This article is about current LGBT rights around the world. For historical and current movements to further LGBT rights, see
LGBT social movements.
Worldwide laws regarding homosexual relationships and expression
| Marriage
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| Civil union, registered partnership or unregistered cohabitation
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| Marriage recognized but not performed
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| Same-sex unions not recognized
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Click on map to view an enlarged version where rings in various locations become visible. These indicate places with local or case-by-case applications of law. Some laws reflected in the map have not gone into effect yet.
Laws affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or territory—everything from legal recognition of same-sex marriage or other types of partnerships, to the death penalty as punishment for same-sex romantic/sexual activity or identity.
LGBT rights are considered human rights by the Amnesty International[1] and civil rights by some.[2] LGBT rights laws include, but are not limited to, the following:
As of April 2016, nineteen countries, most of them located in North America, the Southern Cone and Western Europe,[lower-alpha 1] recognize same-sex marriage and grant most of (if not all) the other rights listed above to its LGBT citizens.
Anti-LGBT laws include, but are not limited to, the following: sodomy laws penalizing consensual same-sex sexual activity with fines, jail terms, or the death penalty; anti-"lesbianism" laws; and higher ages of consent for same-sex activity.
In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed its first resolution recognizing LGBT rights, which was followed up with a report from the UN Human Rights Commission documenting violations of the rights of LGBT people, including hate crime, criminalization of homosexuality, and discrimination. Following up on the report, the UN Human Rights Commission urged all countries which had not yet done so to enact laws protecting basic LGBT rights.[3][4]
As of July 2015, seventy two countries[lower-alpha 7] as well as five sub-national jurisdictions[lower-alpha 8] have laws criminalizing homosexuality, with most of them located in Asia and Africa.
History of LGBT-related laws
Ancient Celts
According to Aristotle, although most "belligerent nations" were strongly influenced by their women, the Celts were unusual because their men openly preferred male lovers (Politics II 1269b).[5] H. D. Rankin in Celts and the Classical World notes that "Athenaeus echoes this comment (603a) and so does Ammianus (30.9). It seems to be the general opinion of antiquity."[6] In book XIII of his Deipnosophists, the Roman Greek rhetorician and grammarian Athenaeus, repeating assertions made by Diodorus Siculus in the 1st century BC (Bibliotheca historica 5:32), wrote that Celtic women were beautiful but that the men preferred to sleep together. Diodorus went further, stating that "the young men will offer themselves to strangers and are insulted if the offer is refused". Rankin argues that the ultimate source of these assertions is likely to be Poseidonius and speculates that these authors may be recording male "bonding rituals".[7]
Ancient India
Throughout Hindu and Vedic texts there are many descriptions of saints, demigods, and even the Supreme Lord transcending gender norms and manifesting multiple combinations of sex and gender.[8] There are several instances in ancient Indian epic poetry of same sex depictions and unions by gods and goddesses. There are several stories of depicting love between same sexes especially among kings and queens. Kamasutra, the ancient Indian treatise on love talks about feelings for same sexes. Transsexuals are also venerated e.g. Lord Vishnu as Mohini and Lord Shiva as Ardhanarishwara (which means half woman).[9]
Ancient West Asia
Ancient Israel
The ancient Law of Moses (the Torah) forbids men lying with men (intercourse) in Leviticus 18 and gives a story of attempted homosexual rape in Genesis in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, the cities being soon destroyed after that. The death penalty was prescribed. In Deuteronomy 22:5, cross-dressing is condemned as being "abominable".
Ancient Persia
In Persia homosexuality and homoerotic expressions were tolerated in numerous public places, from monasteries and seminaries to taverns, military camps, bathhouses, and coffee houses. In the early Safavid era (1501–1723), male houses of prostitution (amrad khane) were legally recognized and paid taxes. Persian poets, such as Sa’di (d. 1291), Hafiz (d. 1389), and Jami (d. 1492), wrote poems replete with homoerotic allusions. The two most commonly documented forms were commercial sex with transgender young males or males enacting transgender roles exemplified by the köçeks and Sufi spiritual practices in which the practitioner admired the form of a beautiful boy in order to enter ecstatic states and glimpse the beauty of God.
Ancient Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Law Codes dating 1075 BC states: "If a man have(sic) intercourse with his brother-in-arms, they shall turn him into a eunuch."[10]
Ancient Rome
The "conquest mentality" of the ancient Romans shaped Roman homosexual practices.[11] In the Roman Republic, a citizen's political liberty was defined in part by the right to preserve his body from physical compulsion or use by others;[12] for the male citizen to submit his body to the giving of pleasure was considered servile.[13] As long as a man played the penetrative role, it was socially acceptable and considered natural for him to have same-sex relations, without a perceived loss of his masculinity or social standing.[14] The bodies of citizen youths were strictly off-limits, and the Lex Scantinia imposed penalites on those who committed a sex crime (stuprum) against a freeborn male minor.[15] Acceptable same-sex partners were males excluded from legal protections as citizens: slaves, male prostitutes, and the infames, entertainers or others who might be technically free but whose lifestyles set them outside the law.
"Homosexual" and "heterosexual" were thus not categories of Roman sexuality, and no words exist in Latin that would precisely translate these concepts.[16] A male citizen who willingly performed oral sex or received anal sex was disparaged, but there is only limited evidence of legal penalties against these men, who were presumably "homosexual" in the modern sense.[17] In courtroom and political rhetoric, charges of effeminacy and passive sexual behaviors were directed particularly at "democratic" politicians (populares) such as Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.[18]
Roman law addressed the rape of a male citizen as early as the 2nd century BC, when a ruling was issued in a case that may have involved a man of same-sex orientation. It was ruled that even a man who was "disreputable and questionable" had the same right as other citizens not to have his body subjected to forced sex.[19] A law probably dating to the dictatorship of Julius Caesar defined rape as forced sex against "boy, woman, or anyone"; the rapist was subject to execution, a rare penalty in Roman law.[20] A male classified as infamis, such as a prostitute or actor, could not as a matter of law be raped, nor could a slave, who was legally classified as property; the slave's owner, however, could prosecute the rapist for property damage.[21]
In the Roman army of the Republic, sex among fellow soldiers violated the decorum against intercourse with citizens and was subject to harsh penalties, including death,[22] as a violation of military discipline.[23] The Greek historian Polybius (2nd century BC) lists deserters, thieves, perjurers, and "those who in youth have abused their persons" as subject to the fustuarium, clubbing to death.[24] Ancient sources are most concerned with the effects of sexual harassment by officers, but the young soldier who brought an accusation against his superior needed to show that he had not willingly taken the passive role or prostituted himself.[25] Soldiers were free to have relations with their male slaves;[26] the use of a fellow citizen-soldier's body was prohibited, not homosexual behaviors per se.[27] By the late Republic and throughout the Imperial period, there is increasing evidence that men whose lifestyle marked them as "homosexual" in the modern sense served openly.[28]
Although Roman law did not recognize marriage between men, and in general Romans regarded marriage as a heterosexual union with the primary purpose of producing children, in the early Imperial period some male couples were celebrating traditional marriage rites. Juvenal remarks with disapproval that his friends often attended such ceremonies.[29] The emperor Nero had two marriages to men, once as the bride (with a freedman Pythagoras) and once as the groom. His consort Sporus appeared in public as Nero's wife wearing the regalia that was customary for the Roman empress.[30]
Apart from measures to protect the prerogatives of citizens, the prosecution of homosexuality as a general crime began in the 3rd century of the Christian era when male prostitution was banned by Philip the Arab. By the end of the 4th century, after the Roman Empire had come under Christian rule, passive homosexuality was punishable by burning.[31] "Death by sword" was the punishment for a "man coupling like a woman" under the Theodosian Code.[32] Under Justinian, all same-sex acts, passive or active, no matter who the partners, were declared contrary to nature and punishable by death.[33]
Congo
E. E. Evans-Pritchard recorded that in the past male Azande warriors in the northern Congo routinely took on young male lovers between the ages of twelve and twenty, who helped with household tasks and participated in intercrural sex with their older husbands. The practice had died out by the early 20th century, after Europeans had gained control of African countries, but was recounted to Evans-Pritchard by the elders to whom he spoke.[34]
Feudal Japan
In feudal Japan, homosexuality was recognized, between equals (bi-do), in terms of pederasty (wakashudo), and in terms of prostitution. The younger partner in a pederastic relationship often was expected to make the first move; the opposite was true in ancient Greece. In religious circles, same-sex love spread to the warrior (samurai) class, where it was customary for a boy in the wakashū age category to undergo training in the martial arts by apprenticing to a more experienced adult man. The man was permitted, if the boy agreed, to take the boy as his lover until he came of age; this relationship, often formalized in a "brotherhood contract",[35] was expected to be exclusive, with both partners swearing to take no other (male) lovers. The Samurai period was one in which homosexuality was seen as particularly positive. Later when Japanese society became pacified, the middle classes adopted many of the practices of the warrior class.
Lesotho
Anthropologists Stephen Murray and Will Roscoe reported that women in Lesotho engaged in socially sanctioned "long term, erotic relationships" called motsoalle.[36]
Papua New Guinea
In Papua New Guinea, same-sex relationships were an integral part of the culture until the middle of the last century. The Etoro and Marind-anim for example, even viewed heterosexuality as wasteful and celebrated homosexuality instead. They believed that in sharing semen, they are sharing their life force, yet women simply wasted this force any time they didn't get pregnant after sex. In many traditional Melanesian cultures a prepubertal boy would be paired with an older adolescent who would become his mentor and who would "inseminate" him (orally, anally, or topically, depending on the tribe) over a number of years in order for the younger to also reach puberty.[37]
Global LGBT Rights Maps
Laws regarding same-sex sexuality by country or territory. |
Laws regarding same-sex sexuality by country or territory Same-sex marriage Other type of partnership (or unregistered cohabitation) Foreign same-sex marriages recognized No recognition of same-sex couples Laws restricting freedom of expression and association Imprisonment Imprisonment (up to life sentence) Up to death |
LGBT rights at the United Nations |
Neither Countries which, as regards the UN, have expressed neither official support nor opposition to LGBT rights (44 members Non-UN member Countries that are non-UN members (14 non-UN members) |
Homosexual "propaganda" laws by country or territory |
Homosexual "propaganda" laws by country or territory Countries or territories that don't have homosexual "propaganda" laws |
Decriminalization of same-sex sexual intercourse by country or territory |
1790–1799 1800–1819 1820–1829 1830–1839 1840–1859 1860–1869 1870–1879 1880–1889 1890–1909 1910–1919 1920–1929 1930–1939 1940–19491 1950–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–19992 2000–2009 2010-present3 Same-sex sexual activity legal4 Male same-sex sexual intercourse illegal Same-sex sexual intercourse illegal 1During World War II, Nazi Germany annexed territory or established reichskommissariats which extended Germany's laws against same-sex sexual intercourse to those territories and reichskommissariats. Same-sex sexual intercourse was previously legalized in the following countries or territories before German annexation or establishment of reichskommissariats: Bas-Rhin ( legal in 1791), Belgium ( legal in 1795), Belluno ( legal in 1890), Friuli-Venezia Giulia ( legal in 1890), Haut-Rhin ( legal in 1791), Luxembourg ( legal in 1795), Moselle ( legal in 1791), Netherlands ( legal in 1811), Nord ( legal in 1791), Pas-de-Calais ( legal in 1791), Poland ( legal in 1932), and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( legal in 1890). All countries and territories listed that where annexed or established into reichskommissariats by Nazi Germany during World War II where restored as independent countries or reincorporated into their previous countries during or after the war and thus re-legalized same-sex sexual intercourse in those areas. 2In May 1973, the Libyan Arab Republic annexed the Aouzou Strip from Chad. Libya's laws against same-sex sexual intercourse where thus extended to the annexed Aouzou Strip. In August 1987, during the Toyota War between the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Chad, Aouzou fell to the Chadian forces, only to be repelled by an overwhelming Libyan counter-offensive. The Aouzou dispute was concluded on February 3, 1994, when the judges of the International Court of Justice by a majority of 16 to 1 decided that the Aouzou Strip belonged to Chad. Monitored by international observers, the withdrawal of Libyan troops from the Strip began on April 15, 1994, and was completed by May 10, 1994. The formal and final transfer of the Aouzou Strip from Libya to Chad took place on May 30, 1994, when the sides signed a joint declaration stating that the Libyan withdrawal had been effected. 3During the Iraq Crisis / Iraqi Civil War, from 2013 to present, parts of Iraq were taken over by the Islamic State, enacting sharia and executing LGBT people. Territories, from 2014 to present, retaken by Iraqi government and thus re-legalized same-sex sexual intercourse in those areas. 4Same-sex sexual intercourse was never criminalized in the following countries and territories: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad (excluding Aouzou Strip), Clipperton Island, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Gabon, Indonesia, (excluding Aceh, British Bencoolen, Netherlands East-Indies (prior to 1811), and South Sumatra) Laos, Madagascar, Mali, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Niger, North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam, and Wallis and Futuna. |
Employment discrimination laws by sexual orientation and/or gender identity by country or territory |
Sexual orientation and gender identity: all employment Sexual orientation with anti–employment discrimination ordinance and gender identity solely in public employment Sexual orientation: all employment Gender identity: all employment Sexual orientation and gender identity: federal public employment and federal contractors Sexual orientation and gender identity: public employment Sexual orientation: public employment No national-level employment laws covering sexual orientation and/or gender identity |
Bans on LGBT conversion therapy for minors by country or territory |
Ban on LGBT conversion therapy for minors No prohibition LGBT conversion therapy for minors |
Bans on same-sex unions by country or territory |
No specific prohibition of same-sex marriages or unions Statute bans same-sex marriage Constitution bans same-sex marriage Constitution bans same-sex marriage and equivalent/similar union |
LGBT-related laws by country or territory
Africa
List of countries or territorries by LGBT rights in Africa |
This table:
Northern Africa
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
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Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Algeria |
Illegal since 1966 Penalty: Fine and up to 2 years imprisonment.[38][39] |
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Ceuta (Autonomous city of Spain) |
Legal since 1979 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
De facto union since 1998[41] |
Legal since 2005[42] |
Legal since 2005[43] |
Spain responsible for defence |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender[45] |
Egypt |
Male de facto illegal Penalty: Up to 17 years imprisonment with or without hard labour and with or without torture and fines under broadly written morality laws Female uncertain.[40][46] |
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Libya |
Illegal Penalty: Up to death [47] |
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Melilla (Autonomous city of Spain) |
Legal since 1979 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
De facto union since 2008[48] |
Legal since 2005[42] |
Legal since 2005[43] |
Spain responsible for defence |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender[45] |
Morocco (Including Southern Provinces) |
Illegal Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment.[38][49] |
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South Sudan |
Illegal since 1899 (as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment.[38][39] |
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Constitutional ban since 2011. |
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Sudan |
Illegal since 1899 (as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) Penalty: Death penalty on third offense for men and on fourth offense for women.[38] |
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Tunisia |
Illegal Penalty: 3 years imprisonment.[38][50] |
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Western Africa
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Benin |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country).[40][51] (Age of consent discrepancy)[52] |
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Burkina Faso |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country).[40] |
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Constitutional ban since 1991. |
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Cape Verde |
Legal since 2004 + UN decl. sign. |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination.[40] |
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Côte d'Ivoire |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country).[40] (Age of consent discrepancy)[52] |
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Gambia |
Illegal since 1888 (as Gambia Colony and Protectorate) Penalty: Up to Iife imprisonment.[40][53][39] |
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Ghana |
Male illegal since 1860s (as Gold Coast) Penalty: 10 years imprisonment or more Female always legal.[40][54][39] |
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Guinea |
Penalty: 6 months to 3 years imprisonment.[40] |
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Guinea-Bissau |
Legal since 1993[40] + UN decl. sign. |
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Liberia |
Illegal Penalty: 1 year imprisonment.[40] |
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Mali |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country).[40] |
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Mauritania |
Illegal Penalty: Death penalty (No public executions for any crime since 1987).[40] |
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Niger |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country).[40] (Age of consent discrepancy)[52] |
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Nigeria |
Illegal under federal law since 1901 (as Northern Nigeria Protectorate and Southern Nigeria Protectorate) Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment Illegal in the states of Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara Penalty: Death penalty for men. Whipping and/or imprisonment for women.[40][55][39] |
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Senegal |
Illegal Penalty: 1 to 5 years imprisonment.[40] |
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Sierra Leone |
Male illegal since 1861 (as the colony of Sierra Leone) Penalty: Up to life imprisonment (Not enforced) Female always legal + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Togo |
Illegal since 1884 (as Togoland) Penalty: Fine and 3 years imprisonment.[40][39] |
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Central Africa
LGBT rights in: |
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Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Cameroon |
Illegal since 1972 Penalty: Fines to 5 years imprisonment.[40][39] |
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Central African Republic |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country). + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Chad |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country). (Same-sex sexual activity illegal in Aouzou Strip under annexation of Libya from 1973 to 1994).[40] (Age of consent discrepancy)[52] |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country).[40] |
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Constitutional ban since 2005. |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Legal.[40] |
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Gabon |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign.[40] (Age of consent discrepancy)[52] |
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Republic of the Congo |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country).[40] (Age of consent discrepancy)[52] |
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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom) |
Legal since 2001 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Since 2000. UK responsible for defence. |
Constitutional ban all anti-gay on discrimination. |
Since 2013. |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
Legal since 2012 + UN decl. sign.[40][56] |
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Southeast Africa
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Burundi |
Illegal since 2009 Penalty: 3 months to 2 years imprisonment.[40][57] |
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Constitutional ban since 2005. |
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Kenya |
Illegal since 1897 (as East Africa Protectorate) Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment.[40][39] |
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Constitutional ban since 2010.[58] |
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Rwanda |
Legal since 1916 (as Ruanda-Urundi)[40] (Age of consent discrepancy)[52][39] + UN decl. sign. |
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Constitutional ban since 2003. |
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Uganda |
Male illegal since 1894 (as Protectorate of Uganda) Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment Female illegal since 2000 Penalty: Up to 7 years imprisonment.[40][39] |
Constitutional ban since 2005. |
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Tanzania |
Illegal since 1864 (only Zanzibar) Illegal since 1899 (as German East Africa; only Tanzania, excluding Zanzibar) Penalty: Up to life imprisonment.[40][39] |
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Horn of Africa
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Djibouti |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country).[40] |
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Eritrea |
Illegal Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment (Not enforced)[40] |
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Ethiopia |
Illegal Penalty: 10 years imprisonment or more[40] |
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Somalia |
Illegal Penalty: Up to Death [59] | |
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Indian Ocean States
LGBT rights in: |
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Recognition of same-sex unions |
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Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Comoros |
Illegal Penalty: 5 years imprisonment & fines[40] |
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French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Overseas territory of France) |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the territory).[40] |
Civil solidarity pact since 1999 |
Legal since 2013 |
Legal since 2013 |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination |
However, it requires sterilization for sex change. |
Madagascar |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country).[40] (Age of consent discrepancy)[52] |
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Mauritius |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity; however, anal sex is illegal, punishable with 5 years' prison) Female always legal [60]+ UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination[61][62] |
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Mayotte (Overseas department of France) |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the department).[40] |
Civil solidarity pact since 1999 |
Legal since 2013 |
Legal since 2013 |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination |
However, it requires sterilization for sex change. |
Réunion (Overseas department of France) |
Legal since 1791[40] |
Civil solidarity pact since 1999 |
Legal since 2013 |
Legal since 2013 |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination |
However, it requires sterilization for sex change. |
Seychelles |
Male illegal Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment (Not enforced) Female always legal + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[40] |
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Southern Africa
LGBT rights in: |
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Recognition of same-sex unions |
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Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Angola |
De facto illegal Penalty: Fines, restrictions or penal labor (Not enforced)[40] |
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Botswana |
Illegal since 1885 (as Bechuanaland Protectorate) Penalty: Fine to up to 7 years imprisonment (Not enforced)[40][39] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination[40] |
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Lesotho |
Male legal since 2012 Female always legal[63] |
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Malawi |
Illegal since 1891 (as Nyasaland Districts Protectorate) Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment & whippings (Law suspended from usage since 2012)[40][64][39] |
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Mozambique |
Legal since 2015[65][66] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination[40][61] |
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Namibia |
Male illegal since 1920 (as South-West Africa; Not enforced)[39] Female always legal[40][67][68] |
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South Africa |
Male legal since 1998 Female always legal + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Limited recognition of unregistered partnerships since 1998; Same-sex marriage since 2006. |
Legal since 2006 |
Legal since 2002 |
Since 1998 |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination |
Anti-discrimination laws are interpreted to include gender identity; legal gender may be changed after surgical or medical treatment. |
Swaziland |
Male illegal since the 1880s Female always legal[40][39] |
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Zambia |
Illegal since 1911 (as Rhodesia) Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment[40][39] |
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Zimbabwe |
Male illegal since 1891 (as Rhodesia) Female always legal[40][39] |
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Constitutional ban since 2013 |
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Americas
List of countries or territorries by LGBT rights in the Americas |
Tables:
North America
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB people allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Bermuda (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom) |
Legal since 1994 (age of consent discrepancy) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Legal since 2015[71] |
UK responsible for defence. |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination.[72] |
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Canada |
Legal since 1969 (age of consent discrepancy and prohibition of anal intercourse in some cases) + UN decl. sign.[40][73] |
Domestic partnership in Nova Scotia (2001)[74]; Civil union in Quebec (2002)[75]; Adult interdependent relationship in Alberta (2003)[76]; Common-law relationship in Manitoba (2004)[77] |
Legal in some provinces and territories since 2003, nationwide since 2005.[78] |
Legal in some provinces and territories since 1996, nationwide since 2010.[79] |
Since 1992[80] |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination, including hate speech. Pathologization or attempted treatment of sexual orientation by mental health professionals illegal in Ontario since 2015. |
Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name after completion of medical intervention in most provinces and territories (not required in Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia); Explicit anti-discrimination protections only in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, the Northwest Territories and Nova Scotia implicit elsewhere.[81][82][83][84] |
Greenland (Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark) |
Legal since 1933 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership since 1996[85] |
Legal since 2016 |
Step-child adoption since 2009.[86] Joint adoption since 2016.[87] |
Since 1978 (Denmark responsible for defence) |
/ Bans some anti-gay discrimination.[40] |
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Mexico |
Legal since 1871 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
/ Civil union in Mexico City (2007), Coahuila (2007),[88] Colima (2013),[89] Campeche (2013),[90] Jalisco (2014)[91] and Michoacán (TBD).[92] |
/ Legal in Mexico City (2010),[93] Quintana Roo (2012),[94] Coahuila (2014), Chihuahua (2015), Guerrero (2015), Nayarit (2015) and Jalisco (2016). All states are obliged to honour same-sex marriages performed in states where it is legal.[93] (Proposed nationwide).[95][96]
The Supreme Court has declared that it is unconstitutional to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples in all states,[97] but as state constitutions were not invalidated, individual injunctions must still be obtained from the court.[98][99] |
/ Explicitly legal in Mexico City (2010)[100] and Coahuila (2014).[101] Nationwide, married same-sex couples may adopt.[102] |
/ No explicit ban. However, LGB persons have been reportedly discharged on the grounds of "immorality".[103] |
Constitutional ban on all anti-gay discrimination.[104] |
Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name in Mexico City since 2008.[105] Mexico adopted a legal protocol for gender identity and sexual orientation in 2014 based upon constitutional provisions to equally protect the rights of all citizens.[106] |
Saint Pierre et Miquelon (Overseas collectivity of France) |
Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil solidarity pact since 1999[107] |
Legal since 2013[108] |
Legal since 2013[109] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination.[44] |
Requires sterilization for legal change.[110] |
United States |
Legal in some states since 1962, nationwide since 2003 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Domestic partnership in California (1999),[111] the District of Columbia (2002),[112] Maine (2004),[113] Oregon (2008),[114] Maryland (2008),[115] Wisconsin (2009)[116] and Nevada (2009)[117]; Civil union in New Jersey (2007),[118] Illinois (2011),[119] Hawaii (2012),[120] and Colorado (2013)[121] |
Legal in some states since 2004. Nationwide since 2015, except American Samoa and some tribal jurisdictions.[122][123] |
Legal in some states since 1993. Nationwide since 2015, except American Samoa.[123] |
Since 2011[124] |
/ Federal executive order prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation for employees in the federal civilian workforce, along with the government employment in the District of Columbia, and the United States Postal Service, since 1998 (see Executive Order 12968 and Executive Order 13087). Pathologization or attempted treatment of sexual orientation with minors by mental health professionals illegal in some states. (Banned in California, Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon and the District of Columbia). Included in the federal hate crimes law since 2009. (Sexual orientation discrimination in public and private employment) |
/ Gender identity discrimination in employment and healthcare insurance banned since 2012.[125][126] Included in the federal hate crimes law since 2009. (Gender identity discrimination in public and private employment) |
Central America
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB people allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Belize |
Male illegal since 2003 Penalty: 10-year prison sentence (not enforced) Female always legal.[40] |
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Costa Rica |
Legal since 1971 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Unregistered cohabitation since 2014; (De facto union pending)[127][128] |
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LGBT individuals may adopt.[129] |
Has no military. |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination.[40] |
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El Salvador |
Legal since the 1800s + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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(Constitutional ban pending)[130] |
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[131] |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination.[131] |
Bans hate crimes based on gender identity.[132][133] |
Guatemala |
Legal since 1800's + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Honduras |
Legal since 1899 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Constitutional ban since 2005.[134][135] |
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Bans hate crimes based on sexual orientation.[40] |
Bans hate crimes based on gender identity.[40] |
Nicaragua |
Legal since 2008 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination.[40] |
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Panama |
Legal since 2008 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Has no military. |
(Anti-discrimination law proposed).[136] |
Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name after completion of medical intervention since 2006.[137] |
Caribbean
South America
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Asia
List of countries or territorries by LGBT rights in Asia |
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Europe
List of countries or territorries by LGBT rights in Europe |
Tables:
European Union
- Main article: LGBT rights in the European Union
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
European Union |
Legal in all 28 member states.[293] |
/ Legal in 21/28 member states. |
/ Legal in 12/28 member states.
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/ Joint adoption legal in 13/28 member states. Step-child adoption legal in 16/28 member states. |
/ Legal in 27/28 member states. |
/ Membership requires a state to ban anti-gay discrimination in employment only. |
Legal in all 28 member states.[294] |
Central Europe
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Austria |
Legal since 1971 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership since 2010[295] |
(Pending)[296] |
Step-child adoption since 2013. Joint adoption since 2016.[297][298] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Gender change is legal.[110] |
Czech Republic |
Legal since 1962 (As part of Czechoslovakia) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership since 2006[299] |
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LGBT individuals may adopt; (Step-child adoption pending)[300] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Legal recognition is granted and birth certificate is amended after reassignment surgery (with mandatory sterilisation).[110] |
Germany |
Legal in East Germany since 1968 Legal in West Berlin and West Germany since 1969 + UN decl. sign.[40][301] |
Registered life partnership since 2001[302] |
(Pending)[303] |
/ Step-child adoption since 2005; (Joint adoption pending) |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[304][305] |
Gender change is legal.[306] |
Hungary |
Legal since 1962 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership since 2009[307] |
(Pending)[308][309] Constitutionally banned since 2012.[310][311] |
LGBT individuals may adopt; (Joint and step-child adoption pending)[309] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Full legal recognition granted, birth certificate replaced. No surgery or hormone therapy is required for legal gender change.[110] |
Liechtenstein |
Legal since 1989 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership since 2011[312] |
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LGBT individuals may adopt.[313] |
Has no military |
(Proposed) |
Gender change is not legal.[110] |
Poland |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
[314] |
Constitutionally banned since 1997.[315] |
LGBT individuals may adopt, joint adoption forbidden.[316] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination[44] |
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Romania |
Legal since 1996 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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(Constitutional ban proposed)[317] |
LGBT individuals may adopt.[318] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Legal recognition and birth certificates amended after reassignment surgery.[110] |
Slovakia |
Legal since 1962 (As part of Czechoslovakia) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Constitutionally banned since 2014[319] |
LGBT individuals may adopt.[320] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[321][322] |
(Requires sterilisation for change[110]) |
Slovenia |
Legal since 1977 (As part of Yugoslavia) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership since 2006[323] |
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/ Step-child adoption since 2011[324] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Gender change is legal.[325] |
Switzerland |
Legal nationwide since 1942 Legal in the cantons of Geneva, Ticino, Valais and Vaud (as part of France) since 1798 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership in Geneva (2001),[326] Zurich (2003),[327] Neuchâtel (2004)[328] and Fribourg (2004)[328] Nationwide since 2007[329] |
(Pending)[330] |
LGBT individuals may adopt; (Step-child adoption pending).[331] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination. (Banning all anti-gay discrimination pending)[332] |
Legal documents can be issued based on a person's new gender identity. Sterilisation is technically required but has not been enforced since 2012. Registered Partnership can become Marriage between the new opposite-sex couple.[333] |
Eastern Europe
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Armenia |
Legal since 2003 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Constitutionally banned since 2015[334][335] |
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/ No explicit ban. However, LGBT persons have been reportedly discharged because of their sexual orientation.[336] |
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Azerbaijan |
Legal since 2000[40] |
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[337] |
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(Requires sterilisation for change[110]) |
Belarus |
Legal since 1994[40] |
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/ Banned from military service during peacetime, but during wartime homosexuals are permitted to enlist as partially able.[338] |
LGBT activism/expression deemed terrorism[339] |
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Georgia |
Legal since 2000 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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(Constitutional ban proposed)[340][341] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[342] |
(Requires sterilisation for change[110]) |
Kazakhstan |
Legal since 1998[40] |
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Moldova |
Legal since 1995 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Constitutionally banned since 1994[343] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination [44] |
(Requires sterilisation for change[110]) |
Russia |
Male legal since 1993 Female always legal[344][40] |
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(Constitutional ban proposed)[345] |
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(Requires sterilisation for change[110]) |
Ukraine |
Legal since 1991 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Constitutionally banned since 1996[346] |
LGBT individuals may adopt.[347] |
/ Policies depend on the regional commissioners.[348] |
Bans some anti-gay discrimination[349] |
(Requires sterilisation for change[110]) |
Northern Europe
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Denmark |
Legal since 1933 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership from 1989 to 2012 (Existing partnerships are still recognised.)[350] |
Legal since 2012[351][352] |
Step-child adoption since 1999. Joint adoption since 2010.[353] (+automatic co-parent recognition)[354] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Legal gender change and recognition possible without surgery or hormone therapy.[355] |
Estonia |
Legal since 1992 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Cohabitation agreement since 2016[356] |
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/ Step-child adoption since 2016. Couples where both partners are infertile may also jointly adopt non-biological children since 2016. |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Forbids discrimination based on gender identity.[110] |
Faroe Islands (Constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark) |
Legal since 1933 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
From 1 July 2016 |
From 1 July 2016 |
From 1 July 2016 |
(Denmark responsible for defence) |
Bans some anti-gay discrimination[357][358] |
[359] |
Finland |
Legal since 1971 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership since 2002[360] |
From March 2017[361] |
Step-child adoption since 2009. Joint adoption from March 2017. |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Legal change and recognition is possible only with sterilisation.[362] |
Iceland |
Legal since 1940 (As part of Denmark) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered cohabitation since 2006[363]; Registered partnership from 1996 to 2010 (Existing partnerships are still recognised.)[364] |
Legal since 2010[365][366] |
Legal since 2006[367] (+automatic co-parent recognition)[368] |
Has no military |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Documents can be amended to the recognised gender.[369][110] |
Latvia |
Legal since 1992 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Constitutionally banned since 2006[370] |
LGBT individuals may adopt.[371] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Documents are amended accordingly, no medical intervention required.[372] |
Lithuania |
Legal since 1993 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
(Pending)[373] |
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Only married couples can adopt.[374] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Gender change is legal since 2003.[375] |
Norway |
Legal since 1972 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership from 1993 to 2009 (Existing partnerships are still recognised.)[376] |
Legal since 2009[377][378] |
Legal since 2009[379] (+automatic co-parent recognition)[380] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
All documents can be amended to the recognised gender.[110] |
Sweden |
Legal since 1944 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership from 1995 to 2009 (Existing partnerships are still recognised.)[381] |
Legal since 2009[382] |
Legal since 2003[383] (+automatic co-parent recognition)[384] |
[385] |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
[386] |
Southern Europe
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom) |
Legal since 2000 + UN decl. sign.[40][387][388] |
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UK responsible for defence |
Bans some anti-gay discrimination[389] |
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Albania |
Legal since 1995 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Forbids discrimination based on gender identity.[390]
Gender change is not legal.[110] |
Andorra |
Legal since 1990 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Stable union since 2005[391]; Civil union since 2014.[392] |
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Legal since 2014[393][392][394] |
Has no military |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Gender change is not legal.[110] |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Legal since 1998 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska since 2000 and Brcko District since 2001 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination[44] |
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Bulgaria |
Legal since 1968 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Constitutionally banned since 1991[395] |
LGBT individuals may adopt.[396] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Forbids discrimination based on gender identity, but requires sterilisation for change[397][398] |
Croatia |
Legal since 1977 (As part of Yugoslavia) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Life partnership since 2014[399] |
Constitutionally banned since the 2013 referendum.[400] |
/ Partner-guardianship since 2014 (parental responsibility and a permanent next-of-kins relationship between a life partner and their partner's child which is registered in the child's birth certificate) |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44][401] |
Act on the elimination of discrimination bans all types discrimination based on both gender identity and gender expression. Gender change is regulated by special policy issued by Ministry of Health. [402] |
Cyprus |
Legal since 1998 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil cohabitation since 2015 [403] |
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(The only EU country to ban LGBT people in the military, not enforced)[404] |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Forbids discrimination based on gender identity.[405]
Gender change is not legal. |
Gibraltar (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom) |
Legal since 1993 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil partnership since 2014[406] |
(Proposed)[407][408] |
Legal since 2014 |
UK responsible for defence |
Bans some anti-gay discrimination (Banning all anti-gay discrimination pending)[409] |
(Pending)[410] |
Greece |
Legal since 1951 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Cohabitation agreement since 2015[411] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
(Requires sterilisation for change[110]) |
Italy |
Legal since 1890 Legal in parts of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, along with Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol since 1919 (Illegal in parts of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, illegal in parts of Veneto, along with Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol from 1943-1945 under annexation of Nazi Germany) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Approved in 2016 by the upper chamber (still needs to be approved by the lower chamber). |
(Pending)[412][413][414] |
/ some courts, including on appeal court level, have admitted stepchild adoption - not yet decided by the Court of Cassation [415] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Since 1982 legal recognition and documents can be amended to the recognised gender.[416] The Court of Cassation decided in 2015 that sterilisation is not required.[417] |
Macedonia |
Legal since 1996 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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(Constitutional ban pending)[418] |
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Malta |
Legal since 1973 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil union since 2014[419] |
/ Marriage performed abroad recognised since 2014[419][420] (Pending) |
Legal since 2014 |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Since 2015.[421] |
Montenegro |
Legal since 1977 (As part of Yugoslavia) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Constitutionally banned since 2007[422][423] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Forbids discrimination based on gender identity, but requires sterilisation for change[110] |
Portugal |
Legal since 1983 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
De facto union since 2001[424][425] |
Legal since 2010[426] |
Legal since 2016 |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination.[44] |
Since 2011. All documents can be amended to the recognised gender.[427] |
San Marino |
Legal since 1865 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
/ Unregistered cohabitation since 2012 (Only for one entitlement); civil unions proposed[428][429] |
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Stepchild adoption proposed[430] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[431] |
Gender change is not legal.[110] |
Serbia |
Legal from 1858, when nominally a vassal of Ottoman Empire to 1860[432] and again since 1994 (As part of Yugoslavia) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Constitutionally banned since 2006[433] |
LGBT individuals may adopt |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Gender change is legal since 2007.[434][435] |
Spain |
Legal since 1979 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
De facto union in Catalonia (1998),[436] Aragon (1999),[436] Navarre (2000),[436] Castile-La Mancha (2000),[436] Valencia (2001),[437] the Balearic Islands (2001),[438] Madrid (2001),[436] Asturias (2002),[439] Castile and León (2002),[440] Andalusia (2002),[436] the Canary Islands (2003),[436] Extremadura (2003),[436] Basque Country (2003),[436] Cantabria (2005),[441] Galicia (2008)[442] and La Rioja (2010)[443] |
Legal since 2005[444] |
Legal since 2005[445] (+automatic co-parent recognition)[446] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
Since 2007, all documents can be amended to the recognised gender[447] |
Turkey |
Legal since 1858[40] |
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(Proposed)[448] |
(Proposed)[448] |
(Requires sterilisation for change[449]) |
Vatican City |
Legal since 1890 (As part of Italy)[40] |
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Has no military |
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Western Europe
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Belgium |
Legal nationwide since 1795 (As part of France)
Legal in Eupen-Malmedy since 1919 (Illegal from 1944-1944/1945 as part of Reichskommissariat Belgien-Nordfrankreich and under annexation of Nazi Germany) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Legal cohabitation since 2000[450] |
Legal since 2003[451][452][453] |
Legal since 2006[454] (+automatic co-parent recognition)[455] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
The 2007 law concerning transsexuality[456] grants the right to a legal name and gender change, but it requires hormone treatment for name change and sterilisation for gender change. |
France |
Legal nationwide since 1791 Legal in Savoy since 1792 Legal in parts of Alpes-Maritimes, Bas-Rhin, Haute-Saône, Moselle, and Vosges since 1793 Legal in parts of Haut-Rhin since 1798 Legal in parts of Alpes-Maritimes, Hautes-Alpes and Savoie since 1890 (As part of Italy) (Illegal in Corsica under the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom from 1794-1796, illegal in parts of Alpes-Maritimes, along with Savoy from 1814-1860 under annexation of Kingdom of Sardinia, illegal in Alsace-Lorraine from 1871–1918 and 1940-1944/1945 under annexation of Imperial and Nazi Germany, and illegal in Nord and Pas-de-Calais from 1944-1944/1945 as part of Reichskommissariat Belgien-Nordfrankreich and under annexation of Nazi Germany) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil solidarity pact since 1999[457] |
Legal since 2013[458] |
Legal since 2013[459] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[44] |
(Requires sterilisation for change[460]) |
Guernsey (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom) |
Legal since 1983 + UN decl. sign.[461][462][40] |
/ Civil Partnership performed in UK abroad recognised for succession purposes in inheritance and other matters respecting interests in property since 2012. Civil unions performed abroad recognised from 2017[463][464][465] |
/ Marriages performed abroad recognised from 2017[466][467] (Proposed)[465] |
(Pending)[468] |
UK responsible for defence |
Bans some anti-gay discrimination[469] |
2004 anti-discrimination law. Legal gender change since 2007: Case law only. Only allows a new birth certificate to be issued. Does not amend or remove records of existing birth certificates, extension to Alderney and Sark unclear, does extend to Herm.[469][470] |
Ireland |
Male legal since 1993 Female always legal + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil partnership since 2011 to 2015 (Existing partnerships are still recognised.)[471] |
Legal since 2015. Approved via referundum[472] |
/ Joint adoption since 2015. Stepchild adoption is not legal for any couples, but a birth parent and their partner may be eligible to be joint adopters of the child.[473][474][475][476] (+automatic co-parent recognition)[477] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[478][479][480] |
Gender Recognition Act 2015 [481] |
Isle of Man (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom) |
Legal since 1992 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil partnership since 2011[482] |
(Pending)[483][484] |
Legal since 2011 |
UK responsible for defence |
Bans some anti-gay discrimination[485] |
Transsexual persons are allowed to change their legal gender and to have their new gender recognised as a result of the Gender Recognition Act 2009 (c.11).[486][487] |
Jersey (Crown dependency of the United Kingdom) |
Legal since 1990 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil partnership since 2012[488] |
(Proposed)[489] |
Legal since 2012 |
UK responsible for defence |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination[490] |
Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2010[491] |
Luxembourg |
Legal since 1795 (As part of France) (Illegal from 1942-1944/1945 under annexation of Nazi Germany) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered Partnership since 2004[492] |
Legal since 2015[493][494] |
Legal since 2015[495] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[496] |
(Requires sterilisation for change[110]) |
Monaco |
Legal since 1793 (As part of France) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
(Pending)[497] |
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France responsible for defence |
Bans some anti-gay discrimination[229] |
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Netherlands |
Legal since 1811 (As part of France) (Illegal from 1940-1944/1945 as part of Reichskommissariat Niederlande) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Registered partnership since 1998[498] |
Legal since 2001[499] |
Legal since 2001[500] (+automatic co-parent recognition)[501] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[502] |
[503] |
United Kingdom |
Male legal in England and Wales since 1967, in Scotland since 1981, and in Northern Ireland since 1982 Female always legal + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil partnership since 2005[504] |
Legal in England, Wales and Scotland since 2014.[505][506] Illegal in Northern Ireland |
Legal in England and Wales since 2005, in Scotland since 2009 and Northern Ireland since 2013[507][508] (+automatic co-parent recognition)[509] |
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Bans all anti-gay discrimination[510][40] |
Gender Recognition Act 2004. |
Partially recognised or unrecognised states
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Oceania
List of countries or territorries by LGBT rights in Oceania |
Tables:
Australasia
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Australia (including territories of Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island) |
Legal in South Australia since 1972, in Victoria since 1981, New South Wales since 1983, the Northern Territory since 1984, the Australian Capital Territory since 1985, Western Australia since 1990, Queensland since 1991, Norfolk Island since 1993 and Tasmania since 1997 Legal in Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Age of consent discrepancy in Queensland only) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Unregistered cohabitation since 2009
Domestic partnership in Tasmania (2004),[520] South Australia (2007),[521] Victoria (2008),[522] New South Wales (2010)[523] and Queensland (2012)[524]; Civil union in the Australian Capital Territory (2012)[525] |
Banned federally under the Marriage Amendment Act 2004[526] (Pending)[527] |
/ Joint adoption in Western Australia (2002), the Australian Capital Territory (2004), New South Wales (2010), Tasmania (2013) and Victoria (2016)[528]; Banned in South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory |
Since 1992 |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination.[529] |
[529] |
New Zealand |
Legal since 1986 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Unregistered cohabitation since 2002; Civil union since 2005. |
Legal since 2013[530] |
Legal since 2013[530] |
Since 1993 |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination |
Covered under the "sex discrimination" provision of the Human Rights Act 1993 since 2006. |
Melanesia
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Fiji |
Legal since 2010 + UN decl. sign.[531][40] |
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Bans some anti-gay discrimination[40] |
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New Caledonia (overseas collectivity of France) |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the collectivity) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil solidarity pact since 2009 |
Legal since 2013 |
Legal since 2013 |
French responsibility |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination |
(Requires sterilization for change) |
Papua New Guinea |
Male illegal Penalty: 3 to 14 years imprisonment (Not enforced) Female always legal[40] |
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Solomon Islands |
Illegal Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment.[40] |
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Has no military |
The latest draft of the Constitution (expected to factually replace the existing Constitution by late 2016) explicitly allows for discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, and also allows for the advocacy of hatred (and incitement to cause harm) on the basis of sexual orientation.[532] |
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Vanuatu |
Legal since 2007 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Micronesia
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
Guam (Unincorporated territory of the United States) |
Legal since 1978 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Since 2015 |
Legal since 2015 |
Legal since 2002 |
US responsibility |
Bans some anti-gay discrimination. The US hate crime laws apply to all US external territories as well |
Bans some discrimination relating to gender identity or expression. The US hate crime laws also apply to all US external territories as well |
Federated States of Micronesia |
Legal + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Has no military |
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Kiribati |
Male illegal Penalty: 5-14 years imprisonment (Not enforced) Female legal[40] |
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Has no military |
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Marshall Islands |
Legal since 2005 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Has no military |
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Nauru |
Male illegal Penalty: 3-14 years imprisonment (Not enforced) Female legal + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Has no military |
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Northern Mariana Islands (Unincorporated territory of the United States) |
Legal since 1983 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Since 2015 |
Legal since 2015 |
Legal since 2015 |
US responsibility |
The US hate crime laws also apply to all US external territories as well |
The US hate crime laws also apply to all US external territories as well |
Palau |
Legal since 2014 + UN decl. sign.[533] |
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Constitutional ban since 2008 |
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Has no military |
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Polynesia
LGBT rights in: |
Same-sex sexual activity |
Recognition of same-sex unions |
Same-sex marriage |
Adoption by same-sex couples |
LGB allowed to serve openly in military? |
Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation |
Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
American Samoa (Unincorporated territory of the United States)[534] |
Legal since 1980 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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[535] |
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US responsibility |
The US hate crime laws also apply to all US external territories as well |
The US hate crime laws also apply to all US external territories as well |
Easter Island (Overseas territory of Chile) |
Legal since 1999 (Age of consent discrepancy) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil union since 2015. |
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LGBT individuals may adopt (Pending) |
Chile responsible for defence. |
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Since 2007. |
Cook Islands (Part of the Realm of New Zealand) |
Male illegal Penalty: 5-14 years imprisonment (Not enforced) Female legal + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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New Zealand's responsibility |
Bans some anti-gay discrimination[536] |
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French Polynesia (Overseas collectivity of France) |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the collectivity) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Since 2013 |
Legal since 2013 |
Legal since 2013 |
French responsibility |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination |
(Requires sterilization for change) |
Niue (Part of the Realm of New Zealand) |
Legal since 2007 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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New Zealand's responsibility |
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Pitcairn Islands (Overseas territory of the United Kingdom) |
Legal since 2001 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Since 2015 |
Legal since 2015[537] |
Legal since 2015[538] |
UK responsible for defence |
Constitutional ban on discrimination.[539] |
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Samoa |
Male illegal Penalty: 5-7 years imprisonment (Not enforced) Female always legal + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Has no military |
Bans some anti-gay discrimination[540] |
Samoa has a large transgender or "third-gendered" community called the Fa'afafine. This is a recognized part of traditional Samoan customs, and usually refers to trans women. |
Tokelau (Part of the Realm of New Zealand) |
Legal since 2007 + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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New Zealand's responsibility |
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Tonga |
Male illegal Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment and whipping (Not enforced) Female always legal[40] |
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Tuvalu |
Male illegal Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment (Not enforced) Female legal + UN decl. sign.[40] |
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Has no military |
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Wallis and Futuna (Overseas collectivity of France) |
Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the collectivity) + UN decl. sign.[40] |
Civil solidarity pact since 2009 |
Legal since 2013 |
Legal since 2013 |
French responsibility |
Bans all anti-gay discrimination |
(Requires sterilization for change) |
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See also
Notes
- ↑ Countries with same-sex marriage recognized nationwide are: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark,[lower-alpha 2] France, Iceland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,[lower-alpha 3] New Zealand,[lower-alpha 4] Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom,[lower-alpha 5] the United States [lower-alpha 6] and Uruguay.
- ↑ Excluding the Faroe Islands
- ↑ Excluding Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten
- ↑ Excluding Niue, Tokelau and the Cook Islands
- ↑ Excluding Northern Ireland, the Crown dependencies and most British Overseas Territories. (Same-sex marriage is legal in the Pitcairn Islands).
- ↑ Excluding most Native American tribes. (Same-sex marriage is legal in at least 24 of them). Application to American Samoa unclear.
- ↑ Countries with laws criminalizing homosexuality are: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuada, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, Dominica, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guyana, India, Iran, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
- ↑ These five sub-national jurisdictions are: the provinces of Aceh and South Sumatra (Indonesia), the Cook Islands (New Zealand), Gaza (Palestine) and Marawi City (the Philippines).
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