Is gay marriage legal in palestine
Palestinian Territories
In Palestine, the legality of lgbtq+ sexual activity is mixed. In the West Bank, same-sex sexual activity between men was decriminalized in 1951, while in Gaza, under the British colonial-era criminal code, same-sex sexual activity can be interpreted as illegal. In 2019, Palestinian police banned LGBTIQ groups from hosting events and activities in the West Bank, although this decision was later rescinded due to backlash. There have been reports of violence and discrimination against LGBTIQ people in recent years. LGBTIQ civil community organizations exist in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, but registration as openly LGBTIQ is challenging. Palestinian-led LGBTIQ organizations have also faced challenges in registering in Israel.
Like all Palestinians, LGBTIQ Palestinians have been deeply impacted by Israeli attacks on Gaza, including attacks on health protect infrastructure. Outright has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel to block a further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of lives, while recognizing that “crisis situations often have a disproportionate impact on LGBTIQ people.”
*Outright research indic When Daoud, a veteran queer activist, recently walked past rainbow flags hung for Pride month in the old port city of Jaffa, a historic centre of Palestinian culture, he was overcome by a wave of revulsion. The most famous symbol of LGBTQ+ liberation has been so co-opted by the Israeli state that to a gay Palestinian like him it now serves only as a reminder of the horror unfolding just 60 miles south. Last November, Israel’s government posted two images from Gaza on its social media account. One shows Israeli soldier Yoav Atzmoni, in battle fatigues, in front of buildings reduced to rubble by Israeli airstrikes. He holds a rainbow flag with a hand-scrawled message: “In the name of love”. In the second he poses beside a tank, grinning as he displays an Israeli flag with rainbow borders. “The first ever Identity festival flag raised in Gaza,” the caption for both images reads. At the day, Israeli attacks had killed more than 10,000 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 4,000 children, according to Gazan health ministry figures. The toll has now risen to over 37,000, and more than a million people are on Around the world, queer people continue to face discrimination, violence, harassment and social stigma. While social movements have marked progress towards acceptance in many countries, in others homosexuality continues to be outlawed and penalised, sometimes with death. According to Statistica Research Department, as of 2024, homosexuality is criminalised in 64 countries globally, with most of these nations situated in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In 12 of these countries, the death penalty is either enforced or remains a possibility for personal, consensual same-sex sexual activity. In many cases, the laws only apply to sexual relations between two men, but 38 countries include amendments that include those between women in their definitions. These penalisations represent abuses of human rights, especially the rights to freedom of expression, the right to develop one's own individuality and the right to life. The Wahabbi interpretation of Sharia law in Saudi Arabia maintains that acts of homosexuality should be disciplined in the sa .
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Which countries impose the death penalty on gay people?
Which countries enforce the death penalty for homosexuality?
Saudi Arabia