Capital punishment for homosexuality

Capital punishment as a criminal punishment for homosexuality has been implemented by a number of countries in their history. It is a legal punishment in several countries and regions, all of which have Islamic-based criminal laws, except for Uganda.

Gay people also face extrajudicial killings by state and non-state actors in some regions of the world. Countries where this is known to occur include: Egypt, Iraq, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Russia, and as a general rule of thumb the vast majority of places where queer people's human rights/civil liberties are restricted by law.

Imposition of the death penalty for homosexuality may be classified as judicial murder of gay people.