official name: Department of Reunion capital: Saint-Denis head of state: President Jacques CHIRAC of France state: Overseas department of France population: 732,570 (July 2001 est.) languages: French (official), Creole widely used religion: Roman Catholic 86%, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist (1995) currency: French franc (FRF); euro (EUR) media: NA
Legal wise
status of homosexuality: legal age of consent: 15 laws covering homosexual activity: French law apllies - no sodomy laws. background information and government attitudes: NA
Communication
mainline telephones: 236,500 (1997) cellular telephones: 85,000 (1999) internet country code: .re internet service providers: 1 (2000) internet users: 10,000 (2000)
by Mask Admin 6/1/2005
January 6, 2005: Reunion is a French territory and homosexuality is legal, but at least one foreign resident of the island left after tiring of masking his sexual orientation.
COULD IGNORANCE OVER TRANS ISSUES HAVE COST AUNT VICTORIA HER LIFE? In Tanzania homosexual conduct is criminalised by the Penal Code of 1945 under section 154 through its definition of �unnatural offences� which is inclusive of males but very elusive with regards to female same-sex relations [more]
Cathy Crimmins, author of How the Homosexuals Saved Civilization
