10 of the Worst Countries (and 2 of the Worst States) For LGBTQ+ People Today

Saudia Arabia — like Qatar and Somalia — is a very unkind place for LGBTQ+ persons. As the Department of State's 2015 human rights report details, consensual same-sex conduct is "punishable by death or flogging," while many LGBTQ+ organizations must operate in secret. The country also maintains a law that makes it illegal for men to "behave like women" and has made many headlines for anti-LGBTQ+ violence, from beheadings of gay men to the alleged torturing of transgender persons.