LGBT rights by country or territory (CCA)
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Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality.
Below are national laws as they currently stand in respect to LGBT rights.
Scope of Laws
Laws that affect LGBT people include, but are not limited to, the following:
- laws concerning the recognition of same-sex relationships, including same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships
- laws concerning LGBT parenting, including adoption by LGBT people
- anti-discrimination laws in employment, housing, education, public accommodations
- anti-bullying legislation to protect LGBT children at school
- hate crime laws imposing enhanced criminal penalties for prejudice-motivated violence against LGBT people
- bathroom bills affecting access to sex-segregated facilities by transgender people
- laws related to sexual orientation and military service
- laws concerning access to assisted reproductive technology
- sodomy laws that penalize consensual same-sex sexual activity.
- adultery laws that same-sex couples are subject to
- age of consent laws that may impose higher ages for same-sex sexual activity
- laws regarding donation of blood, corneas, and other tissues by men who have sex with men
- laws concerning access to sex reassignment surgery and hormone replacement therapy
- legal recognition and accommodation of reassigned gender.
Laws by country or territory
Ausiana
LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of same-sex unions | Same-sex marriage | Adoption by same-sex couples | LGBT people allowed to serve openly in military | Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation | Laws concerning gender identity/expression | |
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Makko Oko | Since August 2022 | Since August 2022 | Since August 2022 (Internationally since November 2022) | No adoption laws have ever been put in place | Not expressly prohibited nor permitted per the MCJC | Any operation to change genders is prohibited by law | ||
Homosexuality has never been illegal under the law in the history of Makko Oko, both previously and now, however the state church highly supports homosexual relationships and it thus led to the expansion of homosexual rights into the new era of the empire |
Nortua
LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of same-sex unions | Same-sex marriage | Adoption by same-sex couples | LGBT people allowed to serve openly in military | Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation | Laws concerning gender identity/expression | |
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Besmenia | Since January 1981 | Since January 1981 | Since January 1989 | Since January 1989 | Since January 2003 | Since January 1989 | Since January 2003 | |
Homosexuality was first legalized in Besmenia in 1981 under the then social liberal FBBP-SDU federal government. | ||||||||
Beatavic | Since September 1996 | Since September 1996 | Since May 2004 | Since September 1996 | Since May 2004 | Since September 1996 | Since May 2004 | |
While there were never any laws discriminating against LGBT individuals, the first laws protecting LGBT rights were signed into law in September 1996 by Prime Minister Jan-Dirk Hengelaar of the Liberal party. These rights were further expanded in May 2004 when Hengelaar signed a bill that added protections for Same-sex marriage, allowed for LGBT individuals to serve in the military, and added protections for transgender rights. |
Euronia
LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of same-sex unions | Same-sex marriage | Adoption by same-sex couples | LGBT people allowed to serve openly in military | Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation | Laws concerning gender identity/expression | |
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Zamastan | Since July 1982 | Since July 1982 | Since July 1982 | Since August 1987 | Since September 1974 | Since September 1968 | Since April 1991 | |
Zamastan legalized same-sex marriage in 1982. |
Adula
LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of same-sex unions | Same-sex marriage | Adoption by same-sex couples | LGBT people allowed to serve openly in military | Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation | Laws concerning gender identity/expression | |
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Pongi | Since December 2003 | Since December 2003 | Since January 2006 | Since January 2006 (Standard regulation applies to homosexual couples) | Yes (Explicitly Permitted since July 2012) | Since December 2003 | Since July 2012 | |
In Pongi, homosexuality has always been tolerated or encouraged within SolarAnchor and social practises. New laws over the past 20 years have ensured that LGBT people are not discriminated upon their sexuality/gender. | ||||||||
Verdusa | Since October 2013 | Since October 2013 | Since January 2008 | Since October 2013 | ||||
Verdusa, being a highly religious nation, does not permit same-sex marriage or adoption. However, same-sex practice is legal and unions were formally recognized in 2013, and anti-discrimination laws have been in place since 2008. |
Antartique
LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of same-sex unions | Same-sex marriage | Adoption by same-sex couples | LGBT people allowed to serve openly in military | Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
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