Another year moves into history, a year that saw more progress for the gay community in so many nations, but one that left indelible images of suffering and repression from places as far flung as St. Petersburg, Cairo, Marrakesh, Jamaica and Pakistan.

There are still 76 countries where anti-gay legislation more penal than that in Russia is still in place with punishments that vary from fines to prison sentences, hard labour, forced psychiatric treatment, banishment, whipping and, amazingly, death by public stoning. While that seventy-six number remains unchanged, we will continue to call for progress while sharing the good news in the hope that it can play a part in penetrating the last citadels of persecution.

The list of nations you might like to think twice about before booking your next vacations.

Africa

ALGERIA, ANGOLA, BOTSWANA, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, COMOROS, EGYPT, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GAMBIA, GUINEA, KENYA, LESOTHO, LIBERIA, LIBYA, MALAWI, MAURITANIA, MAURITIUS, MOROCCO, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA, NIGERIA, SÃOTOMÉ AND PRINCIPE, SENEGAL,SEYCHELLES, SIERRA LEONE, SOMALIA, SOUTH SUDAN, SUDAN, SWAZILAND,TANZANIA,TOGO, TUNISIA, UGANDA, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE

Asia & The Middle East

AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, BRUNEI, IRAN, IRAQ, KUWAIT, LEBANON, MALAYSIA, MALDIVES, MYANMAR, OMAN, PAKISTAN, QATAR, SAUDI-ARABIA, SINGAPORE, SRI LANKA, SYRIA, TURKMENISTAN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, UZBEKISTAN, YEMEN

The Americas

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, BARBADOS, BELIZE, DOMINICA, GRENADA, GUYANA, JAMAICA, SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Oceania

KIRIBATI, NAURU, PALAU, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SAMOA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, TONGA, TUVALU.

Having got that off our chests, the new content arriving as we leave 2014 behind includes a must-read review of the year, high and lowlights.

As ever, a new Model of the Month, graces our "Mode" page, a veteran at 22 years old, Londoner, Callum Wilson.

And the Top Ten Images from the month of December are again collected on one new page.

We wish all browsers of Lustralboy, from every one of the 149 countries where our pages are viewed, health, happiness and humour in 2015.

Michael and Kinder

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