List of LGBT rights articles by region

List of LGBT rights
LGBT social movements
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender social movements share inter-related goals of social acceptance of sexual and gender minorities. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their allies have a long history of campaigning for what is generally called LGBT rights, also called gay...

by region, including countries, commonwealth

Commonwealth

Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic."More recently it has been used for fraternal associations of some sovereign nations...

s, disputed territories, and other regions.

Africa

Algeria

LGBT rights in Algeria

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Algeria experience legal issues not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. According to the International Lesbian and Gay Association's May 2008 report, both male and female same-sex sexual acts are illegal in Algeria.-Law regarding same-sex sexual...

Angola

LGBT rights in Angola

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Angola face legal issues not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Both male and female homosexual acts are illegal in Angola...

Benin

LGBT rights in Benin

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Benin may face legal issues not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual acts for both men and women are legal in Benin, though same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections...

Botswana

LGBT rights in Botswana

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Botswana face legal issues not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Both female and male same-sex sexual acts are illegal in Botswana.-Laws regarding same-sex sexual acts:...

Burkina Faso Burundi

LGBT rights in Burundi

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender persons in Burundi face legal issues not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. The lower house of Burundi's parliament passed legislation criminalizing homosexual acts in November 2008...

Cameroon Cape Verde

LGBT rights in Cape Verde

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Cape Verde may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Cape Verde, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...

Central African Republic Chad Comoros

LGBT rights in Comoros

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Comoros experience legal issues not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Comoros has laws applying to acts considered to be against nature. The age of consent is thirteen....

Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Côte d'Ivoire

LGBT rights in Côte d'Ivoire

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Côte d'Ivoire may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Côte d'Ivoire, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same...

Djibouti

LGBT rights in Djibouti

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Djibouti may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.-Laws regarding same-sex sexual activity:The law regarding same-sex sexual acts in Djibouti is unclear....

Egypt Eritrea

LGBT rights in Eritrea

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Eritrea face legal risks not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Homosexual acts are illegal in Eritrea, punishable by up to 3 years in prison.-Law regarding same-sex sexual activity:...

Ethiopia

LGBT rights in Ethiopia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights in Ethiopia do not exists; all homosexual activity is recognized by Ethiopian law as a sexual crime, and the promotion of homosexuality is overwhelmingly rejected by Ethiopian .....

Equatorial Guinea

LGBT rights in Equatorial Guinea

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Equatorial Guinea may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents...

Gabon Gambia

LGBT rights in the Gambia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in the Gambia face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in the Gambia.-Law regarding same-sex sexual activity:...

Ghana Guinea

LGBT rights in Guinea

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Guinea face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Guinea.-Law regarding same-sex sexual activity:...

Guinea-Bissau

LGBT rights in Guinea-Bissau

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Guinea-Bissau face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female homosexual acts are legal.-Law regarding same-sex sexual activity:...

Kenya Lesotho

LGBT rights in Lesotho

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Lesotho face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Male same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Lesotho, but female same-sex sexual activity is legal....

Liberia

LGBT rights in Liberia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Liberia face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Liberia.-Law regarding same-sex sexual activity:...

Libya

LGBT rights in Libya

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Libya face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal. Beyond the criminal laws, cross-dressing and homosexuality are widely seen as immoral activities.-Criminal laws:The...

Madagascar

LGBT rights in Madagascar

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Madagascar face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.-Law regarding same-sex sexual activity:...

Malawi

LGBT rights in Malawi

Homosexual acts are illegal in Malawi. Section 153 prohibits "unnatural offences". Section 156 concerning "public decency" is used to punish homosexual acts...

Mali Mauritania

LGBT rights in Mauritania

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Mauritania face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Mauritania.-Law regarding same-sex sexual activity:...

Mauritius

LGBT rights in Mauritius

While homosexuality is currently illegal in Mauritius, the nation was one of the 66 signatories of support for the UN declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity, which failed to pass...

Morocco

LGBT rights in Morocco

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Morocco face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Morocco...

Mozambique

LGBT rights in Mozambique

The legal status of same-sex sexual activity is ambiguous in Mozambique. There are no explicit laws against homosexual sex, and on March 2011, the Minister of Justice declared during the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review that homosexuality is not an offence in Mozambique. However,...

Namibia

LGBT rights in Namibia

Namibia has had a troubled history in regards to the protection of the rights and civil liberties of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender citizens. Sodomy is illegal in Namibia, and is punishable with prison time...

Niger Nigeria Rwanda

LGBT rights in Rwanda

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Rwandan citizens may face greater legal and social difficulties in comparison to citizens who are heterosexual. While homosexuality is not de jure illegal, sexual orientation is considered a taboo topic, and there is no significant public discussion of this...

São Tomé and Príncipe

LGBT rights in São Tomé and Príncipe

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in São Tomé and Príncipe face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in São Tomé and Príncipe...

Senegal

LGBT rights in Senegal

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Senegal face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Senegal specifically outlaws same-sex sexual acts, and has prosecuted men accused of homosexuality in the past...

Seychelles

LGBT rights in Seychelles

Male homosexuality is currently illegal in the Seychelles, while female homosexuality is legally permissible and decriminalisation is proposed.- Recognition of same-sex relationships :...

Sierra Leone

LGBT rights in Sierra Leone

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Sierra Leone face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Male same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Sierra Leone.-Law regarding same-sex sexual activity:...

Somalia

LGBT rights in Somalia

LGBT rights in Somalia fall under the scope of Somalia's federal laws. As such, homosexuality is illegal in the country and is punishable by imprisonment.-Legislation:...

South Africa Sudan

LGBT rights in Sudan

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Sudan face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Sudan, and the topic of homosexuality is taboo....

Swaziland

LGBT rights in Swaziland

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Swaziland face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.-Laws regarding same-sex sexual acts:...

Tanzania

LGBT rights in Tanzania

Homosexuality in Tanzania is socially a taboo topic and same-sex sexual acts are punished by the state.According to the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes Project, an overwhelming majority of 95% of Tanzanian residents said that homosexuality should be rejected by society, making it among the highest...

Togo

LGBT rights in Togo

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Togo face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Togo.-Law regarding same-sex sexual activity:...

Tunisia Uganda

LGBT rights in Uganda

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender persons in Uganda have virtually no orientation-related protections at all. Both male and female homosexual activity is illegal...

Zambia

LGBT rights in Zambia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Zambia face legal challenges not faced by non-LGBT citizens. Same-sex sexual activity is illegal for both males and females in Zambia....

Zimbabwe

Other regions

Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena

LGBT rights in Saint Helena

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents...

Western Sahara

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda

LGBT rights in Antigua and Barbuda

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Antigua and Barbuda face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Same-sex sexual acts are illegal in Antigua and Barbuda. Male and female same-sex sexual acts carry a penalty of 5 years imprisonment...

Argentina Bahamas Barbados

LGBT rights in Barbados

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Barbados face legal risks not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Homosexual acts are illegal in Barbados, with a life sentence; but the law is rarely enforced. The law is currently in effect, but under review. Recent polls conducted by Caribbean...

Belize

LGBT rights in Belize

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Belize face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. Male same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Belize, with a penalty of 10 years imprisonment...

Bolivia

LGBT rights in Bolivia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Bolivia may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Bolivia, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...

Brazil Canada Chile Colombia

LGBT rights in Colombia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights in Colombia have progressed since consensual homosexual activity was decriminalized in 1980 with amendments to the Criminal Code. Between February 2007 and April 2008 three rulings of the Constitutional Court granted registered same-sex couples the same...

Costa Rica Cuba

LGBT rights in Cuba

Private, non-commercial sexual relations between same-sex consenting adult 16 and over have been legal in Cuba since 1979, although same-sex relationships are not presently recognized by the state as a possible marriage. Despite elements of homophobia in Cuba's history, Havana now has a lively and...

Dominica

LGBT rights in Dominica

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Dominica face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Dominica....

Dominican Republic

LGBT rights in the Dominican Republic

Both male and female homosexual activity is legal in the Dominican Republic. Same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex married couples.The age of consent—regardless of sexual orientation—is 18....

Ecuador Grenada

LGBT rights in Grenada

- LGBT Rights :Male on male homosexuality is illegal in Grenada. Under the Grenada Criminal Code, CAP. 76, 1958 Revised Edition, Section 435 the offence of “unnatural crime” is committed by way of sexual intercourse per anum, i.e., anal penetration. Such offence is punishable by imprisonment for...

Guatemala

LGBT rights in Guatemala

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Guatemala may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Guatemala, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...

Guyana

LGBT rights in Guyana

According to the penal code of Guyana, "gross indecency" committed by a man upon another man, either in public or private, will be punished with imprisonment for up to 2 years. For attempted anal sex the punishment is 10 years, and for anal sex, imprisonment for life is possible...

Haiti

LGBT rights in Haiti

Haiti has experienced a high degree of political instability and most Haitians affiliate with the Catholic Church. These two issues, combined with widespread poverty, tend to govern most issues relating to LGBT people...

Honduras

LGBT rights in Honduras

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Honduras may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Honduras, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...

Jamaica

LGBT rights in Jamaica

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights in Jamaica are dominated by the prohibition of sexual acts between men. Sexual acts between women are legal, by virtue of the absence of any reference to them in law...

Mexico Nicaragua

LGBT rights in Nicaragua

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Nicaragua may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Nicaragua, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...

Panama

LGBT rights in Panama

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Panama may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Panama, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...

Paraguay

LGBT rights in Paraguay

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Paraguay may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Paraguay, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for all of the same...

Peru

LGBT rights in Peru

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Peru may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity among consenting adults are legal. An exception was previously made for all military and police personnel, who could be punished with between 60 days to...

Puerto Rico

LGBT rights in Puerto Rico

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender persons in Puerto Rico face some legal issues. Public discussion and debate about sexual orientation and gender identity issues have increased, and some legal changes have been made. Currently, both supporters and opponents of legislation protecting the rights...

(U.S. Commonwealth

Commonwealth (United States insular area)

In the terminology of the United States insular areas, a Commonwealth is a type of organized but unincorporated dependent territory.The definition of "Commonwealth" according to current U.S. State Department policy reads: "The term 'Commonwealth' does not describe or provide for any specific...

) Saint Kitts and Nevis

LGBT rights in Saint Kitts and Nevis

- LGBT Rights :Male on male homosexuality is illegal in St. Kitts and Nevis. Section 56 and 57 of the "Offences Against the Person Act" criminalises male on male same-sex sexual activity. However female to female sexual realtionships are legal. The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis says it has no...

Saint Lucia

LGBT rights in Saint Lucia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Saint Lucia face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT persons. Homosexuality is illegal for males in Saint Lucia, though female homosexual acts are not mentioned. Saint Lucia was also the only UN member in the Americas to formally oppose...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

LGBT rights in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

- LGBT Rights :Homosexuality is illegal in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Section 148 of the Criminal Code states that "Any person, who in public or private, commits an act of gross indecency with another person of the same sex, or procures or attempts to procure another person of the same sex...

El Salvador

LGBT rights in El Salvador

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in El Salvador may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in El Salvador, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...

Suriname Trinidad and Tobago

LGBT rights in Trinidad and Tobago

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Trinidad and Tobago may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is illegal in Trinidad and Tobago...

United States Uruguay

LGBT rights in Uruguay

LGBT rights in Uruguay are among the most advanced in South America. Same-sex sexual activity is legal, anti-discrimination laws are in place, and gays and lesbians are allowed to serve openly in the military...

Venezuela

Asia

Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh

LGBT rights in Bangladesh

LGBT human rights are not respected in Bangladesh, and there appears to be no organized movement to advance such human rights. And such acts of homosexuality will lead to life in prison, or even face the death penalty.-Constitutional & Criminal Code:...

Bhutan

LGBT rights in Bhutan

Homosexuality is illegal in Bhutan in the penal code of Bhutan and is punishable with a prison sentence from between one month to less than one year. The age of sexual consent is eighteen years....

Brunei

LGBT rights in Brunei

Homosexuality is illegal in Brunei and can be punished with up to 10 years imprisonment or a fine of 30,000 Brunei dollars.-See also:*LGBT rights in Asia*Homosexuality laws of the world...

Cambodia People's Republic of China
} Hong Kong

LGBT rights in Hong Kong

Homosexuality is legal in Hong Kong and public opinion shows increased awareness about and tolerance for LGBT people. However, there are only limited anti-discrimination laws and no legal recognition of same-sex couples.- Criminal law :...

} Macau East Timor

LGBT rights in East Timor

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in East Timor may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in East Timor, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...

India

LGBT rights in India

-Overview:Homosexual intercourse was a criminal offence until 2009 under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. This made it an offence for a person to voluntarily have "carnal intercourse against the order of nature." This law was struck down by the 2009 Supreme Court decision Naz Foundation...

Indonesia

LGBT rights in Indonesia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Indonesia will face legal challenges and prejudices not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Traditional mores disapprove of homosexuality and cross-dressing, which impacts public policy...

Iran

LGBT rights in Iran

LGBT rights in Iran since the Iranian Revolution of 1979 have come in conflict with the penal code, with international human rights groups claiming floggings and death sentences of lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals. Transsexuality in Iran is legal if accompanied by a sex change operation;...

Iraq Israel
Japan Jordan Kazakhstan

LGBT rights in Kazakhstan

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Kazakhstan may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Kazakhstan, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...

Kuwait

LGBT rights in Kuwait

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender persons in Kuwait face many legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT Kuwaitis. Kuwait has an Islamic government both homosexuality and cross-dressing are treated as crimes and signs of immorality. Kuwaiti law does not recognize same-sex marriages, civil...

Kyrgyzstan

LGBT rights in Kyrgyzstan

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Kyrgyzstan may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Kyrgyzstan, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...

Laos

LGBT rights in Laos

While homosexuality is legal in Laos, it is very difficult to assess the current state of acceptance and violence that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender citizens face, because the government does not allow those whom are not associated with the government to conduct polls on human rights...

Lebanon Malaysia

LGBT rights in Malaysia

LGBT rights are not recognized in Malaysia. The nation retains its colonial era penal code criminalizing sodomy. Social attitudes towards the LGBT community are also shaped by Islam, the official religion in Malaysia.-Criminal Code:...

Maldives

LGBT rights in the Maldives

Homosexuality is illegal in the Maldives. In addition, the Maldives was one of the 67 signatory nations opposing the UN declaration on sexual orientation and gender identity, which failed to pass.- Recognition of same-sex relationships :...

Mongolia

LGBT rights in Mongolia

Homosexuality was decriminalized in Mongolia in 2002.There are a couple of known LGBT-rights organizations active in Mongolia, most notably one called "Tavilan" .- Recognition of same-sex relationships :...

Myanmar

LGBT rights in Burma

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.- Criminal Code :...

Nepal

LGBT rights in Nepal

The Nepalese government, following the monarchy that ended in 2007, legalised homosexuality in 2007 along with the introduction of several new law sets. Based on the ruling of the Supreme Court of Nepal in late 2008, the government is looking into legalising same-sex marriage...

North Korea Oman

LGBT rights in Oman

Homosexuality in the Sultanate of Oman is illegal according to § 32 of the penal code and can be punished with a jail sentence of up to 3 years. In Oman it is said that cases only get to court if "public scandal" is involved.-External links:*...

Pakistan

LGBT rights in Pakistan

Traditional religious norms and cultural beliefs view homosexuality and cross-dressing negatively and this homophobic societal attitude contributes to intolerant social behavior as well as refusal of the government, or most political groups...

Philippines Qatar

LGBT rights in Qatar

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons living in Qatar may face certain unique legal and social challenges. In accordance with traditional Islam, homosexual acts are forbidden and there is no legal recognition of same-sex marriages, civil unions or domestic partnership benefits.-...

Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka

LGBT rights in Sri Lanka

Homosexuality is illegal under a broad provision dealing with, "gross indecency", and no national legislation exists to protect LGBT people from harassment or discrimination...

Syria Taiwan (Republic of China)

LGBT rights in Taiwan

The Republic of China is one of Asia's most progressive countries as far as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights are concerned, not only since the government introduced same-sex marriage in 2003 , the first country in Asia to do so...

Tajikistan

LGBT rights in Tajikistan

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Tajikistan may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Tajikistan, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal...

Thailand Turkmenistan

LGBT rights in Turkmenistan

Male homosexuality is illegal in Turkmenistan and is punished by imprisonment for the term of up to two years.Criminal Code of 1997 Article 135. Sodomy...

United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan

LGBT rights in Uzbekistan

Sex between two men is illegal in Uzbekistan. Punishment ranges from a fine to 3 years in prison.Penal Code 1994/95 *§ 120“Besoqolbozlik, that is, voluntary sexual intercourse of two male individuals – shall be punished with imprisonment up to three years.” -See also:*Human rights in...

Vietnam

LGBT rights in Vietnam

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender persons in Vietnam may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Vietnam, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections...

Yemen

LGBT rights in Yemen

Homosexuality is still illegal in Yemen in accordance to the country's Shari'ah legal system. Punishment ranges from flogging to death. Yemen is one of only seven countries to apply a death penalty for consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex....

Europe

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia
Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo

LGBT rights in Kosovo

Due to the political instability from the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender rights in Kosovo is presently unclear.-Law regarding same-sex sexual activity:...

Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia

LGBT rights in the Republic of Macedonia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in the Republic of Macedonia may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents...

Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands
Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

Other regions

Faroe Islands

LGBT rights in the Faroe Islands

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in the Faroe Islands may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents...

Gibraltar

LGBT rights in Gibraltar

In Gibraltar, the age of consent is 16 for heterosexuals and lesbians, while the age of consent for gay males was maintained at 18, while anal sex among heterosexuals is illegal under statute, until April 2011 when under Supreme Court order the law was found to be unconstitutional and so the age of...

Isle of Man

LGBT rights in the Isle of Man

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights in the Isle of Man over the past couple of years have become more liberal after years of lobbying, LGBT people have made progress in getting legal recognition Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the Isle of Man over the past...

Northern Cyprus

LGBT rights in Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus criminalises male homosexuality with up to three years in prison, according to articles 171 and 173 of its criminal code. Female homosexuality is exempt...

Oceania

Australia Fiji Kiribati

LGBT rights in Kiribati

Homosexual acts are illegal in Kiribati. The Penal Code sections 153, 154 and 155 outlaws anal intercourse regardless of sex.Unnatural Offences153. Any person who- commits buggery with another person or with an animal; or...

Marshall Islands

LGBT rights in the Marshall Islands

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in the Marshall Islands may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex married couples.-Law regarding same-sex sexual...

Federated States of Micronesia

LGBT rights in the Federated States of Micronesia

Homosexual activity is legal in the Federated States of Micronesia, LGBT individuals do not have any legal protections in terms of discrimination legislation or hate crimes.- Recognition of same-sex couples :...

Nauru

LGBT rights in Nauru

Gay and bisexual people living in the island nation Nauru face certain unique legal and social challenges. Male-male homosexual acts remain illegal and there is no legal recognition of same-sex marriages, civil unions or domestic partnership benefits...

New Zealand Niue

LGBT rights in Niue

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Niue may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity is legal in Niue, but same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections...

Palau

LGBT rights in Palau

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Papua New Guinea

LGBT rights in Papua New Guinea

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Papua New Guinea face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Male homosexuality is prohibited according to section 210 of the Papua New Guinea penal code. Those caught engaging in anal sex can get punished with up to 14 years...

Samoa

LGBT rights in Samoa

Homosexuality is illegal in Samoa. The Samoa Crimes Ordinance 1961 criminalises homosexuality in section 58E,58G and 58J. Samoan culture is historically tolerant of homosexuality. In particular there is a tradition of raising some boys in a family as a girl in order to play an important domestic...

Solomon Islands

LGBT rights in the Solomon Islands

Lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgender rights in the Solomon Islands are limited, with same-sex sexual activity being illegal.According to the Penal Code of the Solomon Islands, Chapter 26, Section 160, engaging in anal sex acts with another person is punishable with up to 14 years' imprisonment....

Tonga

LGBT rights in Tonga

- LGBT Rights :Male on male homosexuality is illegal Tonga with a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment, A person may also be whipped as a punishment if convicted. Homosexuality is generally accepted in Tonga. The Tongan Criminal Offences Act criminilises homosexuality.- The Criminal Offences...

Tuvalu

LGBT rights in Tuvalu

Male on male sex is illegal in Tuvalu. The Penal Code sections 153, 154 and 155 outlaws homosexual intercourse. There are no LGBT recognitions or rights in Tuvalu.-153 Unnatural offences:Any person who — commits buggery with another person or with an animal; or...

Vanuatu

LGBT rights in Vanuatu

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Vanuatu may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex married couples.-Law regarding same-sex sexual...