SEXUAL ORIENTATION LAWS IN THE WORLD

From criminalisation of consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults to protection against discrimination based on sexual orientation

Greenland

Iceland
Faroe Islands
Finland
Russian Federation
(DK)
Norway
Sweden
Estonia

Canada Isle of Man (UK)

Denmark
Latvia
Lithuania
Ireland Belarus
UK Netherlands
Germany
Poland
Belgium
Czechia
Guernsey (UK) Lux. Ukraine
Jersey (UK) Liecht. Austria
Slovakia Kazakhstan
France Hungary Mol.
Swit.
Slovenia
Croatia Romania Mongolia
S. Marino
Saint Pierre and Serbia
B&H
Miquelon (FR) Andorra Italy
Monaco M K Bulgaria
Spain Georgia Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan
NM
Portugal
Vatican
A
Armenia Azerbaijan North Korea
United States of America Greece Turkey Turkmenistan Tajikistan

South Korea
Gibraltar (UK) Tunisia Malta Cyprus Syria
(P) China Japan
Lebanon Afghanistan
Morocco Iraq Iran
Israel Palestine
Bermuda (UK) Jord. (P)
Kuwait
Algeria Pakistan
Libya Nepal
Egypt Bahrain
Bhutan
Qatar
Bahamas Western (P)
Mexico Sahara Saudi
Bangladesh Hong Kong
(SAR China) Taiwan (China)
UAE
Arabia (P) India
Cuba Turks & Caicos (UK) Oman
Cayman
Myanmar Macao
Islands (UK) Dominican Republic Mauritania Laos (China)
The Eastern Caribbean Haiti Mali
Puerto Rico (USA)
Niger Marshall Islands
British Virgin Is. (UK) Belize Jamaica Cape Verde Sudan Northern Mariana
Senegal Chad Eritrea Yemen
Islands (USA)
Anguilla (UK) Curacao (NL) Thailand
Guatemala Honduras Vietnam Philippines
US Virgin Is. (USA) Gambia
Saint Martin (FR) El Salvador Nicaragua Aruba (NL) Bonaire (NL) Burkina Cambodia Federated States Kiribati
Faso Djibouti
Sint Maarten (NL) Guinea Bissau of Micronesia
Guinea Guam (USA)
Trinidad & Tobago Benin
Saba (NL)
Saint Barthelemy (FR) Costa Rica Panama Nigeria Somalia
Togo
Ethiopia
Sierra Leone (P) Sri Lanka
Sint Eustatius (NL) Venezuela Côte South Sudan
d'Ivoire Central
Guyana Liberia Ghana African Republic Maldives Brunei Palau Nauru
St. Kitts & Nevis Cameroon Malaysia
Colombia Sur. French
Guyana
Antigua & (FR) Uganda
Equatorial
Montserrat (UK)
Barbuda
Guinea
Kenya Singapore
Tokelau (NZ)
Ecuador São Tomé Gabon Democratic
Guadaloupe (FR) and Príncipe Republic of Rwanda Solomon
Congo the Congo Burundi Indonesia Islands
Samoa
Tanzania Seychelles
Dominica
British Indian Ocean
Papua New Guinea
Martinique (FR) Comoros Territory (UK)
Peru Timor Leste Tuvalu
Am. Samoa
Brazil (USA)

St. Lucia Malawi

Angola Mayotte (FR)
Niue (NZ)
St. Vincent &
Zambia
The Grenadines Barbados
Bolivia Saint Helena; Ascension Mauritius Wallis &
Grenada and Tristan da Cunha Mozambique Futuna (FR)
(UK) Zimbabwe
Namibia Madagascar Reunion (FR) Vanuatu Cook Islands
French Polynesia (FR) Botswana (NZ)
Chile Paraguay
Australia Fiji

Eswatini
Pitcairn Islands (UK) New Caledonia Tonga
Lesotho (FR)

South Africa
Uruguay

Argentina
New
Zealand

Falkland Islands /
Islas Malvinas
Protection against discrimination Criminalisation of consensual same-sex
based on sexual orientation sexual acts between adults
(UK/AR)

TM

Constitutional Broad Employment Limited/Uneven No Prot. / De Facto Up to 8 Years 10 Years to Death 6 Effective
11 57 81 7 43 2 30 27
Protection Protection Protection Protection No Crim. Criminalisation Imprisonment Life in Prison Penalty 5 Possible
South Georgias
& Sandwich
(UK/AR)

Legal recognition of families Legal barriers to the exercise of rights DECEMBER 2020
The data presented in this map is based on State-Sponsored Homophobia,
an ILGA report by Lucas Ramón Mendos, Kellyn Botha, Rafael Carrano Marriage or other forms of legal union Adoption open to same-sex couples Legal barriers to freedom of expression Legal barriers to the registration or operation
Lelis, Enrique López de la Peña, R.I. and Daron Tan. This map can be for same-sex couples (either jointly or via second parent adoption) on SOGIESC issues of sexual orientation related CSOs
reproduced and printed without permission as long as ILGA is properly
credited and the content is not altered. ilga.org