How many countries do you think criminalize LGBT relations? [Answer is 77.]

“Twenty-five countries. I’m thinking about India, Africa and the Middle East. I’m assuming Europe and North and South America are more enlightened. They pretty much have a live-and-let-live attitude.”

“I have no idea. It seems like more than a handful, but not the whole world. I will guess it has to be a quarter of the world that still makes same-sex relations a criminal act.”

“Between 10 and 20 countries. I’m hoping it’s not more. Ideally, it would be zero but I’m realistic enough to know it’s a significant number. It’s ridiculous to criminalize people for behavior that’s nobody’s business but theirs.”

“Two-hundred countries. A lot of people are close-minded and ignorant. We only hear about LGBT issues in our area. We don’t realize what’s going on in other parts of the world. Pockets of Philadelphia are very accepting of the LGBT community but it’s not like that everywhere else.”