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Gay marriage: Where it’s legal around the world

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Gay marriage is still illegal in much of the United States, where President Obama this week made public his support for allowing same-sex couples to wed.

It also remains rare around the world, as the above map from the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Assn. shows. (Double-click on the map to see a larger image.) Rather than the right to nuptials, gay people face years in prison in much of Africa and the Middle East.

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To read more about what it’s like to be gay in nations ranging from Ireland to South Africa, delve into some of our most compelling past stories about gay rights around the world:

Indian prince is out but not down

Egypt dissident a double outsider

In a hyper-macho Irish sport, a coming out

South Korean actor throws open closet door

Mexico City hosts nation’s first gay marriages

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An online ‘Arab Spring’ for region’s gays and lesbians

In South Africa’s black townships, being gay can be fatal

— Emily Alpert in Los Angeles

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