Homosexual Activity is Legal in Trentino Alto Adige

"All Rwandans are born and remain equal in rights and freedoms. General guarantee of equality Discrimination of any kind or its propaganda based on, inter alia, ethnic origin, family or ancestry, clan, skin colour or race, sex, region, economic categories, religion or faith, opinion, fortune, cultural differences, language, economic status, physical or mental disability or any other form of discrimination are prohibited and punishable by law."

Homosexual acts were legalized prior to the federal ruling which legalized homosexuality for all federal jurisdictions in 2003.

Prior to November 2011, a lifetime ban was in place for MSM

Legislative repeal, effective 1980.

Homosexual men in Turkey cannot donate blood. The Turkish Red Crescent considers homosexuality to be a risk factor for HIV/AIDS.

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Homosexuality is illegal in Iran. No protections exist.

Homosexuality is illegal in Iran, so no protections for Employment exist if you are an LGBT person.

Formally, Iranian government believes every citizen to be heterosexual, stripping protection for LGBTQ+ community.

Age of consent is governed by RCW 9A.44 and is equal, regardless of gender or orientation.

Definition of marriage used follows from the Islamic definition of a union between a man and women. The marriage is prohibited and same-sex sexual activity is punished as stated in the Penal code.

The punishment for homosexuality is currently death for men. (Unless if there is sex between a mature person and a minor; in which can the mature person will be killed while minor will receive up to 74 lashes. Same case applies for 2 minors.) For women, the punishment is up to 100 lashes. Women with a certain number of repeat offenses can become subject to the death penalty as well.

Donating blood a is legal with no deferral after sex.

The Age of Consent is currently legal in Cuba.

Under the Home Rule Act

Private, non-commercial sexual relations between same-sex consenting adults 16 and over have been legal in Cuba since 1979.

Homosexual sex is illegal. Also, sexual activity outside of marriage is illegal.

In 1979 Adolfo Suárez Government reversed the previous prohibitions on same sex activity. The 1970 Law on Danger and Social Rehabilitation remained active until 1995 but was unenforced after Spain adopted democracy.

Michigan Compiled Law 333.2831(c) allowed citizens to change the sex designation on birth certificates with an affidavit of a physician certifying that sex-reassignment surgery had been performed.

5 to 14 years in prison. Not enforced.

Homosexuality is illegal there.

Homosexual activity is illegal in the Solomon Islands.

Homosexual activity is illegal in the Solomon Islands.

Homosexual activity is illegal in the Solomon Islands.

Anal sex between two consenting males will be sentenced to 14 years in prison. Attempted anal sex will reult in seven years in prison. Acts of "gross indecendy" will receive five years in prison. (decriminalization pending

Starting on April 1st, 1978, trans people were allowed to legally change their gender in Quebec if they fit the following criteria: -The person must be of age -a Canadian citizen -not married -have been residing in Quebec for at least a year -must have undergone medical and surgical treatment that would modify the sexual organs and general sex characteristics In 2005, the criteria requiring the person to not be married is removed. -

Homosexual acts were legalized prior to the federal ruling which legalized homosexuality for all federal jurisdictions in 2003.

Age of consent are 15 regardless of sexual orientation.

Legislative repeal, effective 1978.

As of 2009, the courts also ruled that transgender individuals are also permitted to serve in the military.

On June 28, 1977, the Socialist autonomous province of Kosovo (as part of SR Serbia in then SFRY) passed Criminal Law that criminalized consentual male homosexuality. "Unnatural fornication" between persons of the male sex was punishable by imprisonment for up to one year (Article 81 (3)). The same sentence remained after reintegration into the legal system of Serbia in 1989.

The Criminal Code of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia (as part of the SFRY) adopted on June 16, 1977 criminalized unnatural fornication between men. Article 101, paragraph (2): for unnatural fornication between persons of the male sex, the perpetrator will be punished by imprisonment for up to one year.

On June 28, 1977, the Socialist Republic of Serbia and its two socialist autonomous provinces—Vojvodina and Kosovo—passed separate Criminal Laws that treated the issue of male homosexuality differently. In (Central) Serbia (Article 110, Paragraph 3) and Kosovo (Article 81, Paragraph 3) "unnatural fornication" between persons of the male sex was punishable by imprisonment for up to one year. In Vojvodina (Article 75, paragraph 3 is missing) there was no criminalization of consensual sex between men.

The age of consent in Slovenia has been the same for everyone since 1977. The age limit of 14 was raised to 15 in 1999.

The age of consent of 14 has been the same for everyone since 1977.

The Criminal Code of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro adopted on June 17, 1977 decriminalized consensual male homosexuality on the territory of Montenegro in the then SFRY.

The age of sexual consent was 18 years old for anal intercourse between men and 14 years for other sexual practices.

Legislative repeal, effective 1977.

The Criminal Code of the Socialist Republic of Croatia adopted on June 16, 1977 decriminalized consensual male homosexuality on the territory of Croatia in the then SFRY.

The Criminal Code of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia adopted on May 26, 1977, decriminalized consensual male homosexuality on the territory of Slovenia in the then SFRY.

They also do not recognize same-sex marriages performed outside of the state.

Minnesota laws are changed to explicitly outlaw same-sex marriage through adding the words "between one man and a woman".

Homosexuality is illegal hence by default there are no discrimination protection extended to LGBTQ+ community.

In 1977 Sodomy was illegal in all 50 states, Arkansas had laws against sodomy. Sodomy was defined as homosexual acts, laws where repelled when the supreme court took on a case from 2002, Lawrence v. Texas. Supreme court ruled that all forms of punishment by sodomy was illegal, and homosexual acts are legal.

Age of consent is equal

As part of Yugoslavia

as part of Montenegro.

Protection under the BC Human Rights Code.

Canadian Human Rights Act (1977, cited 1985) Gender identity is not spelled out in the BC Human Rights Code. However, there are a set of strict guidelines of exempt cases for housing protections on the basis of sexual orientation.

Federal policy as per Food & Drug Administration

Date shown is when US banned gay male blood donations.

MSMs were not eligible to donate blood.

Date is when the United States banned gay male blood donors.

United States federal law bans the donation of blood by men who have sex with men.

Article 427 states homosexuality will suffer long imprisonments (along with Adultery.) In addition, article 398 states that honour killing is encouraged.

1 year in prison under crime of sodamy. Not enforced. decriminalization proposed since 2012.

Same sex marriage is not legal.

Imprisonment of up to one year is the penalty of sodomy. Decriminalization pending.

WASHINGTON LAWS, 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.92.010 Item 209 repealed Washington's Sodomy Laws: (a) Section 2. chapter 139, Laws of 1893 (b) Section 204, chapter 249, Laws of 1909 (c) Section 3, chapter 74, Laws of 1937 (d) RCW 9.79.100 Sodomy - Penalties. Item 226 repealed Washington's Vagrancy Laws: (a) Section 1, page 85, Laws of 1875, (b) Section 1271, Code of 1881 (c) Section 436, chapter 249, Laws of 1909 (d) Section 1, chapter 11, Laws of 1965 (e) Section 29, chapter 122 Laws of 1972 ex. sess. (f) RCW 9.87.010 Vagrancy. The U.S. Supreme Court further secured these protections when it ruled in LAWRENCE ET Al. v. TEXAS on June 26, 2003, that any law "making it a crime for two persons of the same sex to engage in certain intimate sexual conduct violates the Due Process Clause" of the Fourteenth Amendment.

* \"From\" date taken from earliest recorded specific legislation on the matter. MSM is not contemplated as a criterion for exclusion. Information regarding blood donation by MSM during the Franco dictatorship is unknown, but was probably outlawed along with the practice of homosexuality. No specific legal texts from that historical time period address the issue.

The Law on Adoption, adopted on May 7, 1976, for the first time introduces two categories of adoption: "incomplete adoption" and "full adoption". In the first case, adoptive parents could be both individuals and married partners. In the second case, adoptive parents are exclusively married partners.

Legislative repeal, effective 1976.

None are in the criminal code.

Bahrain may consider homosexuality as "immoral", although homosexual activity is not explicitly illegal. However there has been documented cases of arrests being made towards homosexual people on virtue of them being homosexuals

Legislative repeal, effective 1976.

Age of consent is 15 regardless of sexual orientation; 18 for special cases between two individuals where one is in custody of the other, or who gives consent in the presence of the other's "abusing superior age or experience."

No protections.

Upto 3 years

The Cuban Constitution does not ban same sex marriage, but other statutory laws do prohibit it. Article 2 of the Family Code defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman - an amendment drafted in 2018 would have changed this but was rejected. Further consultation on changes to the Family Code are ongoing in 2022.

AL HB385 (2021), signed by Governor Kay Ivey in April of 2021, amended Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975 to strike an emphasis in the state's public sex education that "in a factual manner and from a public health perspective, homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a criminal offense under the laws of the state." In 2003 the US Supreme Court under LAWRENCE V. TEXAS made unconstitutional state anti-sodomy laws. Regardless, teachers in Alabama still had to emphasize that homosexuality was illegal.

Mozambique's penal code included a clause against against individuals "who habitually engage in vices against nature," however, there had been no known prosecutions under the clause.

The Age of consent in Kentucky is 16 years old.

Massachusetts legalised homosexual activity via a court ruling in 1974, although dormant sodomy laws still exist on its state constitution.

Manus falls under Papua New Guinea, making homosexuality illegal under Section 212. But this has not been enforced since 2015.

No restrictions for lgbt serving.

The penal code does not mention homosexuality explicitly and thus is assumed to be legal

People v. Gibson, Colorado Supreme Court (1974)

According to Article 33 of the Omani Penal Code: "The following are deemed as disgracing crimes: [...] Homosexual and lesbian intercourses." Article 223, "Homosexual and Lesbian Intercourses" states: "Any one who commits erotic acts with a person of the same sex shall be sentenced to imprisonment from six months to three years. The suspects of homosexual or lesbian intercourse shall be prosecuted without a prior complaint, if the act results in a public scandal. The suspects of lesbian intercourse among ascendants, descendants or sisters shall only be prosecuted upon a complaint from a relative or a relative by marriage forth-degree removed."

The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 51 of 1974 provided the legal foundation for—ostensibly white—South Africans who had “undergone a change of sex” to alter their “sex description” in the country’s birth register.

Alaskan State Statute provides any unmarried individual may petition for adoption; married individuals must petition together. Second parent adoption has been permitted by some lower court judges, but it is not confirmed by appellate court case law or state statute.

The Netherlands is responsible for defence.

The Netherlands is responsible for defence.

The Netherlands is responsible for defence.

The Netherlands became the first country to allow gay soldiers to serve in the military openly.

The age of consent for males and females engaged in heterosexual activity is 19 and 16 in a marriage respectively. For homosexual activity, the age of consent is 18.

Kentucky Revised Statutes were revised in 1974 to criminalize non-procreative sexual acts only between people of the same sex. A conviction could have led to up to 12 months in prison and a fine of up to $500.

Article 242 of the family law states explicitly that marriage is between a man and a woman who has cohabited for more than 3 years. The recent movement of "accidental passage" of same sex marriage has not taken effect or exercised.

Gender identity only.

Gender identity only.

Age of consent is not applicable because homosexuality is illegal in Pakistan.

In 1973, homosexuality was decriminalized in Malta by the Prime Minister, Dom Mintoff.

Defended by Dutch.

Legislative repeal, effective 1973.

Legislative repeal, effective 1973.

A court ruling in Indonesia in December 2009 stipulated that Indonesians who have undergone gender re-assignment surgery must be allowed to change their gender on identity documents.

Court ruling pending on legalization of gay unions, Marriage.

Proposed discrimination protections.

Article 58 of the 1972 constitution defines marriage as a different-sex union.

Changes of gender were only legally recognised if the individual had undergone sterilisation.

Homosexuality is illegal there.

No protections because homosexuality is still illegal.

Norway fully repealed Section 213 of the Norwegian Penal Code, legalizing homosexual activity.

after the sex reassignment surgery that took place in September 17, 1970, a transgender man changed his legal gender and name. Six months after change legal gender, he became a husband.

after the sex reassignment surgery that took place in September 17, 1970, a transgender man changed his legal gender and name. Six months after change legal gender, he became a husband.

the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed

the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed

Nobody lives in Bouvet Island,however Norwegian law has equal consent (16) for both straight and homosexual couples.

Nobody lives here, but still legal according to Norwegian Laws.

Under Norway rules.

Age of consent equal at 16 years of age.

Under Norway rules.

LGBT Arabs are showing themselves online for the first time.

The UAE constitution, which came into effect on December 2, 1971, does not reference any protections against housing discrimination on the basis of gender or sexuality.

The UAE constitution, which came into effect on December 2, 1971, does not reference any protections against employment discrimination on the basis of gender or sexuality.

Legislative repeal, effective 1971.

Since the founding of Egypt, there hasn't been any protection for LGBTQ+ community

Since the founding of Egypt, there hasn't been any protections for LGBTQ+ community

Same-sex marriage is not legal in Afghanistan.

Marriage is defined as a union between a man and a woman. Also, Homosexuality is illegal.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

In all of Finland.

Finland decriminalised gay sex in 1971, although it was not until the 1980s that homosexuality was declassified as an illness.

Between these time frames, the military often sent homosexual soldiers to psychiatric hospitals for shock therapy and, in some cases, sexual reassignment surgeries. Between 1967 and 1991, all white males over the age of 16 were conscripted in South Africa

Prior to 2022, Gender change was legal and easier to access

Consensual same-sex acts were legalized in 1945 after the end of WW2 by the Polish Penal Code. Since 2019 several municipalities have declared themselves to be "LGBT-free zones", while this has no legal standing it does adversely affect LGBT people by opening them up to hate crime. In 1970 homosexuality was completely decriminalized by removing the provision on homosexual prostitution from the penal code.