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Central Asia

LGBT rights in:Homosexual acts legal?Recognition of relationshipsSame-sex marriageSame-sex adoptionAllows gays to serve openly in military?Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation)Laws concerning gender identity/expressionImmigration equality for same-sex couples
Sjabloon:Landdata Kazakhstan KazakhstanYes LegalNoNoUnknownUnknownNoUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Kyrgyzstan KyrgyzstanYes LegalNoNoUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Tajikistan TajikistanYes LegalNoNoUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Vlag van Turkmenistan TurkmenistanNo Male illegal (Penalties: fine, up to 2 year prison sentence)
Yes Female legal
UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Uzbekistan UzbekistanNo Male illegal (anal sex only) (Penalties: fine, up to 3 year prison sentence)

Yes Female legal

UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo

Middle East

LGBT rights in:Homosexual acts legal?Recognition of relationshipsSame-sex marriageSame-sex adoptionAllows gays to serve openly in military?Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation)Laws concerning gender identity/expressionImmigration equality for same-sex couples
Sjabloon:Landdata Bahrain BahrainNo IllegalUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Iraq IraqYes Legal since 2003UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Vlag van Israel IsraelYes Legal since 1988
+ UN decl. sign.
Yes Unregistered cohabition LegalForeign same-sex marriages recognisedYes [1][2]YesYes Bans most anti-gay discriminationUnknownYes
Sjabloon:Landdata Jordan JordanYes Legal since 1951
UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Kuwait KuwaitNo Illegal (Penalty: fines, men under 21 face prison sentences up to 10 years, men over 21 face prison sentences up to 7 years)UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Lebanon LebanonNo Illegal (Penalty: fines, up to 1 year in prison). There's a growing public campaign to legalise homosexual relations.[3]
UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Vlag van Oman OmanNo Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence up to 3 years; however, only enforced when dealing with "public scandal")UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Palestine Palestinian territories (Gaza)No Male illegal (Penalty: up to 10 year prison sentence)
Yes Female legal
UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Palestine Palestinian territories (West Bank)Yes Legal since 1956NoNoNoNoNoUnknownNo
Vlag van Katar QatarNo Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence up to 5 years)UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Saudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaNo Illegal (Penalty: death or prison/fines/whipping)UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Syria SyriaNo Illegal (Penalty: prison sentence up to 3 years; law de facto suspended)UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesNo Illegal (Penalty: Death deportation, fines, prison time or death sentence)UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Yemen YemenNo Illegal (Penalty: Death flogging or death)UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo

South Asia

LGBT rights in:Homosexual acts legal?Recognition of relationshipsSame-sex marriageSame-sex adoptionAllows gays to serve openly in military?Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation)Laws concerning gender identity/expressionImmigration equality for same-sex couples
Vlag van Afghanistan AfghanistanNo IllegalNoNoUnknownNoNoUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Bangladesh BangladeshNo IllegalNoNoUnknownNoNoUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Bhutan BhutanNo Illegal (Penalty: prison sentence up to 1 year; no cases of penalty actually enforced)NoNoUnknownNoNoUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata India IndiaYes 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]NoNo Not specifically bannedUnknownNo [5]NoNot in law YesDelhi 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 104UnknownNo
Vlag van Iran IranNo Illegal (Penalty: Death Death)NoNoUnknownNoNoSRS officially supported by government as a means to treat GIDNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Maldives MaldivesNo IllegalNoNoUnknownNoNoUnknownNo
Vlag van Nepal NepalYes Legal since 2007[7] + UN decl. sign.NoNo Ordered by Supreme Court; government expected to include gender-neutral marriage laws in the drafting of the upcoming constitution. [1]No Under considerationNoNo Under considerationNo Under considerationNo
Vlag van Pakistan PakistanNo Illegal (Penalty: 2 years to life sentence)NoNoUnknownNoNoUnknownNo
Vlag van Sri Lanka Sri LankaNo Sodomy may be illegal - British-enacted law, never implementedNoNoUnknownNoNoUnknownNo

East Asia

LGBT rights in:Homosexual acts legal?Recognition of relationshipsSame-sex marriageSame-sex adoptionAllows gays to serve openly in military?Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation)Laws concerning gender identity/expressionImmigration equality for same-sex couples
Vlag van Volksrepubliek China ChinaYes Legal since 1997NoNoUnknownUnknown; the military hasn't specialized the male-male sex acts from homosexualityNoNoUnknown
Vlag van Japan JapanYes Legal
+ UN decl. sign.
NoNoUnknownUnknownNoUnknownUnknown
Sjabloon:Landdata Mongolia MongoliaYes Legal since 2002UnknownNoUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata North Korea North KoreaNo Not considered to be in accordance with the socialist lifestyle. Prison camps for dissidentsNoNoNoNoUnknownHeavily obeyed gender roles for both male and female. See Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyleNo
Sjabloon:Landdata South Korea South KoreaYes LegalNoNoNoNoNo Discrimination ban repealed in 2007UnknownNo
Vlag van Republiek van China TaiwanYes LegalNoNo Pending law allows civil unions or same-sex marriage.UnknownYes Due to military draftYes Bans some anti-gay discrimination (in work and education)UnknownNo

Southeast Asia

LGBT rights in:Homosexual acts legal?Recognition of relationshipsSame-sex marriageSame-sex adoptionAllows gays to serve openly in military?Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation)Laws concerning gender identity/expressionImmigration equality for same-sex couples
Sjabloon:Landdata Brunei BruneiNo Illegal (Penalty: fine or prison sentence up to 10 years)UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Cambodia CambodiaYes LegalNoNo Techinically prohibited, though there has been at least one recorded case of a legally registered and recognized same-sex marriageYesUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata East Timor East TimorYes Legal
+ UN decl. sign.
UnknownNoUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Indonesia IndonesiaYes Legal except for Muslims in Aceh ProvinceNoNoUnknownUnknownNoUnknownNo
Vlag van Laos LaosYes LegalNoNoUnknownUnknownNoUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Malaysia MalaysiaNo Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence (2-20 years), or whippings)UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Myanmar MyanmarNo Illegal (Penalties: 10 years to life sentence)UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Philippines PhilippinesYes Legal.[8][9]No[9]No[9]NoNo Since 2009. Was previously banned.No [8] [9]UnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Singapore SingaporeNo Male illegal (Penalty: up to 2 years prison sentence; no plan to repeal 377A and not enforced since 1999)

Yes Female legal

UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownNo
Vlag van Thailand ThailandYes Legal since 1956NoNoUnknownYes Since 2005UnknownUnknownNo
Sjabloon:Landdata Vietnam VietnamYes LegalNoNoUnknownUnknownNoUnknownNo



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