https://www.equaldex.com/region/guinea-bissau
LGBT Rights in Guinea-Bissau: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/dominica
LGBT Rights in Dominica: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/07/30/americas-far-east-courts-are-advancing-lgbt-rights
In January, a colleague of mine at Human Rights Watch predicted that 2018 would be the “year of the courts” for LGBT people’s rights. Seven months into...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/11/06/new-mali-law-disastrous-lgbt-people
Mali’s Transitional National Council passed a law on October 31 that makes homosexuality a criminal offense. The new legislation will intensify risks of...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/china
LGBT Rights in China: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/mauritania
LGBT Rights in Mauritania: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/countries-protecting-core-lgbt-rights
Countries that fully implement these core policies. Countries that only partially implement them, such as when laws differ across the country, are not included.
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/libya
LGBT Rights in Libya: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/montenegro
LGBT Rights in Montenegro: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.miaminewtimes.com/opinion/caitlyn-jenner-is-all-about-money-not-lgbt-rights-7670387/
Caitlyn Jenner's coming-out party doesn't help the transgender community move forward. Though Caitlyn, formerly known as Bruce, is on the cover of Vanity Fair...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/05/26/uganda-anti-lgbt-law-unleashed-abuse-0
Ugandan authorities have perpetrated widespread discrimination and violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, their families, and...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/croatia
LGBT Rights in Croatia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.law360.com/articles/1006254
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a Christian baker who refused to bake a custom wedding cake ordered from a same-sex couple in a high-profile...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/reunion
LGBT Rights in Réunion: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/bolivia
LGBT Rights in Bolivia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://lorimer.ca/childrens/product/righting-canadas-wrongs-the-lgbt-purge-and-the-fight-for-equal-rights-in-canada/
Aug 30, 2025 - From the 1950s to 1980s, the Canadian government persecuted LGBTQ2+ employees and tried to erase them from the military, the RCMP and the civil service...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/andorra
LGBT Rights in Andorra: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://audioboom.com/posts/4720988-brexit-bad-for-lgbt-rights-with-dangerous-figures-like-boris-in-charge-trans-activist
Speaking on the National Student Pride podcast, trans activist Charlie Craggs calls on young people to vote in this week's referendum to stop 'dangerous'...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/belgium
LGBT Rights in Belgium: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/monaco
LGBT Rights in Monaco: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/azerbaijan
LGBT Rights in Azerbaijan: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.advocate.com/politics/2013/05/10/watch-philly-mayor-signs-expansive-lgbt-rights-law
The city extends additional brotherly (and sisterly) love to LGBT residents.
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/new-caledonia
LGBT Rights in New Caledonia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-separatist-missing-activists-lgbt-fioletovaye-miroshnichenko/28307539.html
International rights groups have urged separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine to disclose the location and ensure the safety of a Russian LGBT activist and a...
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https://www.salon.com/2017/04/09/court-expands-lgbt-worker-rights-by-attacking-originalism_partner/
The Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College decision marks a major break from an previous interpretation
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines
LGBT Rights in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/ukraine
LGBT Rights in Ukraine: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/guadeloupe
LGBT Rights in Guadeloupe: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/cote-divoire
LGBT Rights in Côte d’Ivoire: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing...
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https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2015/7/21/sweeping-federal-lgbt-rights-bill-would-give-full-federal-protections
The Equality Act would include protections in public accommodations, public education, employment, housing, federal funding, jury service, legal protections,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/argentina
LGBT Rights in Argentina: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/turkey
LGBT Rights in Turkey: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/slovenia
LGBT Rights in Slovenia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/belize
LGBT Rights in Belize: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/latvia
LGBT Rights in Latvia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/tanzania
LGBT Rights in Tanzania: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/kazakhstan
LGBT Rights in Kazakhstan: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://features.hrw.org/features/features/marriage_equality/index.html
New Map Shows Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions and Registered Partnerships Worldwide
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https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/hong-kong-lgbt-protesters-say-city-lags-behind-in-gay-rights/article/448661
Hong Kong's streets were a sea of rainbow flags on Saturday as protesters marched in the city's annual gay pride parade to call for equality and same-sex
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/cuba
LGBT Rights in Cuba: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/madagascar
LGBT Rights in Madagascar: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/sudan
LGBT Rights in Sudan: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/papua-new-guinea
LGBT Rights in Papua New Guinea: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/malaysia
LGBT Rights in Malaysia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/luxembourg
LGBT Rights in Luxembourg: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/09/09/mike-pompeo-human-rights-lgbt-ice-cream/
Sep 16, 2019 - Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of stae, compared fighting for certain human rights to having too many flavours of ice cream.
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/moldova
LGBT Rights in Moldova: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/spain
LGBT Rights in Spain: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/sri-lanka
LGBT Rights in Sri Lanka: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/dominican-republic
LGBT Rights in Dominican Republic: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/oman
LGBT Rights in Oman: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/29/lgbt-rights-at-the-world-cup
FIFA, the governing body of international soccer, had a reputation problem.
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/colombia
LGBT Rights in Colombia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/nigeria
LGBT Rights in Nigeria: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/kuwait
LGBT Rights in Kuwait: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/philippines
LGBT Rights in Philippines: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/new-zealand
LGBT Rights in New Zealand: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-york-passes-radical-pro-abortion-pro-lgbt-equal-rights-amendment/
New York passed a radical Equal Rights Amendment last night that will allow gender-confused men to shower next to girls in the locker room. It will also strip...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/mexico
LGBT Rights in Mexico: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/brazil
LGBT Rights in Brazil: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://euobserver.com/opinion/155166
Jun 13, 2022 - Romania isn't the only country portraying lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as a threat to children. From Poland and Hungary in EU, to...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/saint-pierre-and-miquelon
LGBT Rights in Saint Pierre and Miquelon: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/liechtenstein
LGBT Rights in Liechtenstein: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/saudi-arabia
LGBT Rights in Saudi Arabia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/02/09/ouster-anti-lgbt-official-japan-should-prompt-reform
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week dismissed one of his aides for making disparaging remarks about same-sex relationships.
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/cambodia
LGBT Rights in Cambodia: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/lgbt-rights-index?tab=chart&country=COG
The index captures to which extent LGBT+ people have the same rights as straight and cisgender people. It combines 18 individual policies, such as the legality...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/east-timor
LGBT Rights in Timor-Leste: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.mic.com/articles/71683/tim-cook-has-a-powerful-message-on-lgbt-rights-that-every-ceo-needs-to-hear
The fight for workers' rights to openly identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender in the workplace is building up to a grand finale, as the Employment...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/taiwan
LGBT Rights in Taiwan: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/24/lgbt-qataris-call-foul-ahead-of-2022-world-cup
As Qatar prepares to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the government has assured prospective visitors it will welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/netherlands
LGBT Rights in Netherlands: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/mali
LGBT Rights in Mali: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/uzbekistan
LGBT Rights in Uzbekistan: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/djibouti
LGBT Rights in Djibouti: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/vanuatu
LGBT Rights in Vanuatu: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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https://theweek.com/speedreads/630186/anderson-cooper-just-tore-into-floridas-attorney-general-being-hypocrite-lgbt-rights
The latest Speed Read,/speed-reads,,speed-reads, breaking news, comment, reviews and features from the experts at The Week
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/benin
LGBT Rights in Benin: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal gender,...
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https://www.equaldex.com/region/lesotho
LGBT Rights in Lesotho: homosexuality, gay marriage, gay adoption, serving in the military, sexual orientation discrimination protection, changing legal...
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