• Criminalises sexual activity between females
• Criminalises the gender verbalization of trans people
• Maintains discriminatory age of consent

Maximum punishment:

Eight years imprisonment and lashes

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises
  

  7 British Monarchs Who May Have Been Gay

  For centuries men lived in one sphere and women in another and they would come together for marriage and having children. It seemed that the sexes co-existed mainly to endure the human race. Adore and sex can be very different factors but, when put together, they can produce the most electric sensation. This was no different for kings and queens who were close to their favourites.  There are several British monarchs who may own been gay. In evidence, six kings &#; and one queen are reflection to have been queer , members of what we now call the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi- and transexual) community. They include:

  William II of England

  The son of William the Conqueror, who took the throne of England in , was known as William Rufus because of his red hair (‘rufus’ essence red). William II became King of England in and was often described as ‘effeminate’ and with a keen interest in fashionable young men.

  William II of England drawn by Matthew Paris. Photo Credit: © Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

  Edward II of England

  Perhaps the most well-k

  During the nineteenth century, the first lgbtq+ liberation thinkers laid the groundwork for a militant movement that demanded the end of the criminalization, pathologisation and social rejection of non-heterosexual sexuality. In , the Swiss man Heinrich Hössli () published in German the first essay demanding recognition of the rights of those who followed what he called masculine adoration. Nearly three decades later, the German jurist Karl-Heinrich Ulrichs () wrote twelve volumes between and as part of his “Research on the Mystery of Love Between Men” (“Forschungen über das Räthsel der mannmännlichen Liebe”). He also circulated a manifesto to create a federation of Uranians (), a word which designated men who loved men.  He was engaged in the fight to repeal §  of the German penal code, which condemned “unnatural relations between men,” and in publicly declared he was a Uranist during a congress of German jurists. He died in exile in Italy before the birth of the liberation movement which he had called for.

  A first same-sex attracted liberation movement emerged in Berlin in , revolving
  

  Rainbow Map

  rainbow map

  These are the main findings for the edition of the rainbow map

  The Rainbow Map ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people, from %.

  The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls tracking anti-LGBTI legislation. The data highlights how rollbacks on LGBTI human rights are part of a broader erosion of democratic protections across Europe. Read more in our press release.

  “Moves in the UK, Hungary, Georgia and beyond signal not just isolated regressions, but a coordinated global backlash aimed at erasing LGBTI rights, cynically framed as the defence of tradition or public stability, but in reality designed to entrench discrimination and suppress dissent.”

  • Katrin Hugendubel, Advocacy Director, ILGA-Europe

  
  Malta has sat on top of the ranking for the last 10 years. 

  With 85 points, Belgium jumped to second place after adopting policies tackling hatred based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.