> many regressive countries, predominantly Muslim, also have strong punishments for gay actions.
For accuracy it's worth stating this is only a recent occurrence.
Right now:
Nations with anti-LGBT laws: 50% Muslim, 44% Christian (2024)
Half (33) of the world’s 66 countries that have anti-LGBT laws are nations where a majority of the citizens are Muslims.
By comparison, 29 Christian-majority countries account for 44 percent of the countries that still have anti-LGBT laws on their books.
However this "predominantly Muslim" twist in the numbers is recent:
In recent years, the number of Christian-majority nations with anti-homosexuality laws has shrunk, both through court rulings (Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda in 2022; Trinidad in 2018; Belize in 2016) and through legislative action (Cook Islands in 2023, Singapore in 2022, Angola and Botswana in 2019, Seychelles and Nauru in 2016, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Palau in 2014).
~ (quote from above source)
Uganda, with an 82% Christian population is famously severe in it's punishments for gay and queer sexual activity.
With the support and funding of US conservative Christians:
US religious right at center of anti-LGBTQ+ message pushed around the world
> Nations with anti-LGBT laws: 50% Muslim, 44% Christian (2024)
This statistic makes the exact opposite of the point you're trying to make, though.
Going through this table[0], and provided I didn't make any dumb mistakes with my JS, there's 122 Christian majority countries, but only 54 countries are Muslim majority. So 33 out 54 Muslim majority countries have anti-gay laws, compared to only 29 out of 122 Christian majority countries with such laws. (The more interesting comparison would perhaps be counting number of people rather than countries, though, and it still says nothing of the severity of said laws).
For accuracy it's worth stating this is only a recent occurrence.
Right now:
Nations with anti-LGBT laws: 50% Muslim, 44% Christian (2024)
~ https://76crimes.com/2024/02/11/nations-with-anti-lgbt-laws-...However this "predominantly Muslim" twist in the numbers is recent:
~ (quote from above source)Uganda, with an 82% Christian population is famously severe in it's punishments for gay and queer sexual activity.
With the support and funding of US conservative Christians:
US religious right at center of anti-LGBTQ+ message pushed around the world
~ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/09/us-religious-r...