The latest nation to adopt an anti-gay law is Niger in West Africa, on June 11, 2026. The list of countries that criminalize homosexualityHere is this site’s list of countries and independent political entities with anti-homosexuality laws, with links to coverage of them in Erasing 76 Crimes. However, anti-gay laws have been adopted or re-adopted during 2025 in Burkina Faso, Trinidad & Tobago, Mali and Niger. As of June 2026, ILGA World reports that 63 countries criminalize homosexuality and 2 that de facto criminalize it. This site’s current total of 66 countries would be 70 if the list included Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, four countries that do not have laws against homosexual acts but do have repressive laws against “propaganda of homosexuality.”