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==North America==

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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{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Bermuda}} Bermuda (Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1994; equal age of consent since 2019 + UN decl. sign.{{#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}} \|File:Yes check.svg Domestic partnerships since 2018{{#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}} \|Image:X mark.svg Was legal between November 2018 and March 2022 and between May 2017 and June 2018 \|File:Yes check.svg Legal since 2015{{#invoke: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}} \|image:Yes check.svg UK responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#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\|date=15 June 2013\|access-date=15 June 2013}} \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Canada}} Canada	Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1969; equal age of consent since 1987 + UN decl. sign.{{#invoke: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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Domestic partnerships in Nova Scotia (2001);{{#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}} Civil unions in Quebec (2002);{{#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}} Adult interdependent relationships in Alberta (2003);{{#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 }} Common-law relationships in Manitoba (2004){{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal in some provinces and territories since 2003, nationwide since 2005{{#invoke:Cite web	url=http://lois-laws.justice.gc.ca/PDF/2005_33.pdf\|title=LOI CONCERNANT CERTAINES CONDITIONS DE FOND DU MARIAGE CIVIL}} \|Image:Yes_check.svg Legal in some provinces and territories since 1996, nationwide since 2011Status 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}} \|Image:Yes_check.svg Since 1992{{#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}}; Includes transgender people{{#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}} \|Image:Yes_check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination. Ban on conversion therapy since 2022 nationwide \|Image:Yes check.svg Transgender people can change their gender and name without completion of medical intervention and human rights protections explicitly include gender identity or expression within all of Canada since 2017{{#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.}}{{#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}}{{#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}}{{#invoke:Cite web	url=http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/\|title=Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency \| Province of Manitoba\|website=Province of Manitoba - Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency}}
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Greenland}} Greenland (Autonomous Territory within the Kingdom of Denmark) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1933; equal age of consent since 1977 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Registered partnerships between 1996 and 2016 (Existing partnerships are still recognised.){{#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}} \|Image:Yes_check.svg Legal since 2016 \|Image:Yes_check.svg Stepchild adoption since 2009;{{#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.}} joint adoption since 2016{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg The Kingdom of Denmark responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination \|File:Yes check.svg Legal gender change and recognition possible without surgery or hormone therapy{{#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 }}{{#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 }}
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Mexico}} Mexico \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1871 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg/Image:X mark.svg Civil unions in Mexico City (2007), Coahuila (2007),{{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}} Colima (between 2013 and 2016),{{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}} Campeche (2013),{{#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}} Jalisco (between 2014 and 2018),{{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}} Michoacán (2015), Tlaxcala (2017), and Veracruz (2020) \|Image:Yes check.svg Starting in 2010; nationwide since 2022 \|Image:Yes check.svg/Image:X mark.svg Legal in Mexico City (2010),{{#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}} 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){{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}}{{#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}} \|15px (ambiguous) \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#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}} 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), Michoacán (2024), and nationwide (2024). \|Image:Yes check.svg/Image:X mark.svg Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name in Mexico City (2008),{{#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}} 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), Campeche (2024), and Tabasco (2025).. {{#invoke: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}}
25px Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Overseas collectivity of France) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Civil solidarity pact since 1999{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2013{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2013{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#invoke:Cite web	url=https://www.equaldex.com/region/melilla \|title=LGBT Rights in Melilla \|website=Equaldex \|access-date=May 13, 2024}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Under French law{{#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}}
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|United States}} United States \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal in some states since 1962, nationwide since 2003 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Domestic partnerships in California (1999), the District of Columbia (2002), Maine (2004), Washington (2007), Maryland (2008), Oregon (2008), Nevada (2009) and Wisconsin (2009). Civil unions in Vermont (2000), Connecticut (2005), New Jersey (2007), New Hampshire (2008), Illinois (2011), Rhode Island (2011), Delaware (2012), Hawaii (2012) and Colorado (2013). \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal in some states since 2004, nationwide since 2015 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal in some states since 1993, nationwide since 2016 \|Image:Yes check.svg/Image:X mark.svg Lesbians, gays, and bisexuals have been allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military since 2011, following the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. Transgender people previously allowed to serve openly,{{#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}} but restrictions have been placed on those with a history of gender dysphoria.{{#invoke:cite news	title=Pentagon to ban trans people from joining military, pauses gender-transition procedures \|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/pentagon-ban-trans-people-joining-military-pauses-gender-transition-pr-rcna191569 \|access-date=February 10, 2025 \|work=NBC News \|agency=Reuters \|date=February 10, 2025}} "Transvestites" are currently banned from the military since 2012.{{#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}} Most openly Intersex people may be banned from the military under the Armed Forces ban of "hermaphrodites". \|Image:Yes check.svg/Image:X mark.svg Employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited nationwide since 2020. More extensive protections exist in 23 states, DC, and some municipalities. Conversion therapy for minors is banned in 22 states, DC, and some municipalities. Sexual orientation is covered by the federal hate crime law since 2009. \|Image:Yes check.svg/Image:X mark.svg Gender X became available and recognized formally on US passports in April 2022.{{#invoke: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}} This was rescinded in 2025 at the beginning of president Trump's second term.{{#invoke:cite web	title=DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT \|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/ \|access-date=2025-01-21 \|publisher=Donald Trump}} Gender change is legal on birth certificates (under varying conditions by state), in 48 states + DC. Nonbinary gender markers are available, under varying circumstances, in 25 states + DC. Employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity is prohibited nationwide since 2020. More extensive protections exist in 22 states, DC, and some municipalities.

==Central America==

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{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Belize}} Belize \|image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2016{{#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 }} \|Image:X_mark.svg \|Image:X_mark.svg \|Image:X_mark.svg \|Image:X_mark.svg \|image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#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}}{{#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}}{{#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}} \| Image:X mark.svg{{#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}}
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Costa Rica}} Costa Rica \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1971 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Unregistered cohabitation since 2014{{#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 }}{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2020 \| Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2020{{#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}} \|Has no military \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination \|Image:Yes check.svg/Image:X mark.svg 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{{#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}}{{#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}}{{#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}} One-time sex change allowed for passports. {{#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 }}
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|El Salvador}} El Salvador \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1822 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X_mark.svg \|Image:X_mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg{{#invoke: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”}}{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination \|Image:X mark.svg{{#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}} Bans discrimination based on gender identity.
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Guatemala}} Guatemala \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1871 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X_mark.svg Pending \|Image:X_mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|15px \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans some anti-gay discrimination \|Image:X mark.svg{{#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}}
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Honduras}} Honduras \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1899 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X mark.svg Constitutional ban on de facto unions since 2005 \|Image:X mark.svg Constitutional ban since 2005;{{#invoke:Cite web	url=http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Honduras/hond05.html\|title=Honduras: Constitución de 1982\|website=pdba.georgetown.edu}}{{#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}} court decision pending \|Image:X mark.svg Constitutional ban since 2005 \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#invoke:Cite web	url=http://www.poderjudicial.gob.hn/CEDIJ/Leyes/Documents/CodigoPenal-ReformaIncluida.pdf\|title="DECRETO 144-83" CÓDIGO PENAL}} \| Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Nicaragua}} Nicaragua \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2008 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|15px \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans some anti-gay discrimination \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Panama}} Panama \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2008 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X mark.svg Court decision pending \|Image:X mark.svg Court decision pending \|Image:X mark.svg Court decision pending \|Has no military \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans some anti-gay discrimination{{#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}}{{#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}} \|Image:Yes_check.svg Transgender persons can change their legal gender and name after completion of medical intervention since 2006{{#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}}{{#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}}

==Caribbean==

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{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Anguilla}} Anguilla (Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2001 Age of consent discrepancy + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg UK responsible for defence \|Image:X mark.svg \|15px
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Antigua and Barbuda}} Antigua and Barbuda \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2022 \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Aruba}} Aruba (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Registered partnerships since 2021{{#invoke: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 }} \|Image:Yes check.svg {{#invoke: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 \| NL Times }} \|Image:Yes check.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg The Netherlands responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#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}} \|15px
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Bahamas}} Bahamas \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1991; Age of consent discrepancy + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Barbados}} Barbados \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2022. \|Image:X mark.svg/Image:Yes check.svg Foreign Domestic Partnerships recognized for immigration purposes "Welcome Stamp" {{#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}} Civil Unions proposed. {{#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}} \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans some anti-gay discrimination {{#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}} \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Bonaire}} Bonaire (a special municipality of the Netherlands) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the municipalities) + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Registered partnerships since 2012{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2012{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg The Netherlands responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|British Virgin Islands}} British Virgin Islands (Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2001 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg UK responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#invoke: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}} \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Cayman Islands}} Cayman Islands (Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2001; Age of consent discrepancy + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Civil partnerships since 2020{{#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 }} \|File:X mark.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2020 \|Image:Yes check.svg UK responsible for defence \|File:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Cuba}} Cuba \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1979 + UN decl. sign. \|15px Legal since 2022 \|15px Legal since 2022 \|15px Legal since 2022 \|Image:Yes check.svg{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination {{#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}}{{#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}}{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Transgender people allowed to change gender after sex change operations{{#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}}
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Curaçao}} Curaçao (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg {{#invoke: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 \| NL Times }} \|Image:Yes check.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg The Netherlands responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#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}} \|15px
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Dominica}} Dominica \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2024{{#invoke: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}} + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Has no military \|File:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Dominican Republic}} Dominican Republic \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1822 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg Constitutional ban since 2010{{citation needed\|date=December 2019}} \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg{{#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}} \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Grenada}} Grenada \|Image:X mark.svg Male illegal Penalty: 10-year prison sentence (not enforced). {{#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}} Legalization proposed{{#invoke: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}} Image:Yes check.svg Female always legal \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Has no military \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Guadeloupe}} Guadeloupe (Overseas department of France) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Civil solidarity pact since 1999 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2013 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2013 \|Image:Yes check.svg France responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination \|Image:Yes check.svg Under French law
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Haiti}} Haiti \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1791 (as Saint-Domingue) \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Has no military \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Jamaica}} Jamaica \|Image:X mark.svg Male illegal Penalty: 10 years and/or hard labor (Not enforced). Legalization proposed{{#invoke: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}} Image:Yes check.svg Female always legal. \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg Constitutional ban since 1962 \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Martinique}} Martinique (Overseas department of France) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Civil solidarity pact since 1999 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2013 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2013 \|Image:Yes check.svg France responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination \|Image:Yes check.svg Under French law
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Montserrat}} Montserrat (Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2001 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X_mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg UK responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#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}} \|15px
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of the United States) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2003 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2015 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2015{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2015 \|Image:Yes check.svg United States responsible for defense{{#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}}{{#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\|date=1 January 2018}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans some anti-gay discrimination \|Image:Yes check.svg Gender change legal since 2018; does not require surgery
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Saba}} Saba (a special municipality of the Netherlands) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the municipalities) + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Registered partnerships since 2012 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2012 \|Image:Yes check.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg The Netherlands responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination \|Image:Yes check.svg{{#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}}
25px Saint Barthélemy (Overseas collectivity of France) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Civil solidarity pact since 1999 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2013 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2013 \|Image:Yes check.svg France responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination \|Image:Yes check.svg Under French law
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} Saint Kitts and Nevis \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2022 \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|15px
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Saint Lucia}} Saint Lucia \|Image:X mark.svg Male illegal Penalty: Fine and/or 10-year prison sentence (Not enforced). Legalization proposed{{#invoke: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}} Image:Yes check.svg Female always legal \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Has no military \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans some anti-gay discrimination \|Image:X mark.svg
25px Saint Martin (Overseas collectivity of France) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Civil solidarity pact since 1999 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2013 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2013 \|Image:Yes check.svg France responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination \|Image:Yes check.svg Under French law
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} Saint Vincent and the Grenadines \|Image:X mark.svg Illegal Penalty: Fine and/or 10-year prison sentence (Not enforced). Legalization proposed{{#invoke: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}} \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Has no military \|Image:X mark.svg \|15px
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Sint Eustatius}} Sint Eustatius (a special municipality of the Netherlands) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the municipalities) + UN decl. sign. \|Image:Yes check.svg Registered partnerships since 2012 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2012 \|Image:Yes check.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg The Netherlands responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination \|Image:Yes check.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Sint Maarten}} Sint Maarten (Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg/Image:Yes check.svg Same-sex marriages performed in the Netherlands recognized{{fact\|date=August 2024}} \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg The Netherlands responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#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}} \|15px
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Trinidad and Tobago}} Trinidad and Tobago \|Image:X mark.svg Illegal Penalty: Up to 5-year prison sentence, since 2025 Court of Appeal ruling that reinstated buggery and gross indecency laws; previously struck down by lower court in 2018; appeal to Privy Council pending. \| Image:X mark.svg \| Image:X mark.svg \| Image:X mark.svg \| Image:X mark.svg \| Image:X mark.svg \| Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|Turks and Caicos Islands}} Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2001 Age of consent discrepancy + UN decl. sign. \|Image:X_mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:X mark.svg \|Image:Yes check.svg UK responsible for defence \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination \|Image:X mark.svg
{{#invoke:flag\|icon\|United States Virgin Islands}} United States Virgin Islands (Territory of the United States) \|Image:Yes_check.svg Legal since 1985 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2015{{#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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2015 \|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2015 \|Image:Yes check.svg United States responsible for defense \|Image:Yes check.svg Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#invoke: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}} \|Image:Yes check.svg Legislation enacted in 2022, also explicitly includes gender identity.

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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

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Anguilla}} Anguilla
(Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom)

|Image:Yes check.svg Legal since 2001
Age of consent discrepancy
+ UN decl. sign.

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==North America==

==Central America==

==Caribbean==

==South America==