In the 1950s, homosexuals were said to be officially mentally ill and were barred from working in the federal government. Every other population has faced some form of discrimination over the past century, and many still do, despite improvements being made. Wile the United States is known for claiming it champions human rights, we all know that it only champions the rights of white males. However, there is still a very long way to go, especially in many countries where being gay is equivalent to committing a serious crime, even though the former hurts no one, except perhaps some people's feelings. The gay populations has come a long way from being persecuted for simply existing across the world, to being able to safely marry in over 20 countries. Click to skip ahead and jump to the top 5 countries with the biggest gay populations. The top 13 countries with the biggest gay populations are surprisingly very rarely in the list of countries where gay marriage is legal.