LGBT discrimination

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.

Summary

Timeline of lgbt discrimination

• 1964
• 1965
• 1966
• 1967
• 1968
• 1969
• 1970
• 1971
• 1972
• 1973
• 3

  1974
• 1975
• 1976
• 1977
• 1978
• 1979
• 1980
• 1981
• 1982
• 1983
• 4

  1984
• 1985
• 1986
• 1987
• 1988
• 1989
• 1990
• 1991
• 1992
• 1993
• 5

  1994
• 1995
• 1996
• 1997
• 1998
• 1999
• 2000
• 2001
• 2002
• 2003
• 18

  2004
• 2005
• 2006
• 2007
• 2008
• 2009
• 2010
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 36

  2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 51

  2024
• 2025

Recent Changes

Illegal

LGBT discrimination is illegal in 51 regions.

Asia (4)
Mongolia 2017
Nepal 2015
Taiwan 2004
Thailand 2015
Europe (32)
Albania 2010
Andorra 2005
Austria 2004
Belgium 2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016
Bulgaria 2023
Croatia 2009
Czech Republic 2009
Denmark 1996
Estonia 2009
Finland 2004
France 2004
Germany 2006
Greece 2024
Hungary 1998
Iceland
Ireland 2000
Kosovo 2015
Luxembourg 2006
Malta 2014
Moldova 2023
Montenegro 2010
Netherlands 2023
North Macedonia 2020
Norway 1981
Portugal 2008
Serbia 2009
Slovakia 2013
Slovenia 2016
Spain 2022
Sweden 2009
United Kingdom 2010
North America (5)
Antigua and Barbuda 2022
Canada 2017
Cuba 2019
Honduras 2013
Mexico 2003
Africa (1)
South Africa 1996
Oceania (2)
Fiji 2013
Marshall Islands 2019
South America (7)
Bolivia 2010
Brazil 2019
Chile 2012
Colombia 2011
Ecuador 1998
Peru 2017
Uruguay 2003

Illegal in some contexts

LGBT discrimination is illegal in some contexts in 70 regions.

Asia (9)
India
Israel 1992
Japan 2018
Pakistan 2018
Philippines 2003
Singapore 2019
Sri Lanka 2022
Timor-Leste 2009
Vietnam 1992
Europe (11)
Cyprus 2013
Georgia 2012
Latvia 2006
Liechtenstein 2016
Lithuania 2000
Monaco 2005
Poland 2018
Romania 2000
San Marino 2019
Switzerland 2020
Ukraine 2015
North America (15)
Bahamas 2003
Barbados
Belize
Costa Rica 2015
Dominica 2020
Dominican Republic 2000
El Salvador 2009
Grenada 2013
Guatemala 2021
Jamaica 2008
Nicaragua 2008
Panama 2002
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2020
Saint Lucia 2022
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Africa (21)
Angola 2021
Benin
Botswana 2010
Cape Verde 2007
Chad 2017
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2008
Djibouti 2016
Gabon 2023
Ghana 2012
Guinea 2016
Kenya 2019
Lesotho 2011
Liberia
Madagascar 2005
Mauritius
Mozambique 2007
Namibia 2021
Sao Tome and Principe
Seychelles 2006
Sierra Leone
Zimbabwe 2020
Oceania (9)
Australia 1986
Federated States of Micronesia 2018
Kiribati 2015
Nauru 2016
New Zealand 1994
Samoa 2007
Solomon Islands 2014
Tonga 2010
Vanuatu 2013
South America (5)
Argentina 2009
Guyana 2023
Paraguay 2016
Suriname 2015
Venezuela 2012

No protections

LGBT discrimination is no protections in 73 regions.

Asia (30)
Afghanistan 1919
Bahrain 1976
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei 1951
Cambodia
China
Indonesia
Iran 1979
Iraq
Jordan 1952
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos 1953
Lebanon
Malaysia 1826
Maldives 2017
Myanmar 1886
North Korea 1948
Oman
Palestine 1992
Qatar 1915
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Tajikistan 1994
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates 1971
Uzbekistan
Yemen 1994
Europe (6)
Armenia 1995
Azerbaijan
Belarus 1991
Russia 1993
Turkey 2016
Vatican City
North America (2)
Haiti 1791
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Africa (32)
Algeria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon 1972
Central African Republic 2003
Comoros
Côte d’Ivoire 2000
Egypt 1971
Equatorial Guinea 1968
Eritrea 1957
Eswatini 1907
Ethiopia
Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Libya 1951
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania 1991
Morocco
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
Senegal 1966
Somalia 1962
South Sudan 2011
Sudan 1956
Tanzania 1977
Togo 1980
Tunisia 1957
Uganda 1904
Zambia 1931
Oceania (3)
Palau
Papua New Guinea 2002
Tuvalu

Varied, unclear, or unknown laws

Data on lgbt discrimination is unclear, not applicable, or missing in 4 regions.

Asia (1)
South Korea Varies by Region
Europe (1)
Italy Varies by Region
North America (1)
United States Varies by Region
Antarctica (1)
Antarctica N/A