Queer Legal Futures
World Map: Criminalization of LGBTQ People and Its Colonial Roots
The map below highlights countries around the world where LGBTQ people are criminalized, showing current laws and their colonial origins. Explore the map to dive deeper into these laws, uncover their colonial roots, and see how the fight for a safer, more inclusive future depends on progressive legal reform, global resistance, and decolonizing our legal systems.
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and the impact of colonialism on these laws.
Queer Legal Futures
The mission of the Queer Legal Futures program is to empower lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) individuals as architects of a just legal landscape, championing protective laws and policies and advocating for reform through innovative and affirming approaches. We aim to center queer voices in shaping inclusive laws and to challenge oppressive tools that seek to suppress our rights and existence, including discriminatory legal structures and patriarchal norms.
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