377: The British colonial law that left an anti-LGBTQ legacy in Asia
By Tessa Wong
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image captionBefore India legalised homosexual sex in 2018, at least one billion people in Asia lived with some form of anti-LGBTQ legislation
For much of the past two centuries, it was illegal to be gay in a vast swathe of the world - thanks to colonial Britain.
Till today, colonial-era laws that ban homosexuality continue to exist in former British territories including parts of Africa and Oceania.
But it is in Asia where they have had a significantly widespread impact. This is the region where, before India legalised homosexual sex in 2018, at least one billion people lived with anti-LGBTQ legislation.