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:
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Same-sex sexual activity
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Recognition of same-sex unions
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Same-sex marriage
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Adoption by same-sex couples
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LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
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Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
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Laws concerning gender identity/expression
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 Makko Oko
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 Since August 2022
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Since August 2022
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Since August 2022 (Internationally since November 2022)
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 No adoption laws have ever been put in place
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Not expressly prohibited nor permitted per the MCJC
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No anti-discrimination laws have ever been put in place
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Operations for changing genders is banned by law
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| Homosexuality has never been illegal under the law, however the state church highly supports homosexual relationships and it thus led to the expansion of homosexual rights into the new era
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Nortua
| LGBT rights in:
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Same-sex sexual activity
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Recognition of same-sex unions
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Same-sex marriage
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Adoption by same-sex couples
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LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
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Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
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Laws concerning gender identity/expression
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Euronia
| LGBT rights in:
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Same-sex sexual activity
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Recognition of same-sex unions
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Same-sex marriage
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Adoption by same-sex couples
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LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
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Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
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Laws concerning gender identity/expression
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Adula
| LGBT rights in:
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Same-sex sexual activity
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Recognition of same-sex unions
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Same-sex marriage
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Adoption by same-sex couples
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LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
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Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
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Laws concerning gender identity/expression
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Antartique
| LGBT rights in:
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Same-sex sexual activity
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Recognition of same-sex unions
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Same-sex marriage
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Adoption by same-sex couples
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LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
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Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
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Laws concerning gender identity/expression
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Since August 2022
No adoption laws have ever been put in place
