There was a drop in locations where homosexual acts remained illegal from 2009 when there were 80 countries worldwide (notably throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and in most of Africa, but also in some of the Caribbean and Oceania) with five carrying the death penalty to 2016 when 72 countries criminalized consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex. During the modern period (from the 19th century to the mid-20th century) in the Western world, the penalty was usually a fine or imprisonment. During the Middle Ages and the early modern period, the penalty for sodomy was usually death. Historically, state-sanctioned persecution of homosexuals was mostly limited to male homosexuality, termed ' sodomy'. Such violence is often associated with religious condemnation of homosexuality or conservative social attitudes that portray homosexuality as an illness or a character flaw. These include countries where the dominant religion is Islam, most African countries (except South Africa), most Asian countries (except the LGBT-friendly Asian countries of Israel, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines), and some former-Communist countries such as Russia, Poland ( LGBT-free zone), Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Outside the West, many countries are deemed potentially dangerous to their LGBT population due to both discriminatory legislation and threats of violence. Ĭurrently, homosexual acts are legal in almost all Western countries, and in many of these countries violence against LGBT people is classified as a hate crime. Influencing factors may be cultural, religious, or political mores and biases. It may be psychological or physical and motivated by biphobia, gayphobia, homophobia, lesbophobia, and transphobia. This violence may be enacted by the state, as in laws prescribing punishment for homosexual acts, or by individuals.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) people frequently experience violence directed toward their sexuality, gender identity, or gender expression.

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