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Central Asia

LGBT rights in: Homosexual acts legal? Recognition of relationships Same-sex marriage Same-sex adoption Allows gays to serve openly in military? Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) Laws concerning gender identity/expression Immigration equality for same-sex couples
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Yes Legal No No Unknown Unknown No No
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Yes Legal No No Unknown Unknown Unknown No
Tajikistan Tajikistan Yes Legal No No Unknown Unknown Unknown No
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan No Male illegal (Penalties: fine, up to 2 year prison sentence)
Yes Female legal 		No
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan No Male illegal (anal sex only) (Penalties: fine, up to 3 year prison sentence)

Yes Female legal

No

Middle East

LGBT rights in: Homosexual acts legal? Recognition of relationships Same-sex marriage Same-sex adoption Allows gays to serve openly in military? Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) Laws concerning gender identity/expression Immigration equality for same-sex couples
Bahrain Bahrain Yes Legal since 1976 No
Iraq Iraq Yes Legal since 2003 No
Israel Israel Yes Legal since 1988
+ UN decl. sign. 		Yes Unregistered cohabition Legal Foreign same-sex marriages recognised Yes [1][2] Yes Yes Bans most anti-gay discrimination Yes
Jordan Jordan Yes Legal since 1951
 No
Kuwait Kuwait No Illegal (Penalty: fines, men under 21 face prison sentences up to 10 years, men over 21 face prison sentences up to 7 years) No
Lebanon Lebanon No Illegal (Penalty: fines, up to 1 year in prison). There's a growing public campaign to legalise homosexual relations.[3]
 No
Oman Oman No Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence up to 3 years; however, only enforced when dealing with "public scandal") No
Palestine Palestinian territories (Gaza) No Male illegal (Penalty: up to 10 year prison sentence)
Yes Female legal 		No
Palestine Palestinian territories (West Bank) Yes Legal since 1956 No No No No No No
Qatar Qatar No Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence up to 5 years) No
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia No Illegal (Penalty: death or prison/fines/whipping) No
Syria Syria No Illegal (Penalty: prison sentence up to 3 years; law de facto suspended) No
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates No Illegal (Penalty: Death deportation, fines, prison time or death sentence) No
Yemen Yemen No Illegal (Penalty: Death flogging or death) No

South 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
Afghanistan Afghanistan No Illegal No No Unknown No No No
Bangladesh Bangladesh No Illegal No No Unknown No No No
Bhutan Bhutan No Illegal (Penalty: prison sentence up to 1 year; no cases of penalty actually enforced) No No Unknown No No No
India India No Illegal (Penalty: fine or up to 10 years; however, there is no government prosecution or enforcement) No No Unknown No No No
Iran Iran No Illegal (Penalty: Death Death) No No Unknown No No SRS officially supported by government as a means to treat GID No
Maldives Maldives No Illegal No No Unknown No No No
Nepal Nepal Yes Legal since 2007[4] + UN decl. sign. No Status unknown pending Supreme Court decision in 2008 [1] Unknown No No No
Pakistan Pakistan No Illegal (Penalty: 2 years to life sentence) No No Unknown No No No
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka No Sodomy may be illegal - British-enacted law, never implemented No No Unknown No No No

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 China Yes Legal since 1997 No No Unknown No No No
Japan Japan Yes Legal
+ UN decl. sign. 		No No Unknown Unknown No Unknown
Mongolia Mongolia Yes Legal since 2002 Unknown No Unknown Unknown Unknown No
North Korea North Korea No Not considered to be in accordance with the socialist lifestyle. Prison camps for dissidents No No No No Unknown Heavily obeyed gender roles for both male and female. See Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle No
South Korea South Korea Yes Legal No No No No No Discrimination ban repealed in 2007 No
Taiwan Taiwan Yes Legal No No Pending law allows civil unions or same-sex marriage. Unknown Unknown Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination (in work and education) No

Southeast Asia

LGBT rights in: Homosexual acts legal? Recognition of relationships Same-sex marriage Same-sex adoption Allows gays to serve openly in military? Anti-discrimination (Sexual orientation) Laws concerning gender identity/expression Immigration equality for same-sex couples
Brunei Brunei No Illegal (Penalty: fine or prison sentence up to 10 years) No
Cambodia Cambodia Yes Legal No No Yes Unknown Unknown No
East Timor East Timor Yes Legal
+ UN decl. sign. 		Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown No
Indonesia Indonesia Yes Legal except for Muslims in Aceh Province No No Unknown Unknown No No
Laos Laos Yes Legal No No Unknown Unknown Unknown No
Malaysia Malaysia No Illegal (Penalty: fines, prison sentence (2-20 years), or whippings) No
Myanmar Myanmar No Illegal (Penalties: 10 years to life sentence) No
Philippines Philippines Yes Legal.[5][6] No[6] No[6] No No Since 2009. Was previously banned. No [5] [6] No
Singapore Singapore No Male illegal (Penalty: up to 2 years prison sentence; not enforced)

Yes Female legal

No
Thailand Thailand Yes Legal since 1956 No No Unknown Yes Yes, since 2005 [2] Unknown No
Vietnam Vietnam Yes Legal No No Unknown Unknown No No



References

  1. ^ http://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
  3. ^ {{cite Yes Female legalweb|url=http://www.ilga.org/statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2008.pdf%7Ctitle=State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults|last=Ottosson|first=Daniel|date=May 2008|publisher=International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA)|pages=Page 22|accessdate=2009-01-12}}
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ a b c d http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/resourcecenter/502.html
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