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Central Asia

LGBT rights in:	Homosexual acts legal?	Same-sex adoption	Allows gays to serve openly in military?	Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation)
Kazakhstan	Legal	Unknown	Unknown
Kyrgyzstan	Legal	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Tajikistan	Legal	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Turkmenistan	Male illegal (Penalties: fine, up to 2 year prison sentence) Female legal
Uzbekistan	Male illegal (anal sex only) (Penalties: fine, up to 3 year prison sentence) Female legal

Middle East

LGBT rights in:	Homosexual acts legal?	Recognition of relationships	Same-sex marriage	Same-sex adoption	Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation)
Bahrain	Legal since 1976
Iraq	Legal since 2003
Israel	Legal since 1988 + UN decl. sign.	Unregistered cohabition Legal	Foreign same-sex marriages recognised	^[1]^[2]	Bans most anti-gay discrimination
Jordan	Legal since 1951
Kuwait	Illegal (Penalty: fines, men under 21 face prison sentences up to 10 years, men over 21 face prison sentences up to 7 years)
Lebanon	Illegal (Penalty: fines, up to 1 year in prison). There's a growing public campaign to legalise homosexual relations.^[3]
Oman	Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence up to 3 years; however, only enforced when dealing with "public scandal")
Palestinian territories (Gaza)	Male illegal (Penalty: up to 10 year prison sentence) Female legal
Palestinian territories (West Bank)	Legal since 1956
Qatar	Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence up to 5 years)
Saudi Arabia	Illegal (Penalty: death or prison/fines/whipping)
Syria	Illegal (Penalty: prison sentence up to 3 years; law de facto suspended)
United Arab Emirates	Illegal (Penalty: deportation, fines, prison time or death sentence)
Yemen	Illegal (Penalty: flogging or death)

South Asia

LGBT rights in:	Homosexual acts legal?	Same-sex adoption	Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Afghanistan	Illegal	Unknown
Bangladesh	Illegal	Unknown
Bhutan	Illegal (Penalty: prison sentence up to 1 year; no cases of penalty actually enforced)	Unknown
India	Illegal (Penalty: fine or up to 10 years; however, there is no government prosecution or enforcement)	Unknown
Iran	Illegal (Penalty: Death )	Unknown	SRS officially supported by government as a means to treat GID
Maldives	Illegal	Unknown
Nepal	Legal since 2007^[4] + UN decl. sign.	Unknown
Pakistan	Illegal (Penalty: 2 years to life sentence)	Unknown
Sri Lanka	Sodomy may be illegal - British-enacted law, never implemented	Unknown

East Asia

LGBT rights in:	Homosexual acts legal?	Recognition of relationships	Same-sex marriage	Same-sex adoption	Allows gays to serve openly in military?	Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation)	Laws concerning gender identity/expression	Immigration equality for same-sex couples
China	Legal since 1997			Unknown
Japan	Legal + UN decl. sign.			Unknown	Unknown			Unknown
Mongolia	Legal since 2002	Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
North Korea	Not considered to be in accordance with the socialist lifestyle. Prison camps for dissidents					Unknown	Heavily obeyed gender roles for both male and female. See Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle
South Korea	Legal					Discrimination ban repealed in 2007
Taiwan	Legal		Pending law allows civil unions or same-sex marriage.	Unknown	Unknown	Bans some anti-gay discrimination (in work and education)		\|-

Southeast Asia

LGBT rights in:	Homosexual acts legal?	Recognition of relationships	Same-sex marriage	Same-sex adoption	Allows gays to serve openly in military?	Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation)
Brunei	Illegal (Penalty: fine or prison sentence up to 10 years)
Cambodia	Legal				Unknown	Unknown
East Timor	Legal + UN decl. sign.	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Indonesia	Legal except for Muslims in Aceh Province			Unknown	Unknown
Laos	Legal			Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Malaysia	Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence (2-20 years), or whippings)
Myanmar	Illegal (Penalties: 10 years to life sentence)
Philippines	Legal.^[5]^[6]	^[6]	^[6]		Since 2009. Was previously banned.	^[5] ^[6]
Singapore	Male illegal (Penalty: up to 2 years prison sentence; not enforced) Female legal
Thailand	Legal since 1956			Unknown	Yes, since 2005 [1]	Unknown
Vietnam	Legal			Unknown	Unknown

References

^ http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3505079,00.html "Attorney General rules same sex couples eligible to adopt"
^ Gay couple wins right to adopt foster son
^ {{cite Female legalweb|url=http://www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2008.pdf%7Ctitle=State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults|last=Ottosson|first=Daniel|date=May 2008|publisher=International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)|pages=Page 22|accessdate=2009-01-12}}
^ Ottosson, Daniel (May 2008). "State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults" (PDF). International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). pp. Page 27. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
^ ^a ^b http://www.akbayan.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=207:anti-discrimination-bill-hb-956&catid=15:bills&Itemid=100
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/resourcecenter/502.html

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

[2] Gay couple wins right to adopt foster son

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

[ILGA_page_27-4] Ottosson, Daniel (May 2008). "State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults" (PDF). International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA). pp. Page 27. Retrieved 2009-01-12.

[Gay_Philippines-5] ttp://www.akbayan.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=207:anti-discrimination-bill-hb-956&catid=15:bills&Itemid=100

[Gay_Pilipinas-6] ttp://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/resourcecenter/502.html

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+|<!--Immigration equality for same-sex couples--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
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