Gay map

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual activity between males
• Criminalises sexual activity between females
• Imposes the death penalty

Maximum punishment:

Death penalty

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual activity between males

Maximum punishment:

Life imprisonment

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual outing between males
• Criminalises sexual outing between females
• Criminalises the gender expression of trans people
• Imposes the death penalty

Maximum punishment:

Death by stoning

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises LGBT people
• Criminalises sexual activity between males
• Criminalises sexual activity between females
• Criminalises the gender phrase of trans people
• Maintains discriminatory age of consent

Maximum punishment:

Eight years imprisonment and lashes

Criminalisation:

• Criminalises
  
  

  LGBT Populations

  This map shows the estimated raw number of LGBT people (ages 13+) living in each declare. The data are based on a Williams Institute analysis of surveys conducted by Gallup Polling () and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; and YRBS). For more information, see the methodology in the Williams analysis. 

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  • 50K - K

  • 8K - 49K

  Data are not currently available about LGBT people living in the U.S. territories.

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  Percent of Elder LGBTQ Population Covered by Laws

  *Note: These percentages reflect estimates of the LGBTQ elder population living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Estimates of the LGBTQ adult population in the five inhabited U.S. territories are not available, and so cannot be reflected here.

  This route shows the estimated percentage of each state's adult (ages 18+) population that identifies as womxn loving womxn, gay, bisexual, or transgender, based on a analysis of Gallup data by The Williams Institute.

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  Percent of Adult LGBTQ Popula

  ILGA World maps are among the most shared visual representations of how LGBTIQ people are affected by laws and policies around the world.

  The scope of our long-standing rights mapping has expanded thanks to the ILGA World Database. With that platform, ILGA maps have become interactive and constantly updated, to improve cover sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound sentimental, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. More, gender identityrefers to a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. More and expression, and sex characteristicsa legal title that refers to physical features relating to sex - including genitalia and other sexual and reproductive anatomy, chromosomes, hormones, and secondary physical features emerging from puberty. More (SOGIESCabbreviation standing for sexual orientation and gender persona & expression, and sex characteristics. More)
  

  LGBTQ+ Worldwide Travel Map

  CountryCommentAfghanistanAvoid journey. Death penalty or imprisonment is possible for for homosexual activity.AlbaniaWould not propose PDA, be careful in public. LGBT people are protected from discrimination but same sex unions are not recognised.AlgeriaNo PDA in public, would not propose travel. Homosexuality is illegal and punishable by imprisonment.AngolaWould not suggest PDA, be careful in public, although a law is pending to make homosexuality legal. Same sex union is not recognised.ArgentinaGeneral acceptance. Easier for homosexual women to be gay than it is for men.ArmeniaWould not suggest PDA. Social acceptance is minimal: tradition and religion makes homosexuality taboo.AustraliaComplete acceptance in most areas, PDA is ok and gay marriage is legal.AustriaSame sex marriage has been legal since , Vienna is more tolerant than the rest of the country.AzerbaijanWould not suggest PDA, LGBT travellers should meeting no problems if they are discreet.BangladeshNo PDA in public, woul