Lesbian and Gay RiGhts in the WoRLdILGA,iLGa, the inteRnationaL Lesbian, Gay,bIsexuAL, trAns And IntersexassociationInternAtIonAL LesbIAn, GAy,bisexuaL, tRans and inteRsexAssocIAtIonU. K.NorwayFinlandGreenlandAlaskaCanadaIceland3 entities

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RussiaSwedenEstoniaDenmarkLithuania LatviaPoland BelarusIrelandNetherlandsGermanyBelgiumCzech. Rep.Europe:SlovakiaUkraineLux.Austria HungaryKazakhstanWashingtonMoldova41 countriesSwitzerlandSloveniaMongoliaMaineCroatiaRomaniaWisconsinand 10 entitiesNew HampshireFranceVermontBosnia & Herz. SerbiaMassachussetsOregonMont.Kos.Bulgaria GeorgiaAndorraNew YorkNorthRhode IslandUzbekistan KyrgyzstanIowa IllinoisItalyConnecticutFyromPortugal SpainKoreaArmenia Azerb.AlbaniaNevadaNew JerseyDelawareTurkmenistanWashington, D.C.TurkeyTajikistanColoradoMarylandGreeceJapanSouthMaltaCaliforniaSyriaGibraltarCyprusChinaU.S.A.KoreaAfghanistanLebanonTunisiaIsraelMorocco32 statesIranIraqGhazaNepal19 statesJordanCanary IslandsKuwaitPakistanCoahuilaBhutanAlgeriaThe BahamasLibyaBahrainEgyptDominican Rep.QatarBangladeshSaudiMexicoTaiwanU. A. E.CubaVirgin IslandsArabiaHawaii10 statesMyanmarLaoFederal DistrictHaitiMauritaniaIndiaJamaicaPuerto RicoVietnamOmanMali NigerSudanBelizeAntigua & BarbudaCape VerdeSt Kitts & NevisThailandDominicaPhilippinesHondurasEritrea YemenSenegalSt. VincentChadSt. LuciaGuatemalaGambiaBurkinaGrenada6 citiesEl SalvadorCambodiaBarbadosDjiboutiFasoGuinea-BissauTrinidad and TobagoNicaraguaBeninGuineaSouthCosta RicaPalauSri LankaGhanaNigeriaSierra LeoneVenezuela GuyanaSudan EthiopiaPanamaIvoryCoastSurinameCentral AfricanMaldivesLiberiaTogoBruneiFrench GuianaAceh ProvinceRepublicMalaysiaColombiaCameroonSomaliaSingaporeEquatorial GuineaUgandaCongoKenyaSao Tome & PrincipeIndonesiaRwandaEcuadorGabonBurundiSeychellesDem. Rep.of the CongoSouth SumatraPeruTanzaniaTimor-LesteBrazilPapua NewGuinea14 entitiesComorosMalawiAngolaDeath peNaltyMozambiqueZambia5 countries and parts of Nigeria and Somalia

peRsecutioNimpRisoNmeNt71 countries and 5 entities*Death penaltyImprisonmentfrom 14 years to alife-long sentenceunclear: legislationnot specificallyhomophobic butwhich can be usedas such“Propaganda law”restricting freedomof expression andassociation

NauruSolomonIslandsTuvalu

imprisonmentup to 14 yearsimprisonment,no preciseindication ofthe length /banishmentIraq:persecution byorganised non-state agents /India: lawawaiting courtrulingChileRosario

MadagascarSwazilandWesternAustralia

New South WalesAustralianCapital TerritoryVictoriaTasmania

ArgentinaBuenos Aires

RecogNitioNJoiNt aDoptioN14 countries and 38 entities*MarriageEqual (almostequal) substituteto marriage

RecogNitioN of same-sex uNioNs31 countries and 35 entities*

PROTECTIONAnti-discriminAtion lAws65 countries and 85 entities*Countries which introduced lawsprohibiting discrimination on thegrounds of sexual orientation

Clearly inferiorsubstitute tomarriageJoint adoption

No specific legislatioN

* These laws are aimed at lesbians, gay men and bisexuals and at same-sex activities and relationships.At times, they also apply to trans and intersex people. This edition of the world map (May 2013) wascoordinated by Stephen Barris (ILGA). Design: Eduardo Enoki. Data represented in this map is basedon “State-Sponsored Homophobia: a world survey of laws. Criminalisation, protection and recognitionof same-sex love - 2013”, an ILGA report by Jingshu Zhu & Lucas Paoli Itaborahy available in variouslanguages on www.ilga.org. ILGA thanks groups which contributed to the annual update.

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