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Brussels Belgium protest sign showing Russian President Vladimir Putin in drag makeup against a rainbow another says gay rights human rights during protest against the detention of gay men in concentration camps in Chechnya

Bipartisan bill looks to sanction foreign officials who attack LGBTQ+ human rights

The Global Respect Act would allow sanctions against those who commit human rights violations against LGBTQ+ people.

Kabul Afghanistan women in burqas and men with traditional dress outside a mosque surrounded by white birds

Here are the 61 countries that still criminalize homosexuality

Today, over five dozen countries still have laws making same-sex sexual relations illegal. Many of these laws stem from colonial rule.