Homosexual acts remain punishable by death in Afghanistan, Mauritania, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, and by life in prison in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Guyana, India, Maldives, Nepal, Singapore, and Uganda.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_law#United_States Okay, I guess after I get my anthro PHD, I won't be doing any ethnography there. Though I read it's rarely ever used in India? Death for having sex though?
That is insane.