Up to 14 years in prison

6

No penalising law  

New Zealand

3

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5

Laws against promotion of homosexuality  

Argentina Brazil Canada Colombia Mexico United States  Uruguay

4

Marriage for same-sex couples 

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Death penalty  

South Africa

1

From 14 years to life in prison

7

Partnerships for same-sex couples  

Belgium Denmark Finland France Iceland Ireland Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom

2

Chile Ecuador

Andorra Austria Croatia Czech Republic Estonia Germany Greece Hungary Italy Liechtenstein Malta Switzerland

Taiwan Australia

Partnerships for same-sex couples  

Israel

Jordan Turkey Georgia Azerbaijan Armenia Latvia Poland Belarus Ukraine Slovakia Moldova Romania Bulgaria Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia Montenegro

Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Mongolia China Nepal Thailand Laos Vietnam Cambodia North Korea

Venezuela Suriname Peru Bolivia Paraguay Belize Guatemala Honduras El Salvador

South Korea Philippines Japan Palau Nauru Vanuatu Timor-leste

Chad Central African Rep. Rwanda Gabon Congo D.R.Congo Equatorial Guinea Malawi Mozambique Lesotho Madagascar Seychelles

Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Cuba The Bahamas Haiti Dominican Rep. Puerto Rico Mali Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Guinea Bissau Benin Niger

Namibia Russia Indonesia Swaziland

Mauritania  Sudan Yemen Saudi Arabia Iraq Iran Pakistan Afghanistan 

Guyana  St Lucia Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Antigua and Barbuda

India Bangladesh Malaysia

Sierra Leone Zambia Tanzania Uganda Ethiopia Eritrea

Jamaica Morocco Algeria   Tunisia Libya Egypt Senegal Gambia Guinea Liberia Ghana Togo

Syria Lebanon Oman UAE Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Bhutan Myanmar Sri Lanka

Singapore Brunei Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tuvalu Kiribati Samoa Cook Islands Tonga

Nigeria Cameroon Angola Botswana Zimbabwe Malawi Kenya South Sudan Somalia Comoros Mauritius

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In some countries, being LGBT can land you in prison – or worse.

Jamaica Morocco Algeria   Tunisia Libya Egypt Senegal Gambia Guinea Liberia Ghana Togo Nigeria  Cameroon 

Turkmenistan Bhutan Myanmar Sri Lanka Singapore Brunei Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tuvalu Kiribati Samoa Cook Islands Tonga

Angola Botswana Zimbabwe Malawi Kenya South Sudan Somalia Comoros Mauritius Syria Lebanon Oman UAE Uzbekistan

In some countries, being LGBT can land you in prison for 14 years

Argentina Brazil Canada Colombia Mexico United States  Uruguay South Africa

Belgium Denmark Finland France Iceland Ireland Luxembourg Netherlands

Norway Portugal Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom New Zealand

Liechtenstein Malta  Switzerland Taiwan  Australia

Chile Ecuador Israel Andorra  Austria  Croatia 

Czech Republic  Estonia  Germany  Greece  Hungary  Italy 

Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia Montenegro Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Mongolia China Nepal Thailand Laos Vietnam Cambodia North Korea South Korea Philippines Japan Palau Nauru Vanuatu Timor-leste

Venezuela Suriname Peru Bolivia Paraguay Belize Guatemala Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Cuba The Bahamas Haiti Dominican Rep. Puerto Rico Mali Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Guinea Bissau Benin Niger Chad

C. African Rep. Rwanda Gabon Congo D.R.Congo Equatorial Guinea Malawi Mozambique Lesotho Madagascar Seychelles Jordan Turkey Georgia Azerbaijan Armenia Latvia Poland Belarus Ukraine Slovakia Moldova Romania  Bulgaria 

Laws against promotion of homosexuality  

Tanzania Uganda Ethiopia Eritrea India Bangladesh Malaysia

Guyana St Lucia Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Antigua and Barbuda Sierra Leone  Zambia 

Source: International lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and intersex association