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Contents
Central Asia
| LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of relationships | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23x15px Kazakhstan | Yes Legal since 1998[1] | No | No | 15px | No[2] | No | No |
| 23x15px Kyrgyzstan | Yes Legal since 1998[1] | No | No | No | 15px | No | No |
| 23x15px Tajikistan | Yes Legal since 1998[1] | No | No | No | 15px | No | No |
| 23x15px Turkmenistan | No Male illegal (Penalty: up to 2 year prison sentence) Yes Female legal[1] |
No | No | No | 15px | No | No |
| 23x15px Uzbekistan | No Male illegal (Penalty: up to 3 year prison sentence) Yes Female legal[1] |
No | No | No | 15px | No | No |
Western Asia
| LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of relationships | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23x15px Bahrain | 15px Unclear[1] | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Iraq | Yes Legal since 2003 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Israel | Yes Legal since 1963 de facto 1988 de jure[3] + UN decl. sign. |
Yes Unregistered cohabition Legal | No Cannot be performed in the country, but foreign same-sex marriages are recognised | Yes[4][5] | Yes | No | Yes[citation needed] |
| 23x15px Jordan | Yes Legal since 1951 | No | No | No | 15px | No | 15px |
| 23x15px Kuwait | No Illegal (Penalty: fines, men under 21 face prison sentences up to 10 years, men over 21 face prison sentences up to 7 years) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Lebanon | No/15px|Yes Illegal in certain circumstances (Penalty: minimal, unknown); very lax enforcement[1] |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Oman | No Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence up to 3 years; however, only enforced when dealing with "public scandal") |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Palestinian territories (Gaza) |
No Male illegal (Penalty: up to 10 year prison sentence) Yes Female legal |
No | No | No | 15px | No | No |
| 23x15px Palestinian territories (West Bank) |
Yes Legal since 1951[1] | No | No | Yes | 15px | No | 15px |
| 23x15px Qatar | No Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence up to 5 years) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Saudi Arabia | No Illegal (Penalty: death or life imprisonment) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Syria | No Illegal (Penalty: prison sentence up to 3 years; law de facto suspended) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px United Arab Emirates | No Illegal (Penalty: deportation, fines, prison time or death sentence) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Yemen | No Illegal (Penalty: death) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
South Asia
| LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of relationships | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23x15px Afghanistan | No Illegal (Penalty: Death penalty) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Bangladesh | No Illegal (Penalty: 10 years to life) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Bhutan | No Illegal (Penalty: prison sentence up to 1 year; no cases of penalty actually enforced) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px India | Yes Legal since 2009 Delhi High Court ruling |
NoNo explicit recognition.[6] | No No explicit recognition.[6] | No | No[7] | No | No There are no laws to protect from discrimination. |
| 23x15px Iran | No Illegal (Penalty: Death) |
No | No | No | No | No | Transsexuality in Iran is legal if accompanied by a sex change operation; however, transsexuals still report societal intolerance.[8] |
| 23x15px Maldives | 15px Criminal code does not criminalize same-sex sexual relations; sharia law may apply, but no applications have been reported | No | No | No | No[citation needed] | No | No |
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | Yes Legal since 2007[1] + UN decl. sign. |
No | No Under consideration | No Under consideration | Yes | Yes Supreme Court ruled discrimination laws apply to homosexuals | Yes "Third gender" cards have been issued since September 2007, legally protected class[9] |
| 23x15px Pakistan | No Illegal (Penalty: 2 years to life sentence) |
No | No | No | No | No | Yes 'Third gender' officially protected from discrimination by Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2010 |
| 23x15px Sri Lanka | 15px Status unclear (British-enacted sodomy law may apply, never implemented) |
No | No | No | No[citation needed] | No | No |
East Asia
| LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of relationships | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23x15px China (People's Republic of) |
Yes Legal since 1997 | No | No | No | 15px | No | Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender |
| 23x15px Hong Kong (Special administrative region of China) |
Yes Legal since 1991 (equal age of consent of 16 for both heterosexual and homosexual sex since 2006) |
No | No | No | The People's Republic of China is in charge of Hong Kong's defence affairs. Regardless of sexual orientation, military personnel are not recruited from Hong Kong. | No | No |
| 23x15px Japan | Yes Legal since 1880 (was illegal from 1872-1880; before that there were no laws forbidding sodomy) + UN decl. sign. |
No | No | No | Yes[10] | No No nationwide protections, but some cities ban some anti-gay discriminations[1] | Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery and in case that the transsexual has no child under 20 years old |
| 23x15px Macau (Special administrative region of China) |
Yes Legal since 1996 | No | No | No | Unknown (China responsible for defence) | No | 15px |
| 23x15px Mongolia | Yes Legal since 2002 | No | No | No | 15px | No | 15px |
| 23x15px North Korea | 15px | No | No | No | No | No | 15px Unknown although there are heavily obeyed gender roles for both male and female. See Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle |
| 23x15px South Korea | Yes Legal | No | No | No | Yes Due to conscription, but gays subject to discrimination | No | Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender |
Partially recognised states
| LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of same-sex relationships | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23x15px Taiwan (China, Republic of) |
Yes Legal since 1896 | No | No (Pending law allows civil unions or same-sex marriage) | No | Yes Due to military draft | Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination (in work and education) | Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery |
Southeast Asia
| LGBT rights in: | Same-sex sexual activity | Recognition of relationships | Same-sex marriage | Same-sex adoption | Allows gays to serve openly in military? | Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) | Laws concerning gender identity/expression |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23x15px Brunei | No Illegal (Penalty: fine or prison sentence up to 10 years) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Burma | No Illegal (Penalty: up to life sentence) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Cambodia | Yes Legal | No | No Technically prohibited, though there has been at least one recorded case of a legally registered and recognized same-sex marriage | Yes | 15px | No | 15px |
| 23x15px East Timor | Yes Legal since 1975 + UN decl. sign. |
No | No | No | 15px | No | 15px |
| 23x15px Indonesia | Yes Legal[11] except for Muslims in Aceh Province[12] |
No | No | No | 15px | No | 15px |
| 23x15px Laos | Yes Legal | No | No | No | 15px | No | 15px |
| 23x15px Malaysia | No Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence (2-20 years), or whippings) |
No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Philippines | Yes Legal[13] except for Muslims in Marawi City |
No[13] | No[13] | Yes[14] | No Since 2009 | Yes No national protections, but Cebu[15], Quezon City and Albay have anti-discrimination ordinances[16] No National bill pending but still not made into law | 15px |
| 23x15px Singapore | No Male illegal (Penalty: up to 2 years prison sentence; no plan to repeal 377A and not enforced since 1999) Yes Female legal |
No | No | No | Yes Due to conscription, but gays are not allowed to go to command school or serve in sensitive units. | No | No |
| 23x15px Thailand | Yes Legal since 1956 | No | No | No | Yes Since 2005 | No | No |
| 23x15px Vietnam | Yes Legal (no laws against homosexuality have ever existed) |
No (Proposed) | No (Proposed for 2013)[17] | No | 15px | No | 15px |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 State-sponsored Homophobia A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults
- ↑ "Kazakhstan Says No to Gays in Military". Eurasianet. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ↑ LGBTQ Timeline
- ↑ "Attorney General rules same sex couples eligible to adopt"
- ↑ Gay couple wins right to adopt foster son
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Lesbian marriages, born of a legal loophole, stir debate in India".
- ↑ "Being gay still a crime in the military". StratPost. 2 July 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ↑ "CBC News - Film - Iran's gay plan". Cbc.ca. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ↑ "Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity References" (PDF). U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports for 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ↑ "Asia's Silence on Gays in Military Broken by Taiwan". Palm Center. 15 May 2002. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ↑ Rough Guide to South East Asia: Third Edition. Rough Guides Ltd. August 2005. p. 74. ISBN 1843534371.
- ↑ "Aceh passes stoning law". The Straits Times. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Philippines: Congress Approves Anti-Discrimination Bill". Iglhrc.org. 24 January 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ↑ "Adoption Law". Docstoc.com. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ↑ PNA, PNA. "Passage of Cebu's anti-discrimination law lauded". Local News. Sun Star Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ↑ "Gay Filipinos and Rainbow - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos". Lifestyle.inquirer.net. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
- ↑ Vietnam government consults on same-sex marriage
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