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1 42 States and 13 entitiesEurope16 States Europe18 StatesRussiaFinlandATItalyCroatiaSpainSw edenNorwayFrancePortugalHURomaniaBulgari aTurkeyDenmarkPolandGermanyBelarusUkrain eCZSlovakiaGreeceCyprusNLBEI relandRSALMDL ithuaniaLatviaEstoniaLULIBAS loveniaCHMKG reenlandIcelandUSAC anadaMexicoThe BahamasCubaPanamaEl SalvadorGuatemalaBelizeHondurasNicaragua Costa RicaJamaicaHaitiDom. IslandsPuerto RicoAGDMKNVCGDLCBBTTA rgentinaBoliviaColombiaVenezuelaPeruBraz ilGFGuyanaSurinameChileEcuadorParaguayUr uguayKenyaEthiopiaEritreaSudanSouthSudan EgyptNigerMauritaniaMaliNigeriaSomaliaNa mibiaLibyaChadCameroonSouth AfricanRepublicTunisiaMoroccoUgandaSwazi landLesothoMalawiBurundiRwandaTGBeninGHI vory CoastLiberiaSierra LeoneCape VerdeGuineaBurkina Tom & PrincipeZimbabweCongoEquatorial GuineaDjiboutiSenegalGuinea BissauAndorraJordanGazaLBILAMA zerbaijanGeorgiaKyrgyzstanTajikistanKWQa tarBahrainUAEY emenSYIraqIranOmanSaudi ArabiaAfghanistanPakistanIndiaChinaKazak hstanTurkmenistanUzbekistanMyanmarThaila ndCambodiaNepalBhutanVietnamSri LankaLaosBangladeshPapua New GuineaBruneiPhilippinesTaiwanMalaysiaInd onesiaJapanMongoliaSouth KoreaNorth KoreaAustraliaTimor-lesteNew ZealandUKMaltaKosovoFijiMauritiusComoros SeychellesMaldivesAceh
2 ProvinceSouthSumatraPalembangSingaporePa lauSolomonIslandsVanuatuTongaCook IslandsSamoaTuvalu NauruKiribatiXXXXXThe data represented in these maps are based on State-Sponsored Homophobia: a World Survey of Sexual Orientation Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition, an ILGA report by Aengus Carroll and Lucas Ram n Mendos. The report and these maps are available in the six official UN languages: English, Chinese, Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish on This edition of the world map (May 2017 ) was coordinated by Aengus Carroll and Lucas Ram n Mendos (ILGA), and designed by Eduardo Enoki StatesA small number of States provide for marriage and partnership concurrentlyCRIMINALISATION72 STATESILGA, THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANS AND INTERSEX ASSOCIATIONSEXUAL ORIENTATION LAWS IN THE WORLD - OVERVIEWMAY StatesMany States run concurrent protectionsReligious-based laws alongside the civil code.
3 19 StatesDEATH implemented in 8 States (or parts of)not implemented in 5 StatesConstitution 9 StatesEmployment 72 StatesVarious 63 StatesHate crime 43 StatesIncitement to hate 39 StatesBan on 'conversion therapy' 3 states14 Y - life (prison)Marriage 24 StatesUp to 14 YPartnership 28 States'Promotion' lawsNo penalising lawJoint adoption 26 States2nd parent adoption 27 StatesXSeparate detailed maps for these three categories are produced alongside this OVERVIEW green, yellow and orange countries, same-sex sexual acts were decriminalised or never penalised: 123 States3 States57 States14 States
