The Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Map of World Laws May 2015 www.ilga.org ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association Greenland Iceland Alaska Sweden Ireland Minnesota Washington U. S. A. Oregon Nevada Iowa Colorado California Jalisco Colima * Mexico: Marriage: 25 states and Federal District Virgin Islands Cuba Puerto Rico Jamaica Haiti Belize & Barbuda St. Kitts & Nevis Antigua Dominica Honduras St. Vincent St. Lucia Guatemala Grenada Barbados Nicaragua El Salvador Trinidad & Tobago Panama Costa Rica Venezuela PERSECUTION Death penalty 6 countries and parts of Nigeria and Somalia Guyana Suriname French Guiana Colombia Ecuador Portugal Spain Morocco Mauritania Albania Greece Algeria Cape Verde Senegal Gambia Guinea Bissau Guinea Mali Niger Chad Angola Namibia Uruguay Imprisonment up to 14 years Pakistan Tanzania Malawi U. A. E. Bangladesh Taiwan Myanmar Laos Thailand Maldives Sri Lanka Aceh Province Vietnam Cambodia Seychelles South Sumatra Mauritius Philippines 7 cities Brunei Malaysia Singapore Palembang Comoros Zimbabwe Mozambique Madagascar Botswana Japan Nepal Bhutan India Oman South Korea Palau Nauru Kiribati Solomon Samoa Islands Papua New Guinea Tuvalu Indonesia Timor-leste Cook Islands Nothern Australia Queensland Vanuatu Western Australia Australia New South Wales South South Africa Australia RECOGNITION Imprisonment, no precise indication of the length /banishment Recognition of same-sex unions 34 countries and 65 entities Anti-Propaganda law without other legislation persecuting on the basis of sexual orientation * See ILGA's SSHR for names of States. When the majority of entities of one country has equality marriage, the whole country is attributed to the dark green color (Marriage). JOINT ADOPTION 17 countries and 28 entities Marriage Equal (almost equal) substitute to marriage Clearly inferior substitute to marriage Joint adoption PROTECTION Anti-discrimination laws 69 countries and 85 entities Norfolk Island New Zealand No specific legislation No specific legislation Countries which introduced laws prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation Fiji Tonga Australian Victoria Capital Territory Tasmania Death penalty = NOT IMPLEMENTED Iraq: persecution by organised non-state agents. Kuwait Yemen China Afghanistan Bahrain Qatar Eritrea North Korea Lesotho Swaziland Rosario Buenos Aires Iran Saudi Arabia Sudan Zambia Paraguay Argentina Iraq Jordan Egypt Congo Burundi Bolivia Chile Syria Cyprus Lebanon Gaza Israel Malta Libya Turkey Mongolia Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Tajikistan Georgia Azerbaijan Armenia Burkina Djibouti Benin Nigeria South Ivory Togo Sierra Leone Ethiopia Central African Sudan Coast Ghana Somalia Cameroon Republic Liberia Equatorial Guinea Uganda Congo Gabon Kenya D.R. Rwanda Brazil 14 entities Peru Kazakhstan Moldova Kosovo Mac.Bulgaria Tunisia Sao Tome & Principe Imprisonment from 14 years to a life-long sentence "Anti-propaganda law" restricting freedom of expression and association Andorra AustriaHungary Slovenia Croatia Romania Crimea Italy Bosnia Serbia Western Sahara Federal District 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 2015) was coordinated by Renato Sabbadini and Alessia Valenza (ILGA). Design: Eduardo Enoki. Data represented in this map is based on “State-Sponsored Homophobia: a World Survey of Laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition of same-sex love - 2015”, an ILGA report by Aengus Carroll & Lucas Paoli Itaborahy, available in various languages on www.ilga.org. ILGA thanks its member organizations which contributed to the annual update. Imprisonment 75 countries and 5 entities Switzerland Gibraltar The Bahamas Dom. Rep. Quintana Roo Denmark Lithuania Neth. Belarus Belgium Germany Poland Lux. Liech. Czech Slovakia Ukraine U. K. France Canary Islands Coahuila Mexico Hawaii Europe: 41 countries and 13 entities Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachussets New York Rhode Island Illinois Connecticut New Jersey Washington D.C. 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