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The most violent countries for LGBTQ+ people
Queer individuals are among the most brutalized around the world
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Every year, more and more nations around the world adopt new laws that offer up equal rights to LGBTQ+ citizens, but other countries enforce laws that diminish them. Millions of queer individuals continue to live in fear, their lives shadowed by hate and intolerance. From a legal point of view, simply being who they are can lead to persecution and even death, but the public’s animosity can also turn violent before the law steps in. Indeed, some of the worst countries for LGBTQ+ individuals in terms of violence actually offer considerably legal protections.
In a combination of homophobia and hostile public sentiment, some nations truly are incredibly dangerous for LGBTQ+ folk, where they experience incredibly harrowing violence without reprieve. Click through this gallery to see which countries they are.
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