The World on Gay Rights ((get the knowledge here so you know where U Are))
Punishment for homosexual acts
- Homosexual acts can be punished by death
- Homosexual acts are illegal
Relatively neutral
- No specific laws on gay rights
- Homosexual acts are legal
Recognition of same-sex unions o Changing but still hate crimes in Brazil, Canada is doing well but could do better. When the uS Supreme Court rules Canada will take a cue from that.
- Same-sex marriage is allowed
- Same-sex marriage is allowed in some jurisdictions
12 countries
Homosexual acts can be punished by death
Afghanistan
Death penalty laws exist but are unlikely to be implemented, according to the 2015 IGLA report.
Brunei
Brunei has adopted a death penalty (stoning) for homosexual acts and plans to implement it in 2016.
Iran
In accordance with sharia law, homosexual intercourse between men can be punished by death, and men can be flogged for lesser acts such as kissing. Women may be flogged.
Iraq
The penal code does not expressly prohibit homosexual acts, but people have been killed by militias and sentenced to death by judges citing sharia law.
Mauritania
Muslim men engaging in homosexual sex can be stoned to death, according to a 1984 law. Women face prison.
Nigeria
Federal law classifies homosexual behavior as a felony punishable by imprisonment, but several provinces have adopted sharia law and imposed a death penalty for men.
Pakistan
Death penalty laws exist but are unlikely to be implemented, according to the 2015 IGLA report.
Qatar
Muslims can be put to death for extramarital sex, regardless of sexual orientation. Death penalty laws exist but are unlikely to be implemented, according to the 2015 IGLA report.
Saudi Arabia
Under the country’s interpretation of sharia law, a married man engaging in sodomy or any non-Muslim who commits sodomy with a Muslim can be stoned to death. All sex outside of marriage is illegal.
Somalia
The penal code stipulates prison, but in some southern regions, Islamic courts have imposed Sharia law and the death penalty.
Sudan
Three-time offenders under the sodomy law can be put to death; first and second convictions result in flogging and imprisonment.
Yemen
According to 1994 penal code, married men can be sentenced to death by stoning for homosexual intercourse. Unmarried men face whipping or one year in prison. Women face up to seven years in prison.
66 countries
Homosexual acts are illegal
Noteworthy laws:
Chad
A 2014 law makes same-sex relations a crime punishable by 15 to 20 years in prison.
India
A ban on same-sex relationships was tossed by the legal system in 2009 but reinstated in 2013. The supreme court said the government, not the courts, would have to change the law.
United Arab Emirates
Experts disagree on whether federal law prescribes the death penalty for consensual homosexual sex or only for rape. Amnesty International interprets the law as proscribing the death penalty for rape, not consensual sex, and was not aware of any death sentences for homosexual acts. All sexual acts outside of marriage are banned.
20 countries
Same-sex marriage is allowed
Argentina
Over the objections of the Catholic Church and evangelical Protestant churches, Argentina became the first Latin American country to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry in July 2010.
Belgium
The 2003 same-sex marriage law recognized marriages from other countries where the practice is legal. In 2004, the law was expanded to allow marriage in Belgium if one of the two people had lived there for at least three months. A subsequent law gave same-sex partners the right to adopt.
Brazil
A 2013 Council of Justice ruling declared that all public offices that issue marriage licenses cannot discriminate against gay couples, making same-sex marriage legal via court ruling rather than law.
Canada
Same-sex marriage had been legal in nine of the 13 provinces when the Parliament passed a countrywide law in 2005.
Denmark
Denmark’s law requires state-run Evangelical Lutheran churches to allow same-sex marriages but does not compel clergy to perform them.
Estonia
A marriage equality law was approved in 2014 and gay couples can begin marrying in 2016.
Finland
A marriage equality law was approved in 2015 and gay couples can begin marrying in March of 2017.
France
The controversial law signed in May 2013 fulfilled a campaign promise by President François Hollande, who was elected in 2012. It legalized same-sex marriage and gave gay and lesbian couples the right to adopt.
Iceland
No member of the legislature voted against the same-sex marriage law when it passed in 2010. Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir and her longtime partner were among the first same-sex couples to marry.
Ireland
Irish voters have resoundingly backed amending the constitution to legalize gay marriage, leaders on both sides of the Irish referendum declared on May 23. The final results will make Ireland the first country to legalize gay marriage by popular vote.
Luxembourg
The law took effect in January 2015 and in May, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel married his longtime partner, a Belgian architect, with whom he'd been in a civil union since 2010.
Netherlands
When parliament amended one sentence in the Dutch civil marriage statute in December 2000, the country became the first to legalize same-sex marriage.
New Zealand
In 2013, New Zealand became the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to allow same-sex marriage.
Norway
A 2009 law allows marriage and adoption and includes a provision for the option of artificial insemination. The Church of Norway will not perform same-sex marriages.
Portugal
The law, passed by parliament in June 2010 and deemed constitutional by the courts, does not confer the right to adopt.
Slovenia
In March 2015, Slovenian parliament voted to give same-sex couples the rights to marry and adopt children.
South Africa
Parliament legalized same-sex marriage in 2006 but allows clergy and civil officers to refuse to perform ceremonies.
Spain
In 2005, parliament guaranteed identical rights to all married couples regardless of sexual orientation amid great controversy and opposition by the Catholic Church.
Sweden
The 2009 law allows same-sex couples to marry in civil and religious ceremonies but doesn’t require clergy to officiate at them.
Uruguay
A 2013 law allowing same-sex marriage was among a series of more liberal legislation in Uruguay.
3 countries
Same-sex marriage is allowed in some jurisdictions but not others
Mexico
Gay and lesbian couples have been allowed to legally marry in Mexico City since 2009, and the Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that those marriages must be recognized in the rest of the country. Waves of court rulings in favor of same-sex couples in various jurisdictions indicate that a national right to marry may not be far off.
United Kingdom
Gay and lesbian couples could legally marry in England, Wales and Scotland beginning in 2014. Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom where same-sex marriage is not legal.
United States
Thirty-seven states and the District have legalized same-sex marriage since Massachusetts became the first in 2003. In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, which means the federal government must recognize gay marriages performed in those states.
100 countries
Homosexual acts are legal, but other restrictions may exist
Noteworthy laws:
Australia
Parliament rejected a 2012 same-sex marriage bill, but recent surveys show most Australians are in favor.
Indonesia
Some pockets outlaw homosexual acts (South Sumatra, Aceh province) but the majority of the country does not.
Northern Cyprus
In 2014, parliament abolished parts of its criminal code that penalized homosexual acts with imprisonment.
Russia
Homosexual activity was decriminalized in 1993, but in 2013, the parliament and President Vladimir Putin passed a series of measures limiting gay rights. These included a ban on adoption of Russian children by all couples in countries where same-sex marriage is legal and a ban on homosexual propaganda.
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