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LGBT rights by country or territory

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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
Sjabloon:Landdata Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	Legal			Unknown	Unknown		Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan	Legal			Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Tajikistan Tajikistan	Legal			Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Turkmenistan	Male illegal (Penalties: fine, up to 2 year prison sentence) Female legal	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Uzbekistan Uzbekistan	Male illegal (anal sex only) (Penalties: fine, up to 3 year prison sentence) Female legal	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Middle East

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
Sjabloon:Landdata Bahrain Bahrain	Illegal	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Iraq Iraq	Legal since 2003	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Israel	Legal since 1988 + UN decl. sign.	Unregistered cohabition Legal	Foreign same-sex marriages recognised	^[1]^[2]		Bans most anti-gay discrimination	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Jordan Jordan	Legal since 1951	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Kuwait Kuwait	Illegal (Penalty: fines, men under 21 face prison sentences up to 10 years, men over 21 face prison sentences up to 7 years)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Lebanon Lebanon	Illegal (Penalty: fines, up to 1 year in prison). There's a growing public campaign to legalise homosexual relations.^[3]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Oman	Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence up to 3 years; however, only enforced when dealing with "public scandal")	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Palestine Palestinian territories (Gaza)	Male illegal (Penalty: up to 10 year prison sentence) Female legal	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Palestine Palestinian territories (West Bank)	Legal since 1956						Unknown
Qatar	Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence up to 5 years)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia	Illegal (Penalty: death or prison/fines/whipping)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Syria Syria	Illegal (Penalty: prison sentence up to 3 years; law de facto suspended)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates	Illegal (Penalty: deportation, fines, prison time or death sentence)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Yemen Yemen	Illegal (Penalty: flogging or death)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

South Asia

LGBT rights in:	Homosexual acts legal?	Same-sex marriage	Same-sex adoption	Allows gays to serve openly in military?	Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation)	Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Afghanistan	Illegal		Unknown			Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Bangladesh Bangladesh	Illegal		Unknown			Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Bhutan Bhutan	Illegal (Penalty: prison sentence up to 1 year; no cases of penalty actually enforced)		Unknown			Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata India India	Ban on homosexual sex ruled unconstitutional by Delhi High Court on 2 July 2009 and the law read down. Government to decide on future course of action, if any.^[4]	Not specifically banned	Unknown	^[5]	Not in law Delhi HC has ruled "We hold that sexual orientation is a ground analogous to sex and that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is not permitted by Article 15." ^[6] Pg85 point 104	Unknown
Iran	Illegal (Penalty: Death )		Unknown			SRS officially supported by government as a means to treat GID
Sjabloon:Landdata Maldives Maldives	Illegal		Unknown			Unknown
Nepal	Legal since 2007^[7] + UN decl. sign.	Ordered by Supreme Court; government expected to include gender-neutral marriage laws in the drafting of the upcoming constitution. [1]	Under consideration		Under consideration	Under consideration
Pakistan	Illegal (Penalty: 2 years to life sentence)		Unknown			Unknown
Sri Lanka	Sodomy may be illegal - British-enacted law, never implemented		Unknown			Unknown

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	Immigration equality for same-sex couples
China	Legal since 1997			Unknown	Unknown; the military hasn't specialized the male-male sex acts from homosexuality			Unknown
Japan	Legal + UN decl. sign.			Unknown	Unknown		Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Mongolia Mongolia	Legal since 2002	Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata North Korea North Korea	Not considered to be in accordance with the socialist lifestyle. Prison camps for dissidents					Unknown	Heavily obeyed gender roles for both male and female. See Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle
Sjabloon:Landdata South Korea South Korea	Legal					Discrimination ban repealed in 2007	Unknown
Taiwan	Legal		Pending law allows civil unions or same-sex marriage.	Unknown	Due to military draft	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
Sjabloon:Landdata Brunei Brunei	Illegal (Penalty: fine or prison sentence up to 10 years)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Cambodia Cambodia	Legal		Techinically prohibited, though there has been at least one recorded case of a legally registered and recognized same-sex marriage		Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata East Timor East Timor	Legal + UN decl. sign.	Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Indonesia Indonesia	Legal except for Muslims in Aceh Province			Unknown	Unknown		Unknown
Laos	Legal			Unknown	Unknown		Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Malaysia Malaysia	Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence (2-20 years), or whippings)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Myanmar Myanmar	Illegal (Penalties: 10 years to life sentence)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Philippines Philippines	Legal.^[8]^[9]	^[9]	^[9]		Since 2009. Was previously banned.	^[8] ^[9]	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Singapore Singapore	Male illegal (Penalty: up to 2 years prison sentence; no plan to repeal 377A and not enforced since 1999) Female legal	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Thailand	Legal since 1956			Unknown	Since 2005	Unknown	Unknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Vietnam Vietnam	Legal			Unknown	Unknown		Unknown

References

↑ 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
↑ {{cite Female legalweb|url=http://www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2008.pdf%7Ctitle=State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults|last=Ottosson|first=Daniel|date=May 2008|publisher=International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)|pages=Page 22|accessdate=2009-01-12}}
↑ http://lobis.nic.in/dhc/APS/judgement/02-07-2009/APS02072009CW74552001.pdf
↑ http://www.stratpost.com/being-gay-still-a-crime-in-the-military
↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4728348
↑ Ottosson, Daniel (Mei 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. Besoek op 12 Januarie 2009.
↑ ^8,0 ^8,1 http://www.akbayan.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=207:anti-discrimination-bill-hb-956&catid=15:bills&Itemid=100
↑ ^9,0 ^9,1 ^9,2 ^9,3 http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/resourcecenter/502.html

[1] ttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3505079,00.html "Attorney General rules same sex couples eligible to adopt"

[2] Gay couple wins right to adopt foster son

[ILGA_2008_page_22-3] {{cite Female legalweb|url=http://www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2008.pdf%7Ctitle=State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults|last=Ottosson|first=Daniel|date=May 2008|publisher=International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)|pages=Page 22|accessdate=2009-01-12}}

[4] ttp://lobis.nic.in/dhc/APS/judgement/02-07-2009/APS02072009CW74552001.pdf

[5] ttp://www.stratpost.com/being-gay-still-a-crime-in-the-military

[6] ttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=4728348

[ILGA_page_27-7] Ottosson, Daniel (Mei 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. Besoek op 12 Januarie 2009.

[Gay_Philippines-8] 8,0 ^8,1 http://www.akbayan.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=207:anti-discrimination-bill-hb-956&catid=15:bills&Itemid=100

[Gay_Pilipinas-9] 9,0 ^9,1 ^9,2 ^9,3 http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/resourcecenter/502.html

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