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====North America====
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
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! width="10%"|LGBTQ rights in:
! width="10%"|Same-sex sexual activity
! width="10%"|Recognition of same-sex unions
! width="10%"|Same-sex marriage
! width="10%"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! width="10%"|LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
! width="10%"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
! width="10%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
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|{{flag icon|Bermuda}} [[LGBT rights in Bermuda|Bermuda]]<br><small>([[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1994; equal age of consent since 2019<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA">{{#invoke:Cite web||title=State Sponsored Homophobia 2016: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition|url=http://ilga.org/downloads/02_ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2016_ENG_WEB_150516.pdf|work=[[International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association]]|access-date=19 May 2016|date=17 May 2016}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Domestic Partnership Act 2018|Domestic partnership]]s since 2018<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.royalgazette.com/politics/article/20180228/house-three-more-months-of-same-sex-marriage|title=House: Three more months of same-sex marriage|work=The Royal Gazette|first=Lisa|last=Simpson|date=28 February 2018|access-date=28 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228221800/http://www.royalgazette.com/politics/article/20180228/house-three-more-months-of-same-sex-marriage|archive-date=28 February 2018}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] [[Same-sex marriage in Bermuda|Was legal between November 2018 and March 2022 and between May 2017 and June 2018]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.bm/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_10809_204_226633_43/http;/ptpublisher.gov.bm;7087/publishedcontent/publish/non_ministerial/judiciary/judgments_2015/ruling_2014_no_308_a_and_b_director_of_child_and_family_services_and_attorney_gereral__feb__3_2015.pdf |title=2014: No. 308 |date=February 3, 2015 |publisher=Supreme Court of Bermuda |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126141929/https://www.gov.bm/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_10809_204_226633_43/http;/ptpublisher.gov.bm;7087/publishedcontent/publish/non_ministerial/judiciary/judgments_2015/ruling_2014_no_308_a_and_b_director_of_child_and_family_services_and_attorney_gereral__feb__3_2015.pdf |archive-date=26 January 2016}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] UK responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|No]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130615/NEWS01/706149906|title=MPs approve historic Human Rights Act changes|first=Ayo|last=Johnson|publisher=[[The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)|The Royal Gazette]]|date=15 June 2013|access-date=15 June 2013}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Canada}} [[LGBT rights in Canada|Canada]]
||[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1969; equal age of consent since 1987<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-73.html |title=Criminal Code (R.S., 1985, c. C-46), Section 159, Subsection (1) |website=Department of Justice Canada \access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608053622/http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/page-73.html |archive-date=June 8, 2011}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Domestic partnerships in [[Domestic partnership in Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia]] (2001);<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://nslegislature.ca/legc/bills/58th_1st/3rd_read/b075.htm|title=Law Reform (2000) Act|last=Anonymous|date=27 November 2017}}</ref><br>[[Civil unions in Quebec]] (2002);<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=5&file=2002C6A.PDF |title=An Act instituting civil unions and establishing new rules of filiation |publisher=National Assembly |date=2002 |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326061111/http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=5&file=2002C6A.PDF |archive-date=March 26, 2009}}</ref><br>Adult interdependent relationships in [[Adult interdependent relationship in Alberta|Alberta]] (2003);<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.law-faqs.org/wiki/index.php/Adult_Interdependent_Relationships |title=Alberta: Adult Interdependent Relationships |access-date=28 July 2007 |year=2006 |work=Legal Resource Center of Alberta }}</ref><br>[[Common-law relationships in Manitoba]] (2004)<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/2002/c04802e.php|title=Manitoba Laws|first=Manitoba|last=Justice|website=web2.gov.mb.ca}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in Canada|Legal in some provinces and territories since 2003, nationwide since 2005]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://lois-laws.justice.gc.ca/PDF/2005_33.pdf|title=LOI CONCERNANT CERTAINES CONDITIONS DE FOND DU MARIAGE CIVIL}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal in some provinces and territories since 1996, nationwide since 2011<ref>Status differs in provinces and territories:
*{{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Mary C. Hurley | publisher=Parliament of Canada | title=Sexual Orientation and Legal Rights | date=31 May 2007 | url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/content/lop/researchpublications/921-e.htm | access-date=21 January 2010|ref=none}}
*{{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Jennifer A. Cooper | publisher=Government of Manitoba | title=Opinion on Common-Law Relationships | date=31 December 2001 | url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/921-e.htm | access-date=21 January 2010|ref=none}}
*{{#invoke:Cite news|| title=Gay couple leaps 'walls' to adopt son | newspaper=Edmonton Journal | date=19 February 2007 | url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=643c0d39-9ccb-43d8-a7f1-9a034e83b06e&k=27198|ref=none}}
*{{#invoke:Cite web|| title=Legal Information for Same Sex Couples | url=http://www.cliapei.ca/sitefiles/File/publications/Legal-Info-for-Same-Sex-Rel-ships-2010.pdf | publisher=Legal Information for Same Sex Couples | access-date=3 September 2010|ref=none}}
*{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.adoptiveparents.ca/yk_issues.shtml |title=Yukon Adoption: Important Adoption Issues |publisher=Adoptiveparents.ca |access-date=16 March 2013|ref=none}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 1992<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Canadian Armed Forces|url=http://www.clga.ca/Material/Records/docs/details/caf.htm|work=The Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives|access-date=30 September 2010}}</ref>; Includes transgender people<ref name="auto1zz">{{#invoke:Cite web||last1=Sweijs |first1=Tim |title=LGBT Military Personnel: a Strategic Vision for Inclusion |url=https://hcss.nl/report/lgbt-military-personnel-strategic-vision-inclusion |website=hcss.nl |publisher=The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies |access-date=4 November 2020}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination. [[Conversion therapy#Legal status|Ban on conversion therapy since 2022 nationwide]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Transgender people can change their gender and name without [[Sex reassignment surgery|completion of medical intervention]] and human rights protections explicitly include gender identity or expression within all of Canada since 2017<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.canlii.org/nt/laws/sta/2002c.18/20080818/whole.html|title=Northwest Territories ''Human Rights Act'', S.N.W.T. 2002, c.18. Section 5.}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/06/13/ontario-gender-equality.html|title=Ontario passes law to protect transgender people|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=13 June 2012|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/topic.page?id=C53953157EE344A681EFD28325B526F4|title=Change Your Personal Information - Province of British Columbia|first=Ministry of Citizens|last=Services|website=www2.gov.bc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/|title=Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency &#124; Province of Manitoba|website=Province of Manitoba - Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag icon|Greenland}} [[LGBT rights in Greenland|Greenland]]<br><small>(Autonomous Territory within the [[Kingdom of Denmark]])</small>
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1933; equal age of consent since 1977<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnerships between 1996 and 2016 (Existing partnerships are still recognised.)<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news|| title=1995-96 - L 162 (oversigt): Forslag til lov om ændring af kriminalloven og arveloven for Grønland. (Ændringer som følge af indførelse af registreret partnerskab) |url=http://webarkiv.ft.dk/?/samling/19951/lovforslag_oversigtsformat/l162.htm |publisher=Webarkiv.dk |access-date=14 September 2012|language=da}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2016
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Stepchild adoption since 2009;<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://naalakkersuisut.gl/~/media/Nanoq/Files/Attached%20Files/Familie/DK/Anordning%20nr%20375.pdf|title=Anordning om ikrafttræden for Grønland af lov om ændring af lov om registreret partnerskab m.v.}}</ref><br>joint adoption since 2016<ref name="Greenland">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.folketingstidende.dk/samling/20141/lovforslag/L122/index.aspx |title=Folketinget - L 122 - 2014-15 (1. samling)Om forældreansvarslovgivningen og lovgivningen om ægteskab mellem to personer af samme køn. |language=Danish |website=Folketingstidende |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702050234/http://www.folketingstidende.dk/samling/20141/lovforslag/L122/index.aspx |archive-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] The [[Denmark|Kingdom of Denmark]] responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[File:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal gender change and recognition possible without surgery or hormone therapy<ref name="Royal assent KL">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.stm.dk/multimedia/A_449_23.5._for_Gr_nland_af_lov_om__ndring_af_lov_om_Det_Centrale_Personregister.pdf |title=§2, Imm. 3, Qitiusumik Inunnik Nalunaarsuiffik pillugu inatsisip (CPR pillugu inatsit) allanngortinneqarneranik inatsisit Kalaallit Nunaannut atuutilersinneqarnerannik peqqussut (Greenlandic) |access-date=2020-09-01 }}</ref><ref name="Royal assent DA">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2016/449/Pdf |title=§2, Stk 3., Anordning om ikrafttræden for Grønland af love om ændring af lov om Det Centrale Personregister (Danish) |access-date=2020-09-01 }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag icon|Mexico}} [[LGBT rights in Mexico|Mexico]]
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1871<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] [[Same-sex marriage in Mexico|Civil union]]s in [[Same-sex marriage in Mexico City|Mexico City]] (2007), [[Same-sex marriage in Coahuila|Coahuila]] (2007),<ref>{{in lang|es}} {{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Leopoldo Ramos | publisher=La Jornada | title=Aprueba Coahuila la figura del pacto civil de solidaridad | date=11 January 2007 | url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2007/01/12/index.php?section=estados&article=037n1est | access-date=15 February 2014}}</ref> [[Same-sex marriage in Colima|Colima]] (between 2013 and 2016),<ref>{{in lang|es}} {{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Pedro Zamora Briseño | publisher=Proceso | title=Aprueba Colima "enlace conyugal" entre parejas del mismo sexo | date=29 July 2013 | url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=348759 | access-date=15 February 2014}}</ref> [[Same-sex marriage in Campeche|Campeche]] (2013),<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.sdpnoticias.com/gay/2013/12/23/legalizan-bodas-gays-en-campeche |title=Legalizan bodas gays en Campeche |language=Spanish |date=December 23, 2013 |website=SDPnoticias |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209003601/http://www.sdpnoticias.com/gay/2013/12/23/legalizan-bodas-gays-en-campeche |archive-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref> [[Same-sex marriage in Jalisco|Jalisco]] (between 2014 and 2018),<ref>{{in lang|es}} {{#invoke:Cite web|| publisher=CNN México | title=Jalisco avala Ley de Libre Convivencia para regular parejas del mismo sexo | date=31 October 2013 | url=http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2013/10/31/jalisco-avala-ley-de-libre-convivencia-para-regular-parejas-del-mismo-sexo | access-date=15 February 2014}}</ref> [[Same-sex marriage in Michoacán|Michoacán]] (2015), [[Same-sex marriage in Tlaxcala|Tlaxcala]] (2017), and [[Same-sex marriage in Veracruz|Veracruz]] (2020)
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in Mexico|Starting in 2010; nationwide since 2022]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Legal in Mexico City (2010),<ref name="Gay marriage effective">{{#invoke:Cite web|| agency=Associated Press | publisher=MSNBC | title=Mexico City's gay marriage law takes effect | date=4 March 2010 | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35714490/ns/world_news-americas/#storyContinued | access-date=6 March 2010}}</ref> Coahuila (2014), Chihuahua (2015), Jalisco (2016), Michoacán (2016), Colima (2016), Morelos (2016), Campeche (2016), Veracruz (2016), Baja California (2017), Querétaro (2017), Chiapas (2017), Puebla (2017), Aguascalientes (2018), San Luis Potosi (2019), Hidalgo (2019), Yucatán (2021), Nayarit (2022), Quintana Roo (2022), Baja California Sur (2022), Zacatecas (2023), Tabasco (2024), Durango, Tamaulipas, and Nuevo León (the latter three never had adoption bans)<ref>{{in lang|es}} {{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Jesús Castro | publisher=Vanguardia | title=Ya pueden parejas gay adoptar en Coahuila; PAN vota en contra | date=12 February 2014 | url=http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/yapuedenparejasgayadoptarencoahuilapanvotaencontra-1944463.html | access-date=12 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="adoption_mx">{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Intercountry Adoption: Mexico|date=November 2009|publisher=Office of Children Issues, U.S. Dept. of State|url=http://adoption.state.gov/country/mexico.html}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]] (ambiguous)
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Federal Law">{{#invoke:Cite web|| author=International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) | title=Mexico protects its gay and lesbian citizens with new law | date=23 April 2003 | url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mexico+protects+its+gay+and+lesbian+citizens+with+new+law.-a0108149079 | access-date=27 November 2009}}</ref> [[Conversion therapy#Legal status|Pathologization or attempted treatment of sexual orientation]] by mental health professionals illegal in Mexico City (2020), México (2020), Baja California Sur (2020), Colima (2021), Tlaxcala (2021), Oaxaca (2021), Yucatán (2021), Zacatecas (2021), Baja California (2022), Hidalgo (2022), Jalisco (2022), Puebla (2022), Sonora (2022), Nuevo León (2022), Querétaro (2023), Sinaloa (2023), Quintana Roo (2023), Morelos (2023), Guerrero (2024), and nationwide (2024).
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name in Mexico City (2008),<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web|| author=International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) Trans | title=Mexico City extends official rights to transgender individuals | date=29 August 2008 | url=http://trans.ilga.org/trans/welcome_to_the_ilga_trans_secretariat/news/mexico_mexico_city_extends_official_rights_to_transgender_individuals | access-date=27 November 2009}}</ref> Michoacán (2017), Nayarit (2017), Coahuila (2018), Hidalgo (2019), San Luis Potosí (2019), Colima (2019), Baja California (2019), Oaxaca (2019), Tlaxcala (2019), Chihuahua (2019), Sonora (2020), Jalisco (2020), Quintana Roo (2020), Puebla (2021), Baja California Sur (2021), México (2021), Morelos (2021), Sinaloa (2022), Zacatecas (2022), Durango (2023), Yucatán (2024), and Campeche (2024). <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.homosensual.com/lgbt/trans/ley-identidad-genero-estados-reconocen-trans/|title=¿Qué es la ley de identidad de género y qué estados la aprobaron?|first=Edgar|last=Ulises|date=9 March 2022|website=Homosensual}}</ref>
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|[[Image:Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg|25px]] [[LGBT rights in France|Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]<br><small>(Overseas collectivity of [[France]])</small>
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1791<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999<ref name="Legifrance">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=0F15B99854A4FE47659F950BE42DF000.tpdjo05v_3?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000005628705&dateTexte=vig |title=Loi n° 99-944 du 15 novembre 1999 relative au pacte civil de solidarité |website=Legifrance |language=French |access-date=May 15, 2024}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Vignal">{{#invoke:Cite news||last=Vignal|first= Francois|url= http://www.publicsenat.fr/lcp/politique/mariage-tous-d-tail-vote-s-nat-366892|title=  Mariage pour tous : le détail du vote au Sénat|publisher= Public Senat |date= 15 April 2013 |access-date= 27 October 2013|language=fr}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Adoption in France">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/france.html|title=France|website=travel.state.gov}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index-A">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.equaldex.com/region/melilla |title=LGBT Rights in Melilla |website=Equaldex |access-date=May 13, 2024}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law<ref name="GSN-Americas">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://trans.ilga.org/trans/welcome_to_the_ilga_trans_secretariat/news/france_transsexualism_will_no_longer_be_classified_as_a_mental_illness_in_france |title=France: Transsexualism will no longer be classified as a mental illness in France / News / Welcome to the ILGA Trans Secretariat / Trans / ilga - ILGA |publisher=Trans.ilga.org |date=16 May 2009 |access-date=21 November 2013}}</ref>
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|{{flag icon|United States}} [[LGBT rights in the United States|United States]]
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Sodomy laws in the United States|Legal in some states since 1962, nationwide since 2003]]<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Domestic partnership in the United States|Domestic partnerships]] in [[Domestic partnership in California|California]] (1999), the [[Domestic partnership in the District of Columbia|District of Columbia]] (2002), [[Domestic partnership in Maine|Maine]] (2004), [[Domestic partnership in Washington (state)|Washington]] (2007), [[Domestic partnership in Maryland|Maryland]] (2008), [[Domestic partnership in Oregon|Oregon]] (2008), [[Domestic partnership in Nevada|Nevada]] (2009) and [[Domestic partnership in Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] (2009).<br>[[Civil unions in the United States|Civil unions]] in [[Civil unions in Vermont|Vermont]] (2000), [[Civil unions in Connecticut|Connecticut]] (2005), [[Civil unions in New Jersey|New Jersey]] (2007), [[Civil unions in New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] (2008), [[Civil unions in Illinois|Illinois]] (2011), [[Civil unions in Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] (2011), [[Civil unions in Delaware|Delaware]] (2012), [[Civil unions in Hawaii|Hawaii]] (2012) and [[Recognition of same-sex unions in Colorado|Colorado]] (2013).
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|Legal in some states since 2004, nationwide since 2015]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[LGBT adoption in the United States|Legal in some states since 1993, nationwide since 2016]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Lesbians, gays, and bisexuals have been allowed to serve openly in the [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]] since 2011, following the [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010|repeal]] of the ''[[Don't ask, don't tell|Don't Ask, Don't Tell]]'' policy.<br>Transgender people have been allowed to serve openly since 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||title=Biden overturns Trump transgender military ban |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55799913 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=January 25, 2021}}</ref><br>"Transvestites" are currently banned from the military since [[Sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States military#Cross-dressers|2012]].<ref name="auto2usa">{{#invoke:Cite web|| title=Medical Conditions That Can Keep You From Joining the Military | website=Military.com | date=2012-05-07 | url=https://www.military.com/join-armed-forces/disqualifiers-medical-conditions.html | access-date=2021-02-26}}</ref><br>Most openly [[Intersex]] people may be banned from the military under the Armed Forces ban of "[[hermaphrodites]]".<ref name="auto2usa"/>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is [[Bostock v. Clayton County|prohibited nationwide since 2020]].<br>More extensive protections exist in [[LGBT rights in the United States#Summary of state protections|23 states]], DC, and some municipalities.<br>[[Conversion therapy]] for minors is [[List of U.S. jurisdictions banning conversion therapy|banned in 22 states, DC, and some municipalities]].<br>Sexual orientation is [[Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act|covered by the federal hate crime law since 2009]].
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Since April 11, 2022 by legal self determination – gender X became available and recognized formally on [[US passport]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/us-citizens-can-now-select-a-gender-neutral-x-on-their-passport-12587798 |title=US citizens can now select a gender neutral 'X' on their passport |date=April 11, 2022 |website=Sky News |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411021038/https://news.sky.com/story/us-citizens-can-now-select-a-gender-neutral-x-on-their-passport-12587798 |archive-date=April 11, 2022}}</ref> Gender change is legal on [[birth certificate]]s (under varying conditions by state), [[Transgender rights in the United States#Identity documents|in 48 states + DC]].<br>Nonbinary gender markers are available, under varying circumstances, [[Legal recognition of non-binary gender#United States|in 25 states + DC]].<br>Employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity is [[Bostock v. Clayton County|prohibited nationwide since 2020]].<br>More extensive protections exist in [[LGBT rights in the United States#Summary of state protections|22 states]], DC, and some municipalities.<br>Gender identity is [[Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act|covered by the federal hate crime law since 2009]].
|}

====Central America====
<!--PLEASE INCLUDE REFERENCES IF YOU ADD OR CHANGE DATA NOT ALREADY IN A COUNTRY'S LGBT RIGHTS ARTICLE-->
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
! width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity
! width="12.5%"|Recognition of same-sex unions
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage
! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! width="12.5%"|LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
! width="12.5%"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|{{flag icon|Belize}} [[LGBT rights in Belize|Belize]]
|[[image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2016<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/belize-supreme-court-overturns-anti-gay-law-n627511|title=Belize Supreme Court Overturns Anti-Gay Law|website=NBC News|date=10 August 2016 }}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Constitution Belize">{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Chapter 4 of the Laws of Belize - THE CONSTITUTION OF BELIZE PART II: Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms|url=http://www.belizelaw.org/web/e_library/constitution_02.html|publisher=The Government of Belize|access-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821234308/http://www.belizelaw.org/web/e_library/constitution_02.html|archive-date=21 August 2013|location=Belmopan, Belize|date=1981}}</ref><ref name="Littauer (2016)">{{#invoke:Cite news||last1=Littauer|first1=Dan|title=Love wins! Belize anti-gay law struck down|url=http://www.kaleidoscot.com/love-wins-belize-anti-gay-law-struck-down-7684|access-date=10 August 2016|publisher=KaleidoScot|date=10 August 2016|location=Scotland}}</ref><ref name="Trinidad Express">{{#invoke:Cite news||title=Supreme Court declares Section 53 unconstitutional|url=http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20160810/news/supreme-court-declares-section-53-unconstitutional|access-date=10 August 2016|agency=Cana News|publisher=Daily Express|date=10 August 2016|location=Port of Spain, Trinidad}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Transgender Culture in Belize|url=http://unibam.org/2013/02/15/transgender-culture-in-belize/|publisher=United Belize Advocacy Movement (UNIBAM)|access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag icon|Costa Rica}} [[LGBT rights in Costa Rica|Costa Rica]]
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1971<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Unregistered cohabitation since 2014<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.nacion.com/el-pais/salud/ccss-aprobo-extender-seguro-de-salud-a-parejas-gais/E22ET6AZQ5ANLEEKL3RGHK647I/story/|title=CCSS aprobó extender seguro de salud a parejas gais|website=La Nación, Grupo Nación|date=23 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/03/19/costa-rica-government-to-prioritize-bill-legalizing-gay-civil-unions |title=Costa Rica Government To Prioritize Bill Legalizing Gay Civil Unions |last=Dyer |first=Zach |date=19 March 2015 |website=The Tico Times |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319113442/http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/03/19/costa-rica-government-to-prioritize-bill-legalizing-gay-civil-unions |archive-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2020
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2020<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/costa-rica.html |title=Costa Rica |website=Bureau of Consular Affairs U.S. Department of State |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203051350/http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/costa-rica.html |archive-date=February 3, 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[List of countries without armed forces#Costa Rica|Has no military]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Transgender persons can change their legal name without surgeries or judicial permission since 2018. Legal gender cannot be changed. Sex indicator removed from all ID cards issued since May 2018<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Transgender Population in Costa Rica Will be Able to Choose the Name Shown in Their ID|url=https://news.co.cr/transgender-population-in-costa-rica-will-be-able-to-choose-the-name-shown-in-their-id/73032/|website=Costa Rica Star News|access-date=15 May 2018|date=14 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||last1=Quesada|first1=Armando|title=Omisión de sexo en las cédulas: Un cambio simbólico|url=https://www.larepublica.net/noticia/omision-de-sexo-en-las-cedulas-un-cambio-simbolico|website=La República|access-date=1 February 2022|language=es|trans-title=Omission of sex on ID cards: A symbolic change |date=23 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||last1=Cambronero|first1=Julieta|title=Primer aniversario del matrimonio igualitario llama a resolver pendientes con la población diversa|url=https://costaricamedios.cr/2021/05/24/41132/|website=Costa Rica Medios|access-date=1 February 2022|language=es|date=24 May 2021|trans-title=First anniversary of same-sex marriage calls for resolving pending issues with sexually diverse citizens}}</ref> One-time sex change allowed for passports. <ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||last1=Solano |first1=Glenda |title=Personas trans obtendrán pasaporte con identidad de género autopercibida sin trámites engorrosos |url=https://www.teletica.com/nacional/personas-trans-obtendran-pasaporte-con-identidad-de-genero-autopercibida-sin-tramites-engorrosos_307159 |website=Teletica.com |access-date=12 March 2022 |language=es |date=11 March 2022 |trans-title=Trans people will obtain passports with self-perceived gender identity without cumbersome procedures }}</ref>
|-
|{{flag icon|El Salvador}} [[LGBT rights in El Salvador|El Salvador]]
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1822<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]]  
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref name="UNReport">{{cite book|title=HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER PERSONS IN EL SALVADOR: Shadow Report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Committee|year=2010|location=San Salvador|url=http://www.iglhrc.org/binary-data/ATTACHMENT/file/000/000/439-1.pdf|publisher=Asociación Salvadoreña de Derechos Humanos “Entre Amigos”}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.transparencia.gob.sv/institutions/capres/documents/247294/download|title=Consulta Nacional sobre realidades LGBTI en El Salvador|date=2012|language=es|work=Dirección de Diversidad Sexual}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all'''  anti-gay discrimination<ref name="UNReport"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=El Salvador: la Corte Suprema reconoce la identidad de género de una persona trans|url=http://www.nodal.am/2017/05/salvador-la-corte-suprema-acepta-hombre-tenga-nombre-mujer/|website=NODAL|access-date=16 May 2017|language=es-ES|date=10 May 2017}}</ref> Bans discrimination based on gender identity.
|-
|{{flag icon|Guatemala}} [[LGBT rights in Guatemala|Guatemala]]
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1871<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]] Pending
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]  
|<!--Military-->[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]] 
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/07/socially-conservative-guatemala-transgender-people-sees-gains/|title=In socially conservative Guatemala, transgender people sees gains|first=Sonia |last=Perez |agency=Associated Press |website=LGBTQ Nation|date=31 July 2016}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag icon|Honduras}} [[LGBT rights in Honduras|Honduras]]
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1899<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban on de facto unions since 2005
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2005;<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Honduras/hond05.html|title=Honduras: Constitución de 1982|website=pdba.georgetown.edu}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||title=Honduras Bans Gay Marriage & Adoption |url=http://www.globalgayz.com/country/Honduras/view/HND/gay-honduras-news-and-reports#article3 |publisher=Global Gayz |date=30 March 2005 |access-date=12 August 2009}}</ref> court decision pending
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2005
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.poderjudicial.gob.hn/CEDIJ/Leyes/Documents/CodigoPenal-ReformaIncluida.pdf|title="DECRETO 144-83" CÓDIGO PENAL}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Nicaragua}} [[LGBT rights in Nicaragua|Nicaragua]] 
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2008<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]] 
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Panama}} [[LGBT rights in Panama|Panama]]
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2008<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Court decision pending
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Court decision pending
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Court decision pending
|<!--Military-->[[List of countries without armed forces#Panama|Has no military]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Ley No. 16 Que regula el derecho de admisión en los establecimientos públicos y Dicta medidas para evitar la discriminación |url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/womenrights/panama.women.02.pdf |date=April 10, 2002 |language=Spanish |publisher=Defensoria del Pueblo |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604112922/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population/womenrights/panama.women.02.pdf |archive-date=June 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/internacionales/368103-buscan-que-orientacion-sexual-e-identidad-genero-s/ |title=Buscan que orientación sexual e identidad género sean reconocidos en Panamá |date=August 20, 2015 |language=Spanish |website=El Nuevo Diario |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824232041/http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/internacionales/368103-buscan-que-orientacion-sexual-e-identidad-genero-s/ |archive-date=August 24, 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name after [[Sex reassignment surgery|completion of medical intervention]] since 2006<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://impresa.prensa.com/panorama/Transexuales-panamenos-tramitan-cedulas-mujer_0_3518648160.html|title=Transexuales panameños tramitan cédulas de mujer|date=5 November 2012|website=La Prensa}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Por primera vez, una transexual logra en Panamá cambiar su nombre en la cédula|url=http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/elmundo/primera-vez-una-transexual-logra-panama-cambiar-su-nomb-articulo-632056|website=El Espectador|access-date=1 August 2016|language=es}}</ref>
|}

====Caribbean====
{{main|LGBT rights in the Caribbean}}
<!--PLEASE INCLUDE REFERENCES IF YOU ADD OR CHANGE DATA NOT ALREADY IN THE COUNTRY'S LGBT RIGHTS ARTICLE-->
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
! width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity
! width="12.5%"|Recognition of same-sex unions
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage
! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! width="12.5%"|LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
! width="12.5%"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
|-
|{{flag icon|Anguilla}} [[LGBT rights in Anguilla|Anguilla]]<br><small>([[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2001<br>Age of consent discrepancy<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] UK responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Antigua and Barbuda}} [[LGBT rights in Antigua and Barbuda|Antigua and Barbuda]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2022
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|-
|{{flag icon|Aruba}} [[LGBT rights in Aruba|Aruba]]<br><small>(Constituent country of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnerships since 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.government.aw/document.php?m=85&fileid=90723&f=ce093cdbcccd00396c7fef47423e2722&attachment=0&c=56796|title=''LANDSBESLUIT van 2 juni 2021 no. 1, houdende inwerkingtreding van de Aanpassingsverordening aanvulling Burgerlijk Wetboek van Aruba (AB 2021 no. 43) en de Landsverordening van 23 september 2016 tot wijziging van het Burgerlijk Wetboek van Aruba (AB 1989 no. GT 100) in verband met een aantal onderwerpen die nog een regeling of aanpassing in het Burgerlijk Wetboek van Aruba behoeven (AB 2016 no. 51)''|date=9 March 2023 }}</ref> 
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nltimes.nl/2024/07/12/supreme-court-rules-sex-marriage-now-permitted-aruba-curacao |website=NL Times |access-date=12 July 2024 |title=Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriage is now permitted in Aruba and Curaçao &#124; NL Times }}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] 
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] The [[Netherlands]] responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.overheid.aw/document.php?m=7&fileid=79108&f=71c3feb7a1ad38e7d17294336d64966a&attachment=0&c=13435|title=Wetboek van Strafrecht van Aruba|website=overheid.aw|date=3 July 2021|access-date=16 December 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Bahamas}} [[LGBT rights in the Bahamas|Bahamas]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1991;<br>Age of consent discrepancy<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|-
|{{flag icon|Barbados}} [[LGBT rights in Barbados|Barbados]]
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2022.
|<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]/[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Foreign Domestic Partnerships recognized for immigration purposes "Welcome Stamp"<ref>
{{#invoke:Cite web|| last=Smith | first=Reiss | title=Barbados invites same-sex couples to live on the island for a year as it begins unpicking colonial-era homophobia | website=PinkNews | date=2020-07-22 | url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/22/barbados-lgbt-gay-couples-visa-remote-work-welcome-stamp/ | access-date=2021-02-26}}</ref>
Civil Unions proposed.<ref>
{{#invoke:Cite web|| title=Government to recognise 'a form of civil unions' for same sex couples | website=Barbados Today | date=2020-09-15 | url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/09/15/government-to-recognise-a-form-of-civil-unions-for-same-sex-couples/ | access-date=2021-02-26}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref>
{{#invoke:Cite web|| title=Employment (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill, 2020 | website=Barbados Parliament Bills Archive | url=https://www.barbadosparliament.com/bills/details/477 | access-date=2021-02-26}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Bonaire}} [[LGBT rights in Bonaire|Bonaire]]<br><small>(a special municipality of the [[Netherlands]])</small>
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the municipalities)<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnerships since 2012<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:Cite news||last=Waaldijk|first=Kees |title=Major legal consequences of marriage, cohabitation and registered partnership for different-sex and same-sex partners in the Netherlands|url=https://same-sex.web.ined.fr/pdf/DocTrav125/05Doc125TheNetherlands.pdf |access-date=27 October 2013|publisher=INED}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2012<ref name="auto1m">{{#invoke:Cite news|| agency=Associated Press | publisher=CBS News | title=Gay Marriage Goes Dutch |date=1 April 2001 | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/04/01/world/main283071.shtml |access-date=21 January 2010}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref name="CarNL">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://mijnwetten.nl/burgerlijk-wetboek-bes-boek-1/boek1/titel12|title=Burgerlijk Wetboek, Boek 1 (Civil Code, Book 1)|work=Government of the Netherlands|access-date=19 April 2013}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] The [[Netherlands]] responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="BSE">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0028570/2021-05-01|title=Wetboek van Strafrecht BSE|website=Overheid.nl|date=1 May 2021|access-date=16 December 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|-
|{{flag icon|British Virgin Islands}} [[LGBT rights in the British Virgin Islands|British Virgin Islands]]<br><small>([[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2001<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] UK responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1678/contents/made |title=The Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007 |website=UK Legislation |date=2007 |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405043104/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1678/contents/made |archive-date=April 5, 2011}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|-
|{{flag icon|Cayman Islands}} [[LGBT rights in the Cayman Islands|Cayman Islands]]<br><small>([[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2001;<br>Age of consent discrepancy<ref name="ILGA"/> <br>+ UN decl. sign.
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Civil partnerships since 2020<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://caymannewsservice.com/2020/09/civil-partnerships-now-legal-cayman-islands/ |title=Civil partnerships now legal in the Cayman Islands |website=Cayman News Service |date=4 September 2020 }}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2020
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] UK responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[File:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Cuba}} [[LGBT rights in Cuba|Cuba]]
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1979<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal since 2022
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal since 2022
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px]] Legal since 2022
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://hcss.nl/sites/default/files/files/reports/HCSS_LGBT_webversie.pdf|title=LGBT MILITARY PERSONNEL A STRATEGIC VISION FOR INCLUSION|work=The Hague Center for Strategic Studies}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination <ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.cubadebate.cu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/codigo-del-trabajo-de-la-republica-de-cuba.pdf|title=Gaceta Oficial No. 29 Extraordinaria de 17 de junio de 2014}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web ||url=https://www.cubaencuentro.com/cuba/noticias/entra-en-vigor-nuevo-codigo-del-trabajo-318613|title=Entra en vigor nuevo Código del Trabajo|website=cubaencuentro.com |language = es}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/cuba.htm |title=Constitución de la República de Cuba |website=Cuba |language=Spanish |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119061558/http://www.cuba.cu/gobierno/NuevaConstitucion.pdf |archive-date=January 19, 2024}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Transgender people allowed to change gender after sex change operations<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN06395397 |title=Cuba approves sex change operations |date=6 June 2008 |website=Reuters |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122115308/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN06395397 |archive-date=January 22, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag icon|Curaçao}} [[LGBT rights in Curaçao|Curaçao]]<br><small>(Constituent country of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] 
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nltimes.nl/2024/07/12/supreme-court-rules-sex-marriage-now-permitted-aruba-curacao |website=NL Times |access-date=12 July 2024 |title=Supreme Court rules that same-sex marriage is now permitted in Aruba and Curaçao &#124; NL Times }}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] The [[Netherlands]] responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.gobiernu.cw/files/Wetten/2011/P.B._2011__no._48.pdf|title=LANDSVERORDENING van de 2de november 2011 houdende vaststelling van een nieuw Wetboek van Strafrecht|website=gobiernu.cw|language=nl|date=2 November 2011}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]] 
|-
|{{flag icon|Dominica}} [[LGBT rights in Dominica|Dominica]]
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2024<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stewart|first=Colin|title=Dominica court overturns anti-sodomy law |date=22 April 2024 |url=https://76crimes.com/2024/04/22/anti-sodomy-law-dominica/ |publisher=Erasing 76 Crimes |access-date= 2024-04-23}}</ref> <br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/> 
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[List of countries without armed forces#Dominica|Has no military]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|-
|{{flag icon|Dominican Republic}} [[LGBT rights in the Dominican Republic|Dominican Republic]]
<!--Legal status-->|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1822<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2010{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/dominican-republic-reiterates-ban-gay-cops-and-soldiers130614/ |title= Dominican Republic reiterates ban on gay cops and soldiers |last=Potts |first=Andrew |date=June 13, 2024 |website=Gaystarnews |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616032101/https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/dominican-republic-reiterates-ban-gay-cops-and-soldiers130614/ |archive-date=June 16, 2014}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Grenada}} [[LGBT rights in Grenada|Grenada]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal<br>Penalty: 10-year prison sentence (not enforced). <ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||last1=Taylor |first1=Jeff |title=Homosexuality Is Still Illegal In These 9 Caribbean Countries |url=http://www.newnownext.com/homosexuality-illegal-caribbean-countries/04/2018/ |agency=newnownext |date=23 April 2018}}</ref>  Legalization proposed<ref>{{Cite web|last=Salerno|first=Rob|url=https://76crimes.com/2023/01/09/2022-in-worldwide-lgbt-rights-progress-part-5-global-trends/ |title=2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 6: Global Trends |date=9 January 2023 |publisher=Erasing 76 Crimes |access-date= 2023-01-09}}</ref> <br> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female always legal<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[List of countries without armed forces#Grenada|Has no military]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Guadeloupe}} [[LGBT rights in France|Guadeloupe]]<br><small>(Overseas department of [[France]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1791<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999<ref name="Legifrance"/>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Vignal"/>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Adoption in France"/>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] France responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index-A"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law<ref name="GSN-Americas"/>
|-
|{{flag icon|Haiti}} [[LGBT rights in Haiti|Haiti]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1791 (as [[Saint-Domingue]])<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[List_of_countries_without_armed_forces#Haiti|Has no military]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]   
|-
|{{flag icon|Jamaica}} [[LGBT rights in Jamaica|Jamaica]]
|[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal<br>Penalty: 10 years and/or hard labor (Not enforced). Legalization proposed<ref>{{Cite web|last=Salerno|first=Rob|url=https://76crimes.com/2023/01/09/2022-in-worldwide-lgbt-rights-progress-part-5-global-trends/ |title=2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 6: Global Trends |date=9 January 2023 |publisher=Erasing 76 Crimes |access-date= 2023-01-09}}</ref><br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female always legal.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 1962
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]  
|-
|{{flag icon|Martinique}} [[LGBT rights in France|Martinique]]<br><small>(Overseas department of [[France]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1791<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999<ref name="Legifrance"/>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Vignal"/>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Adoption in France"/>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] France responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index-A"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law<ref name="GSN-Americas"/>
|-
|{{flag icon|Montserrat}} [[LGBTQ rights in Montserrat|Montserrat]]<br><small>([[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2001<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] UK responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://constitution.gov.ms/?page_id=75 |title=Constitution of Montserrat Part I: Fundamental Rights & Freedoms|publisher=[[Government of Montserrat]]|access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Puerto Rico}} [[LGBT rights in Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]<br><small>([[Commonwealth (United States insular area)|Commonwealth]] of the [[LGBT rights in the United States|United States]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2003
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://news.yahoo.com/puerto-rico-amend-laws-us-ruling-gay-marriage-163116456.html|title=Puerto Rico to amend laws after US ruling on gay marriage}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] United States responsible for defense<ref name="In 60 days">{{#invoke:Cite news|| url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/07/22/dadt.repeal/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 | work=CNN | title=In 60 days, gays will be allowed to serve openly in the military | date=23 July 2011}}</ref><ref name="Transgender US military 3">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/beginning-today-transgender-individuals-join-us-military/story?id=52051204 |title=Beginning today, transgender individuals can join the US military |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|date=1 January 2018}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Gender change legal since 2018; does not require surgery
|-
|{{flag icon|Saba}} [[LGBT rights in Saba|Saba]]<br><small>(a special municipality of the [[Netherlands]])</small>
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the municipalities)<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnerships since 2012<ref name="auto"/>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2012<ref name="auto1m"/>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref name="CarNL"/>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] The [[Netherlands]] responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="BSE"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||last1=Chiam |first1=Zhan |last2=Duffy |first2=Sandra |last3=González Gil |first3=Matilda |last4=Goodwin |first4=Lara |last5=Timothy Mpemba Patel |first5=Nigel |title=Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019: Recognition before the law |url=https://ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf |website=ILGA World |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Flag of Saint Barthelemy (local).svg|25px]] [[LGBT rights in France|Saint Barthélemy]]<br><small>(Overseas collectivity of [[France]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1791<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999<ref name="Legifrance"/>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Vignal"/>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Adoption in France"/>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] France responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index-A"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law<ref name="GSN-Americas"/>
|-
|{{flag icon|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} [[LGBT rights in Saint Kitts and Nevis|Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2022
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Saint Lucia}} [[LGBT rights in Saint Lucia|Saint Lucia]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Male illegal<br>Penalty: Fine and/or 10-year prison sentence (Not enforced). Legalization proposed<ref>{{Cite web|last=Salerno|first=Rob|url=https://76crimes.com/2023/01/09/2022-in-worldwide-lgbt-rights-progress-part-5-global-trends/ |title=2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 6: Global Trends |date=9 January 2023 |publisher=Erasing 76 Crimes |access-date= 2023-01-09}}</ref><br>[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Female always legal<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[List of countries without armed forces#Saint Lucia|Has no military]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|-
|[[File:Flag_of_France.svg|25px]] [[LGBT rights in France|Saint Martin]]<br><small>(Overseas collectivity of [[France]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1791<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999<ref name="Legifrance"/>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Vignal"/>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Adoption in France"/>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] France responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index-A"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law<ref name="GSN-Americas"/>
|-
|{{flag icon|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} [[LGBT rights in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>Penalty: Fine and/or 10-year prison sentence (Not enforced).<ref name="ILGA"/> Legalization proposed<ref>{{Cite web|last=Salerno|first=Rob|url=https://76crimes.com/2023/01/09/2022-in-worldwide-lgbt-rights-progress-part-5-global-trends/ |title=2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 6: Global Trends |date=9 January 2023 |publisher=Erasing 76 Crimes |access-date= 2023-01-09}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[List of countries without armed forces#Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|Has no military]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Sint Eustatius}} [[LGBT rights in Sint Eustatius|Sint Eustatius]]<br><small>(a special municipality of the [[Netherlands]])</small>
|[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the municipalities)<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Registered partnerships since 2012<ref name="auto"/>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2012<ref name="auto1m"/>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref name="CarNL"/>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] The [[Netherlands]] responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="BSE"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Sint Maarten}} [[LGBT rights in Sint Maarten|Sint Maarten]]<br><small>(Constituent country of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)<br> + UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]/[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Same-sex marriages performed in the [[Netherlands]] recognized{{fact|date=August 2024}}
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] The [[Netherlands]] responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://lokaleregelgeving.overheid.nl/CVDR296476/4|title=LANDSVERORDENING van de 13e december 2012 houdende vaststelling van een nieuw Wetboek van Strafrecht|website=Overheid.nl|date=13 December 2012|access-date=16 December 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[LGBT rights in Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2018<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||last1=Loutoo|first1=Jada|title=Historic ruling on Sexual Offences Act|url=http://newsday.co.tt/2018/04/12/historic-ruling-on-sexual-offences-act/|access-date=12 April 2018|work=[[Trinidad and Tobago Newsday]]|date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412231250/http://newsday.co.tt/2018/04/12/historic-ruling-on-sexual-offences-act/|archive-date=12 April 2018|location=Port of Spain, Trinidad}}</ref> 
|<!--Recognition of unions--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|-
|{{flag icon|Turks and Caicos Islands}} [[LGBT rights in the Turks and Caicos Islands|Turks and Caicos Islands]]<br><small>([[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2001<br>Age of consent discrepancy<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] UK responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flag icon|United States Virgin Islands}} [[LGBT rights in the United States Virgin Islands|United States Virgin Islands]]<br><small>(Territory of the [[LGBT rights in the United States|United States]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1985
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015<ref name="NYT story">{{#invoke:Cite news||last=Liptak|first=Adam|date=26 June 2015|title=Gay Marriage Backers Win Supreme Court Victory|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015<ref name="NYT story"/>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2015<ref name="NYT story"/>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] United States responsible for defense<ref name="In 60 days"/><ref name="Transgender US military 3" />
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="bryan">{{cite web | url=https://www.vi.gov/governor-bryan-takes-action-on-26-bills-from-final-session-of-34th-legislature/ |title=Governor Bryan Takes Action on 26 Bills from Final Session of 34th Legislature |date=2 February 2023 |publisher=Government of the Virgin Island |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216075847/https://www.vi.gov/governor-bryan-takes-action-on-26-bills-from-final-session-of-34th-legislature/ |archive-date=February 16, 2023}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legislation enacted in 2022, also explicitly includes gender identity.<ref name="bryan" />
|}

====South America====
<!--PLEASE INCLUDE REFERENCES IF YOU ADD OR CHANGE DATA NOT ALREADY IN THE COUNTRY'S LGBT RIGHTS ARTICLE-->
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
! width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in:
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity
! width="12.5%"|Recognition of same-sex unions
! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage
! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples
! width="12.5%"|LGB people allowed to serve openly in military
! width="12.5%"|Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation
! width="12.5%"|Laws concerning gender identity/expression
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|{{flag icon|Argentina}} [[LGBT rights in Argentina|Argentina]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1887<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Civil unions in [[Buenos Aires]] (2003),<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/registro-civil/normativa/ley-no-1004 |title=Ley 1.004 |website=Buenos Aires Ciudad |language=es}}</ref> [[Río Negro Province]] (2003),<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.legisrn.gov.ar/L/L03736.html |title=Ley 3.736 |website=Legislatura de la Provincia de Río Negro |language=es}}</ref> [[Villa Carlos Paz]] (2007) and [[Río Cuarto, Córdoba|Río Cuarto]] (2009)<br>Cohabitation unions nationwide since 2015<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/verNorma.do?id=235975 |title=Ley 26.994 Código Civil y Comercial de la Nación|website=InfoLEG |language=es}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2010<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/verNorma.do?id=169608 |title=Ley 26.618 |website=InfoLEG |language=es }}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2010
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2009<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||last=Smink|first=Veronica|date=28 February 2009|title=Argentina: abren paso a gays en FF.AA.|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_7916000/7916193.stm|language=es|work=[[BBC Mundo]]|access-date=27 July 2017 }}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]/[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Legal protection in some cities;<ref name="Ley 26.791">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/verNorma.do?id=206018 |title=Ley 26.791 |website=InfoLEG |language=es }}</ref><br> pending nationwide.<br> [[Conversion therapy#Legal status|Pathologization or attempted treatment of sexual orientation by mental health professionals illegal since 2010]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name without surgeries or judicial order since 2012<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||last=Ruchansky |first=Emilio |date=10 May 2012 |title=Una norma de vanguardia |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/subnotas/193713-58965-2012-05-10.html |language=es |work=[[Página/12]] }}</ref>
Transgender persons have a law reserving 1% of Argentina's public sector jobs. Economic incentives included in the new law aim to help trans people find work in all sectors.
<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||title=New law in Argentina could change lives in the transgender community |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/new-law-in-argentina-could-change-lives-in-the-transgender-community/ |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag icon|Bolivia}} [[LGBT rights in Bolivia|Bolivia]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1832<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]]Free unions officially recognised starting in 2020; nationwide since 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web|| title=SENTENCIA CONSTITUCIONAL PLURINACIONAL 0577/2022-S2 | website=Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional | date=2023-03-20 | url=https://obs.organojudicial.gob.bo/assets/archivos/sentenciar/b8818321556353b2368517b6570c72b5.pdf | access-date=2023-06-23}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 2009<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url= http://bolivia.infoleyes.com/shownorm.php?id=469 |title= Constitución Política del Estado (CPE) (7-Febrero-2009) |publisher= Infoleyes |access-date=15 September 2012|language=es}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Same-sex couples in a free union are permitted to adopt<ref>{{cite web|title=CÓDIGO NIÑA, NIÑO Y ADOLESCENTE LEY Nº 548|url=https://www.migracion.gob.bo/upload/l548.pdf|access-date=6 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106074955/http://migracion.gob.bo/upload/l548.pdf|archive-date=6 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lanacion.cl/noticias/reportajes/mundo/militares-y-homosexualidad-los-avances-y-tabus-en-los-otros-paises-de-latinoamerica/2014-08-27/195542.html/ |title=Militares y homosexualidad: los avances y tabus en los otros paises de latinoamerica |author=Maria Eugenia Duran |date=August 28, 2014 |language=Spanish |website=Nacion |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902065900/http://www.lanacion.cl/noticias/reportajes/mundo/militares-y-homosexualidad-los-avances-y-tabus-en-los-otros-paises-de-latinoamerica/2014-08-27/195542.html/ |archive-date=September 2, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.confluenciafm.com.ar/vernota.asp?id_noticia=14939 |title=Fuerzas Armadas de Bolivia abren sus puertas a los gays|website= confluenciafm.com.ar}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Militares gay, entre la discriminación y la clandestinidad en FFAA de Bolivia|date=25 August 2014 |url=http://eju.tv/2014/08/militares-gay-entre-la-discriminacin-y-la-clandestinidad-en-ffaa-de-bolivia/|access-date=2 September 2016|language=es-LA}}</ref>; Includes transgender people<ref name="auto1zz"/>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name without surgeries or judicial order since 2016<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cne.org.bo/proces_electoral/RefConstitucion2009/documentos/LibroConsvigenteProyectoCPE.pdf |title=Constitucion Politica de Estado vingente Bolivia |language=Spanish |publisher=Corte Nacional Electoral |date=2009 |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016025721/http://www.cne.org.bo/proces_electoral/RefConstitucion2009/documentos/LibroConsvigenteProyectoCPE.pdf |archive-date=October 16, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.la-razon.com/sociedad/primero-Latinoamerica-cambiar-nombre-sexo_0_1556844361.html |title='Soy el primero en Latinoamérica en cambiar de nombre y sexo' |last=Perez |first=Wilma |date=February 9, 2012 |language=Spanish |website=La Razón |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805005332/http://www.la-razon.com/sociedad/primero-Latinoamerica-cambiar-nombre-sexo_0_1556844361.html |archive-date=August 5, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.paginasiete.bo/sociedad/2014/8/10/bolivia-seis-transexuales-lograron-cambiar-identidad-28989.html |title=En Bolivia, seis transexuales lograron cambiar de identidad |date=August 10, 2014 |website=Pagina Siete |language=spanish |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812220548/https://www.paginasiete.bo/sociedad/2014/8/10/bolivia-seis-transexuales-lograron-cambiar-identidad-28989.html |archive-date=August 12, 2014}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag icon|Brazil}} [[LGBT rights in Brazil|Brazil]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1830<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] "Stable unions" legal and all rights as recognized family entities available nationwide since 2011<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3534959.stm|title=Brazilian go-ahead for gay unions|date=5 March 2004|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=178931 |title=Notícias STF |date=May 5, 2011 |language=Portuguese |website=Supremo Tribunal Federal |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802204407/http://www.stf.jus.br/portal/cms/verNoticiaDetalhe.asp?idConteudo=178931 |archive-date=August 2, 2011}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Starting in 2011; nationwide since 2013<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2013/05/1278302-cnj-estabelece-casamento-gay-em-todo-pais.shtml |title=CNJ obriga cartórios de todo o país a celebrar casamento entre gays |last=Seligman |first=Felipe |language=Portuguese |date=May 14, 2013 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609232105/http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2013/05/1278302-cnj-estabelece-casamento-gay-em-todo-pais.shtml |archive-date=June 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://brasil.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,cnj-obriga-cartorios-a-celebrar-casamento-entre-homossexuais,1031678 |title=CNJ obriga cartórios a celebrar casamento entre homossexuais |last=Recondo |first=Felipe |date=May 14, 2013 |language=Portuguese |website=Estadão |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516222319/https://brasil.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,cnj-obriga-cartorios-a-celebrar-casamento-entre-homossexuais,1031678 |archive-date=May 16, 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Same-sex adoption in Brazil|Legal since 2010]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.athosgls.com.br/noticias_visualiza.php?contcod=29208 |title=Casal homossexual pode adotar criança, decide STJ |last=Seligman |first=Felipe |language=Portuguese |date=April 27, 2010 |website=Athosgls |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715210643/http://www.athosgls.com.br/noticias_visualiza.php?contcod=29208 |archive-date=July 15, 2010}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]]Since 1969<ref>{{in lang|pt}}.{{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Patricia Silva Gadelha | publisher=Jus Navigandi | title=A prática da pederastia é crime militar | date=March 2006 | url=https://jus.com.br/artigos/8206/a-pratica-da-pederastia-e-crime-militar | access-date=10 September 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.is/2007.05.16-081349/http://jus2.uol.com.br/doutrina/texto.asp?id=8206 | archive-date=11 August 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2019/06/13/stf-permite-criminalizacao-da-homofobia-e-da-transfobia.ghtml |title=STF permite criminalização da homofobia e da transfobia|website=G1|date=13 June 2019 |language = pt}}</ref><br> [[Conversion therapy#Legal status|Pathologization or attempted treatment of sexual orientation by mental health professionals illegal since 1999]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia182/2010/05/16/brasil,i=192631/HA+20+ANOS+A+OMS+TIROU+A+HOMOSSEXUALIDADE+DA+RELACAO+DE+DOENCAS+MENTAIS.shtml|title=Homosexuality is not deviant - Federal Council of Psychologists of Brazil}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://blogs.diariodepernambuco.com.br/lgbtudo/2013/07/psiquiatra-jairo-bouer-fala-dos-efeitos-colaterais-da-cura-gay/|title=Psychiatrist Jairo Bouer talks about the "collateral effects" of "gay cure" bill}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Transgender people can change their legal gender and name before a notary without the need of surgeries or judicial order since 2018. The sex reassignment surgery, hormonal and psychological treatment are offered free of charge by the Brazilian Unified Health System (UHS) <ref>{{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Expresso da Notícia | publisher=Jus Brasil | title=Justiça autoriza alteração no registro de transexual que trocou de sexo | date=13 January 2006 | url=http://www.jusbrasil.com.br/noticias/135663/justica-autoriza-alteracao-no-registro-de-transexual-que-trocou-de-sexo | access-date=1 January 2010|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Expresso da Notícia | publisher=Jus Brasil | title=Justica autoriza mudança de sexo em documentos | date=25 December 2005 | url=http://www.jusbrasil.com.br/noticias/135675/justica-autoriza-mudanca-de-sexo-em-documentos | access-date=1 January 2010|language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://homenstrans.blogspot.com/p/mudar-o-nome-e-o-sexo-nos-documentos.html|title=Mudar o nome e o sexo nos documentos}}</ref> 
|-
|{{flag icon|Chile}} [[LGBT rights in Chile|Chile]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1999; equal age of consent since 2022<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Civil unions since 2015<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=1075210|title=LEY-20830 21-ABR-2015 MINISTERIO SECRETARIA GENERAL DE GOBIERNO - Ley Chile - Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional|date=21 April 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2022<ref name="chilemarriage2">{{#invoke:Cite news||last1=Bonnefoy|first1=Pascale|last2=Londoño|first2=Ernesto|date=2021-12-07|title=Chile Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage at Fraught Political Moment|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/world/americas/chile-gay-marriage.html|access-date=2021-12-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2022<ref name="chilemarriage2"/>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2012<ref>{{in lang|es}} {{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Claudio Ortiz Lazo | publisher=Revista Fuerzas Armadas y Sociedad | title=Reflexiones en torno a la homosexualidad y fuerzas armadas | url=http://noticias.terra.cl/nacional/movilh-nada-impide-a-minorias-sexuales-ser-parte-de-ffaa,e462a95742709310VgnVCM3000009acceb0aRCRD.html#tarticle# | access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref>; Includes transgender people<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||last1=Chile |first1=C. N. N. |title=Histórico: Ejército admite por primera vez en sus filas a un hombre trans |url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/historico-ejercito-primer-hombre-trans_20201211/ |website=CNN Chile |access-date=2 February 2021 |language=es}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||title=Chile Congress passes anti-discrimination law|url=http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/04/chile-congress-passes-anti-discrimination-law.php|access-date=29 June 2012|newspaper=Jurist.org|date=5 April 2012}}</ref><br> [[Conversion therapy#Legal status|Pathologization or attempted treatment of sexual orientation by mental health professionals illegal since 2021]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Transsexual persons can change their registral sex and name since 1974.<br> Transgender persons can change their registral sex and name, no surgeries or judicial order for adults above 18 years old since 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.ontopmag.com/article/46453/Chilean_President_Signs_Transgender_Rights_Law|title=Chilean President Signs Transgender Rights Law|website=On Top Magazine}}</ref> 
|-
|{{flag icon|Colombia}} [[LGBT rights in Colombia|Colombia]]
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1981<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] De facto marital union since 2007<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=30897#0 |title=Consulta de la Norma |website=Alcaldiabogota |language=Spanish |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003233710/http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=30897#0 |archive-date=October 3, 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2016<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36166888 |title=Colombia legalises gay marriage |date=April 29, 2016 |website=BBC |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502100940/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36166888 |archive-date=May 2, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/28/colombia-constitutional-court-upholds-same-sex-marriage |title=Colombia: constitutional court upholds same-sex marriage |date=April 28, 2016 |website=Human Rights Watch |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604044205/https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/28/colombia-constitutional-court-upholds-same-sex-marriage |archive-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Stepchild adoption since 2014;<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.rcnradio.com/colombia/corte-constitucional-avala-adopcion-de-nina-entre-una-pareja-de-mujeres-158550|title=Histórico fallo de Corte Constitucional sobre adopción de menores por parte de parejas del mismo sexo|website=RCN Radio|date=28 August 2014 }}</ref> joint adoption since 2015<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/04/world/americas/ap-lt-colombia-gay-adoption.html?_r=0|title=Colombia High Court Rules for Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples| website=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 1999<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||title=Este miércoles el presidente Santos sanciona ley antidiscriminación|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/politica/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-10855506.html|access-date=29 November 2011|newspaper=ElTiempo.com|date=29 November 2011}}{{in lang|es}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2015, transgender persons can change their legal gender and name manifesting their solemn will before a notary, no surgeries or judicial order required<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.elespectador.com/entrevista-de-cecilia-orozco/cambio-de-genero-cedula-sera-agil-y-simple-minjusticia-articulo-564988|title="Cambio de género en la cédula será ágil y simple": Minjusticia - ELESPECTADOR.COM|date=6 June 2015}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag icon|Ecuador}} [[LGBT rights in Ecuador|Ecuador]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1997<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] De facto unions since 2009<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/LOTAIP/2015/DIJU/abril/LA2_ABR_DIJU_Constitucion.pdf |title=Constitution of Ecuador |website= ecuadorencifras.gob.ec}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://ppless.asambleanacional.gob.ec/alfresco/d/d/workspace/SpacesStore/b968209e-8d29-494c-96b9-8d44414c3b4a/Registro%20Oficial%20N%C2%B0%20526%20Ley%20Reformatoria%20al%20C%C3%B3digo%20Civil.pdf|title=LEY REFORMATORIA AL CÓDIGO CIVIL}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2019<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190613-ecuador-highest-court-approves-same-sex-marriage|title=Ecuador's highest court votes to legalise same-sex marriage|date=13 June 2019|website=France 24}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]] LGBT individuals may adopt, but not same-sex couples<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/ecuador.html|title=Ecuador|website=travel.state.gov}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px|]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2015/043.asp |title=LACHR takes case concerning Ecuador to the Inter-American court |date=April 30, 2015 |website=Organization of American States |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913123241/http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2015/043.asp |archive-date=September 13, 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Ecuador/english08.html|title=Ecuador: 2008 Constitution in English|website=pdba.georgetown.edu}}</ref><br> [[Conversion therapy#Legal status|Pathologization or attempted treatment of sexual orientation by mental health professionals illegal since 2014]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2016, transgender persons are allowed to change their birth name and gender identity; no surgeries or judicial order required<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ec/es/system/files/ro_ley_organica_de_gestion_de_la_identidad_y_datos_civiles_ro_684_2do_supl_04-02-2015.pdf |title=Registro Oficial Segundo Suplemento |language=Portuguese |publisher=Organo del Gobierno del Ecuador |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223010134/http://www.asambleanacional.gob.ec/es/system/files/ro_ley_organica_de_gestion_de_la_identidad_y_datos_civiles_ro_684_2do_supl_04-02-2015.pdf |archive-date=February 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://ebar.com/news/article.php |title=Bay Area Reporter :: Article.php|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.}}</ref>
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|{{flag icon|Falkland Islands}} [[LGBT rights in the Falkland Islands|Falkland Islands]] <br> <small>([[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1989; equal age of consent since 2006<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Civil partnerships since 2017<ref name="fig.gov.fk">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.fig.gov.fk/assembly/index.php/public-papers/executive-council-papers/finish/313-05-13-may-2015/2701-91-15p-family-law-review-2015-proposals-for-new-policy-development-and-legislation |title=Family law review 2015 |date=May 13, 2015 |website=Falkland Islands |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030070515/http://www.fig.gov.fk/assembly/index.php/public-papers/executive-council-papers/finish/313-05-13-may-2015/2701-91-15p-family-law-review-2015-proposals-for-new-policy-development-and-legislation |archive-date=October 30, 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2017<ref name="fig.gov.fk"/>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2017
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] UK responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.falklands.gov.fk/assets/The-Falkland-Islands-Constitution-Order-2008.pdf |title=The Falkland Islands Constitution Order 2008 |date=2008 |publisher=South Atlantic Territories |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112201131/http://www.falklands.gov.fk/assets/The-Falkland-Islands-Constitution-Order-2008.pdf |archive-date=November 12, 2013}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flag icon|French Guiana}} [[LGBT rights in France|French Guiana]] <br> <small>(Overseas department of [[France]])</small>
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1791<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Civil solidarity pact]] since 1999<ref name="Legifrance"/>
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Vignal"/>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref name="Adoption in France"/>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] France responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Rainbow Europe Country Index-A"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Under French law<ref name="GSN-Americas"/>
|-
|{{flag icon|Guyana}} [[LGBT rights in Guyana|Guyana]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]] Illegal<br>Penalty: Up to life imprisonment (Not enforced).<ref name="ILGA"/> Legalization proposed<ref>{{Cite web|last=Salerno|first=Rob|url=https://76crimes.com/2023/01/09/2022-in-worldwide-lgbt-rights-progress-part-5-global-trends/ |title=2022 in worldwide LGBT rights progress – Part 6: Global Trends |date=9 January 2023 |publisher=Erasing 76 Crimes |access-date= 2023-01-09}}</ref>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px|]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2015/12/16/homosexuals-can-adopt-be-foster-parents-guardians-cpa-director|title=Homosexuals can adopt, be foster parents, guardians – CPA Director|date=16 December 2015}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://thedailyherald.sx/|title=HOME|website=thedailyherald.sx}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] 
|-
|{{flag icon|Paraguay}} [[LGBT rights in Paraguay|Paraguay]] 
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1880; Age of consent discrepancy<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban on ''de facto unions'' since 1992<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.oas.org/juridico/spanish/par_res3.htm|title=Constitución del Paraguay, 1992|website=www.oas.org}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 1992<ref name="Paraguay">{{#invoke:Cite news||title=Paraguay – Constitution|url=http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/pa00000_.html|access-date=15 October 2010}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]]<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Diputados rechazan ley que prohíbe ingreso de homosexuales a FFAA |url=http://www.paraguay.com/nacionales/diputados-rechazan-ley-que-prohibe-ingreso-de-homosexuales-a-ffaa-30985 |date=June 17, 2010 |website=Paraguay |access-date=May 15, 2024 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619014023/http://www.paraguay.com/nacionales/diputados-rechazan-ley-que-prohibe-ingreso-de-homosexuales-a-ffaa-30985 |archive-date=June 19, 2010}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination. <br> [[Legality of conversion therapy|Pathologization or attempted treatment of sexual orientation by mental health professionals illegal since 2022]] 
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Peru}} [[LGBT rights in Peru|Peru]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1924; equal age of consent since 2012<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of relationships-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]/[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Limited recognition for same-sex partners of health-care workers since 2020.
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2009<ref>{{#invoke:Cite news||title=El Tribunal Constitucional de Perú considera que no se puede excluir de la Polícia o el Ejército a las personas homosexuales|url=http://www.dosmanzanas.com/2009/12/el-tribunal-constitucional-de-peru-considera-que-no-se-puede-excluir-de-la-policia-o-el-ejercito-a-las-personas-homosexuales.html|access-date=30 September 2010|newspaper=Dos Manzanas|date=13 December 2009}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref name="Penal Code 2018">{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Código Penal peruano 2018 actualizado |url=https://legis.pe/codigo-penal-peruano-actualizado/ |website=Legis.pe |access-date=24 September 2018 |language=es-ES |date=3 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Peruvian Congress Votes to Remove LGBT from Hate Crime Legislation|url=https://theperchybird.wordpress.com/2017/05/06/peruvian-congress-votes-to-remove-lgbt-from-hate-crime-legislation/|website=The Perchy Bird|access-date=10 May 2017|date=6 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|es}}{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.unifr.ch/ddp1/derechopenal/legislacion/l_20080616_75.pdf|title=Peruvian Penal Code|access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/09/18/peru-uganda-lgbt-rights/#sthash.qiX6hWy8.dpuf|title=Peru lags behind other Latin American countries on LGBT rights|date=18 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Finalmente se aprobó la ley contra crímenes de odio y discriminación por orientación sexual|url=http://utero.pe/2017/01/06/finalmente-se-aprobo-la-ley-contra-crimenes-de-odio-y-discriminacion-por-orientacion-sexual/|website=Útero.Pe|access-date=7 January 2017|language=es-LA}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name without the need for the [[Sex reassignment surgery|completion of medical intervention]] since 2016. Judicial order required.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=TC reconoce derecho de transexuales a pedir cambio de nombre y sexo en DNI|url=http://larepublica.pe/sociedad/819683-tc-reconoce-derecho-de-transexuales-pedir-cambio-de-nombre-y-sexo-en-dni|website=larepublica.pe|language=es-LA|date=8 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.streetsoflima.com/2012/04/discount-sexual-reassignment-surgery-in.html|title=Sex reassignment surgery in Peru|publisher=Streets of Lima|access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag icon|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands}} [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]] <br> <small> ([[British Overseas Territories|Overseas Territory]] of the [[United Kingdom]])</small>
|<!--Legal status--> [[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2001<br>+ UN decl. sign.
|<!--Recognition of relationships--> [[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2014<ref name="www.gov.uk">{{#invoke:Cite web||url=https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/south-georgia-and-south-sandwich-islands/local-laws-and-customs|title=Local laws and customs - South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territory) travel advice - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2014<ref name="www.gov.uk"/>
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] UK responsible for defence
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Transgender issues--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|-
|{{flag icon|Suriname}} [[LGBT rights in Suriname|Suriname]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1869 (as [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Dutch Guiana]]);<br>Age of consent discrepancy
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[File:Emblem-question.svg|15px]]
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Wetboek van Strafrecht 2015|url=http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/102211/123480/F-1118646298/SUR102211.pdf|access-date=1 January 2017|language=nl}}</ref>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Transgender persons can change their legal gender since 2022. Court order required.<ref>{{cite web |title=Grote stap in erkennen mensenrechten transgenders {{!}} Suriname Nieuws Centrale |url=https://surinamenieuwscentrale.com/grote-stap-erkennen-mensenrechten-transgenders |website=surinamenieuwscentrale.com |access-date=2 December 2022 |language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Transgender wins case for sex change recognition|url=https://thedailyherald.sx/regional/62860-transgender-wins-case-for-sex-change-recognition|website=thedailyherald.sx|access-date=13 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||title=Suriname appeals transgender verdict|url=https://www.thedailyherald.sx/regional/63426-suriname-appeals-transgender-verdict|archive-url = http://web.archive.org/web/20170216140434/https://www.thedailyherald.sx/regional/63426-suriname-appeals-transgender-verdict|archive-date = 16 February 2017|website= www.thedailyherald.sx |language=en-gb}}</ref>
|-
|{{flag icon|Uruguay}} [[LGBT rights in Uruguay|Uruguay]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1934<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Concubinage union since 2008<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=18246&Anchor=|title=Ley Nº 18.246 UNIÓN CONCUBINARIA}}</ref>
|<!--Same-sex marriage-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2013<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web||url=http://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy/sci/leyes/2013/05/mec_913.pdf |title=Document|website= archivo.presidencia.gub.uy}}</ref>
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 2009<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web|| agency=Reuters | work=New York Times | title=Lawmakers in Uruguay Vote to Allow Gay Couples to Adopt | date=9 September 2009 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/world/americas/10uruguay.html | access-date=1 January 2010}}</ref>
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2009<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Rachel Weiner | publisher=Huffington Post | title=Uruguay Lifts Ban On Gays In The Military | date=15 May 2009 | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/15/uruguay-lifts-ban-on-gays_n_203996.html | access-date=1 January 2010}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans '''all''' anti-gay discrimination.<ref name="Ley N° 17.817">{{in lang|es}} {{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Congress of Uruguay|title=Ley N° 17.817|date=18 August 2004| url=http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=17817&Anchor= | access-date=1 January 2010}}</ref> [[Conversion therapy#Legal status|Pathologization or attempted treatment of sexual orientation by mental health professionals illegal since 2017]]
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name without surgeries or judicial order required since 2009.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Free Speech Radio News | title=Uruguay passes bill to allow citizens to choose gender identity | date=11 December 2009 | url=http://www.fsrn.org/audio/uruguay-passes-bill-allow-citizens-choose-gender-identity/5887 | access-date=1 January 2010}}</ref> Self-determination since 2018.
|-
|{{flag icon|Venezuela}} [[LGBT rights in Venezuela|Venezuela]]
|<!--Legal status-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Legal since 1997<br>+ UN decl. sign.<ref name="ILGA/>
|<!--Recognition of unions-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban on ''de facto stable unions'' since 1999
|<!--Marriage-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]] Constitutional ban since 1999
|<!--Adoption-->[[Image:X_mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2023<ref>{{#invoke:Cite web|| author=Supreme Court of Justice Venezuela | title=SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE DECLARES NULLITY OF THE PRE-CONSTITUTIONAL NORM OF THE ORGANIC CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE | date=16 March 2023 | url=http://www.tsj.gob.ve/-/tribunal-supremo-de-justicia-declara-nulidad-de-norma-preconstitucional-del-codigo-organico-de-justicia-militar | access-date=16 March 2023}}</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination-->[[Image:Yes_check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination<ref name="ILGA"/>
|<!--Transgender issues-->[[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|}<noinclude>
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