LGBT rights in Esquarium

The countries in Esquarium overall have a relatively progressive attitude to LGBT rights, with some notable exceptions.

Country	Right to practice same-sex activity	Right to freedom of expression	Right to serve in military	Legal protection against discrimination	Legal recognition of same-sex relations	Right to adoption	Right to change gender
Ainin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Never criminalised	Never criminalised	Since 1987	Since 1988	Since 1968	Since 2000	Since 2005
Ambrose	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	No	No	No
	Since 1986	Since 1986	Since 1990, Don't Ask Don't Tell policy in place	Public sector anti-discrimination laws in place, however none specifically for LGBT	Never legalized	Never legalized	Never legalized
Katranjiev	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial
	Since 1937	Since 1937	Since 1953	Since 1937	Civil unions from 1954 to 1996, legalized in 1996	Since 1968	Since 2003, surgery required
Luziyca	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Partial
	Legal nation-wide since 1994	Legal nation-wide since 1994	Since 1991, under a Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy, fully legal since 2017	Only for the public sector since 1994	Marriage since 1994 Civil partnerships from 1974 to 1994	Since 1994	Varies by state
Montecara	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Since 1870	Never banned	Never banned	Since 1983	Marriage since 2010	Since 1998	Never banned; surgery covered under public health plan since 2012
Namor	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	No
	De jure legal since 1950 Fully legal in 1980	De jure legal since 1950 Fully legal in 1980	Since 1990	Since 1990	Civil unions since 1990	Since 1997	Never legalized
Tuthina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	No
	Never criminalised	Never criminalised	Never criminalised	Never criminalised	Same-sex relations are limited to concubinage.	Never criminalised	Physiological modification of sex organs for non-medical reason are illegal in the Empire. There are no country-wide consensus on recognition of sex reassignment surgery conducted outside the country.
Xiaodong	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Partial
	Legalised in the 1958 Criminal Code.	Guaranteed by constitutional amendments in 1996.	Never Legalised.	Never Legalised.	Never Legalised.	Never Legalised.	Legalised only with reassignment surgery in 2004.