Official Name: Burma
Population: 55,390,000
Capital: Naypyidaw - Pop. 930,000
Area: 676,578 sq. km. / 420,406 sq. miles.
Language: Burmese
Religion: Buddhism
Status of Homosexuality: Illegal
Telephone Country Code: 95
Burma's political system remains under the tight control of the SPDC, the military-led government, led since 1992 by Senior General Than Shwe. The military has dominated government since 1962. In November 2006, the International Labour Organization (ILO) announced it will be seeking - at the International Court of Justice - "to prosecute members of the ruling Myanmar junta for crimes against humanity" over the continuous forced labor of its citizens by the military. According to the ILO, an estimated 800,000 people are subject to forced labor in Myanmar. Homosexuality is illegal in Burma. The authoritarian nature of the government makes it difficult to obtain accurate information about the legal or social status of LGBT Burmese citizens. there are numerous laws that prohibit spreading a sexually transmitted disease, committing "a public nuisance, making, selling, or distributing "obscene" material, buying or selling a prostitute under the age of eighteen or anything that might affect the morality of an individual, society or the public in a negative way. The current political climate is such that no organized LGBT political or social life can exist. Burma's social mores about human sexuality have been described as being "extremely conservative."
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