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Central Asia
| LGBT rights in: | Homosexual acts legal? | 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 | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | No | Unknown |
| 23x15px Kyrgyzstan | Yes Legal | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 23x15px Tajikistan | Yes Legal | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 23x15px Turkmenistan | No Male illegal (Penalties: fine, up to 2 year prison sentence) Yes Female legal |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 23x15px Uzbekistan | No Male illegal (anal sex only) (Penalties: fine, up to 3 year prison sentence) Yes Female legal |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Western Asia
| LGBT rights in: | Homosexual acts legal? | 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 | No Illegal | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Iraq | Yes Legal since 2003 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 23x15px Israel | Yes Legal since 1963 de facto (judicial decision against the enforcement of the relevant section in the old British-mandate law from 1936 [which in fact was never enforced]) 1988 de jure ("buggery law" formally repealed by Knesset)[1] + UN decl. sign. |
Yes Unregistered cohabition Legal | No Foreign same-sex marriages recognised | Yes [2][3] | Yes | Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination | Yes |
| 23x15px Jordan | Yes Legal since 1951 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 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 Illegal (Penalty: fines, up to 1 year in prison). There's a growing public campaign to legalise homosexual relations.[4] |
No Not by the government, however there are some LGBT support groups that offer great favours and acceptance. | 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 |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 23x15px Palestinian territories (West Bank) | Yes/No Was legalized in 1951 when part of Jordan.[5] Other reports are that British colonial anti-gay laws are still enforced in West Bank at present. | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 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 prison/fines/whipping) | 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: flogging or death) | No | No | No | No | No | No |
South Asia
| LGBT rights in: | Homosexual acts legal? | 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 | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Bangladesh | No Illegal | 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 | No | No | No | No [6] | No | Transgender people allowed to tick O (Other) in passport and voter identification forms |
| 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.[7] |
| 23x15px Maldives | No Illegal | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal | Yes Legal since 2007[8] + UN decl. sign. | No | No Ordered by Supreme Court; government expected to include gender-neutral marriage laws in the drafting of the upcoming constitution. [1] | 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 | No |
| 23x15px Sri Lanka | No Sodomy may be illegal - British-enacted law, never implemented | No | No | No | No | No | No |
East Asia
| LGBT rights in: | Homosexual acts legal? | 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 | Yes Legal, there is a controversy about whether the homosexual behavior once been illegal, but since 1997 by removal of "hooliganism" section from criminal code, is more clear that the homosexuality isn't illegal. In 2001 homosexuality was removed from illnesses listed in Chinese Classifications of Mental Disorders. | No | No Activists in Beijing have called for same-sex marriage. | Unknown | Unknown; the military hasn't differentiated male-male sex acts from homosexuality | No No law currently in place, but reports are that gays freely associate around the country, with specific reports covering locales as varied as Shanghai, Beijing, and Yunnan. | No |
| 23x15px Japan | Yes Legal + UN decl. sign. |
No | No | Unknown | Yes[10] | No/Yes No federal protections, but some cities ban all anti-gay discrimination[11] | Yes Transexuals allowed to change legal gender |
| 23x15px Mongolia | Yes Legal since 2002 | Unknown | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 23x15px North Korea | No Not prosecuted unless openly gay (showing public affection is frowned upon even on heterosexual couples) | No | No | No | No | No | No 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 | No | No | Unknown |
| 23x15px Taiwan | Yes Legal | No | No Pending law allows civil unions or same-sex marriage. | Unknown | Yes Due to military draft | Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination (in work and education) | Unknown |
Southeast Asia
| LGBT rights in: | Homosexual acts legal? | 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 Cambodia | Yes Legal | No | No Techinically prohibited, though there has been at least one recorded case of a legally registered and recognized same-sex marriage | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 23x15px East Timor | Yes Legal + UN decl. sign. |
Unknown | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 23x15px Indonesia | Yes Legal[12] except for Muslims in Aceh Province[13] | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | No | Unknown |
| 23x15px Laos | Yes Legal | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | No | Unknown |
| 23x15px Malaysia | No Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence (2-20 years), or whippings) | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Myanmar | No Illegal (Penalties: 10 years to life sentence) | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| 23x15px Philippines | Yes Legal.[14][15] | No[15] | No[15] | Yes [16] | No Since 2009 | Yes No national protections, but Quezon City and Albay have anti-discrimination ordinances[17]No National bill pending but still not made into law | Unknown |
| 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 | No | Unknown | No |
| 23x15px Thailand | Yes Legal since 1956 | No | No | Unknown | Yes Since 2005 | Unknown | Unknown |
| 23x15px Vietnam | Yes Legal (no laws against homosexuality have ever existed) | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | No | Unknown |
References
- ↑ LGBTQ Timeline
- ↑ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3505079,00.html "Attorney General rules same sex couples eligible to adopt"
- ↑ Gay couple wins right to adopt foster son
- ↑ Ottosson, Daniel (May 2008). "State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults" (PDF). International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). pp. Page 22. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ↑ Ottosson, Daniel (May 2009). "State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults" (PDF). International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). pp. Page 45. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ↑ http://www.stratpost.com/being-gay-still-a-crime-in-the-military
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2008/08/26/f-homosexuality-iran-sex-change.html
- ↑ Ottosson, Daniel (May 2008). "State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults" (PDF). International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). pp. Page 27. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ↑ http://www.globalequality.org/storage/cfge/documents/dos_report_sogi_references_2008.pdf
- ↑ http://www.palmcenter.org/press/dadt/releases/asias_silence_on_gays_in_military_broken_by_taiwan
- ↑ http://www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2008.pdf
- ↑ Rough Guide to South East Asia: Third Edition. Rough Guides Ltd. August 2005. p. 74. ISBN 1843534371.
- ↑ "Aceh passes stoning law". The Staits Times. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
- ↑ http://www.akbayan.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=207:anti-discrimination-bill-hb-956&catid=15:bills&Itemid=100
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/resourcecenter/502.html
- ↑ http://www.docstoc.com/docs/8386635/Adoption-Law
- ↑ http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/super/super/view/20091121-237468/Gay-Filipinos-and-Rainbow
