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==North Asia==

class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
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%"|LGBT 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|Russia}} Russia

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Fully legal nationwide since 1993{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://community.middlebury.edu/~moss/RGC2.html |title=Russian Gay History |website=community.middlebury.edu |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726170356/http://community.middlebury.edu/~moss/RGC2.html |archive-date=July 26, 2023}}{{#invoke:Cite webtitle=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}}
{{hr}}(de-facto illegal in Chechnya)

| File:X mark.svg No

|File:X mark.svg No Constitution limits marriage to opposite-sex couples since 2020

| File:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes{{#invoke:Cite news

date=8 August 2017 |title="Держите язык за зубами!" Правда о гомосексуалистах в российской армии. |newspaper=Rambler |url=https://news.rambler.ru/other/37592962-derzhite-yazyk-za-zubami-pravda-o-gomoseksualistah-v-rossiyskoy-armii/ |access-date=26 November 2022}}

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:X mark.svg No Gender change has not been legal since 2023{{#invoke:Cite news

last=|first=|date=24 July 2023|title=Putin Signs Gender Reassignment Ban Into Law|language=en|work=The Moscow Times|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/24/putin-signs-gender-reassignment-ban-into-law-a81950|access-date=24 July 2023}}

==Central Asia==

class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
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%"|LGBT 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|Kazakhstan}} Kazakhstan

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1998

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Since 2022{{#invoke:Cite news

date=25 February 2022 |title=В Минобороны ответили на вопрос о сексуальных меньшинствах в армии |newspaper=Tengrinews |url=https://tengrinews.kz/kazakhstan_news/minoboronyi-otvetili-vopros-seksualnyih-menshinstvah-armii-462888/ |access-date=5 May 2022}}

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:Yes check.svg Yes{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/11/russia-is-not-the-only-former-soviet-state-to-restrict-lgbt-rights/ |title=Gay rights in Russia and the former Soviet republics |last=Masci |first=David |date=February 11, 2014 |website=Pew Research Center |access-date=December 11, 2016 }}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Kyrgyzstan}} Kyrgyzstan

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1998

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No Constitutional ban since 2016{{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-constitutional-referendum-voting/28168872.html|title=Kyrgyz Voters Back Amendments On Same-Sex Marriage, Presidential Power|work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=December 11, 2016|access-date=July 30, 2017}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Requires sex reassignment surgery{{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstans-transgender-advocates-call-for-right-to-change-gender-in-passports#:~:text=Kyrgyzstan's%20Transgender%20Advocates%20Call%20for%20Right%20to%20Change%20Gender%20in%20Passports,-Dalton%20Bennett%20Jul&text=In%20a%20region%20widely%20criticized,defends%20transgender%20individuals%20from%20harassment. |title=Kyrgyzstan's Transgender Advocates Call for Right to Change Gender in Passports |last=Bennett |first=Dalton |date=July 5, 2010 |website=Eurasianet |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113131636/https://eurasianet.org/kyrgyzstans-transgender-advocates-call-for-right-to-change-gender-in-passports |archive-date=January 13, 2024}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Tajikistan}} Tajikistan

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1998

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Requires sex reassignment surgery{{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://iwpr.net/global-voices/transgender-tajikistan |title=Transgender in Tajikistan |last=Isamova |first=Lidia |date=May 12, 2014 |website=Institute for War and Peace Reporting |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229101216/https://iwpr.net/global-voices/transgender-tajikistan |archive-date=December 29, 2016}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Turkmenistan}} Turkmenistan

| Image:X mark.svg No Male illegal since 1927
Penalty: up to 2 years imprisonment.
Image:Yes check.svg Yes Female always legal{{#invoke:cite web

url=https://tgeu.org/the-lives-of-lgbt-people-in-turkmenistan-the-most-closed-off-country-in-eastern-europe-and-central-asia/ |title=The lives of LGBT people in Turkmenistan, the most closed-off country in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |date=March 20, 2024 |website=TGEU |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404170301/https://tgeu.org/the-lives-of-lgbt-people-in-turkmenistan-the-most-closed-off-country-in-eastern-europe-and-central-asia/ |archive-date=April 4, 2024}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| File:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Uzbekistan}} Uzbekistan

| Image:X mark.svg No Male illegal since 1926
Penalty: up to 3 years imprisonment.
Image:Yes check.svg Yes Female always legal

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

==West Asia==

class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
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%"|LGBT 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|Abkhazia}} Abkhazia
(Disputed territory)

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

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

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2000
+ UN decl. sign.

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Civil partnerships since 2005

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2014

| {{unknown}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes UK responsible for defence

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.sbaadministration.org/home/legislation/01_02_09_05_ORDINANCES/01_02_09_05_54_ORD_2013/20130208_Ord_4_G1678_u.pdf |title=Employment (Equality) Ordinance 2013 |date=February 8, 2013 |publisher=Gazette No 1678 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094648/http://www.sbaadministration.org/home/legislation/01_02_09_05_ORDINANCES/01_02_09_05_54_ORD_2013/20130208_Ord_4_G1678_u.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2015}}

| {{unknown}}

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Armenia}} Armenia

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2003
+ UN decl. sign.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No Constitutional ban since 2015{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.ilga-europe.org/resources/news/latest-news/referendum-armenia-brings-constitutional-reforms |title=Referendum in Armenia brings constitutional reforms |date=December 16, 2015 |website=ILGA-Europe |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112231207/http://www.ilga-europe.org/resources/news/latest-news/referendum-armenia-brings-constitutional-reforms |archive-date=January 12, 2016}}{{#invoke:Cite weburl=http://news.am/eng/news/301746.html |title=Armenia Central Electoral Commission announces constitutional referendum final results |date=December 13, 2015 |website=Newsfeed |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119124046/http://news.am/eng/news/301746.html |archive-date=January 19, 2016}}

| Image:X mark.svg No LGBT individuals may adopt, but not same-sex couples.

| Image:X mark.svg No {{#invoke:Cite web

title=Armenia: Gays live with threats of violence, abuse|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,EURASIANET,,ARM,,4bfd3b698b4e,0.html|publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|access-date=8 June 2012|date=30 March 2010}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Azerbaijan}} Azerbaijan

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2000

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Bahrain}} Bahrain

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1976

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Transgender people allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery.{{#invoke:Cite news

url=http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/1yr_arc_Articles.asp?Article=170883&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=29341&date=2/24/2007 |title=Sex change woman faces cash crisis|first1=Geoffrey |last1=Bew |work=Gulf Daily News|archive-date=28 June 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628165506/http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/1yr_arc_Articles.asp?Article=170883&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=29341&date=2/24/2007|date=9 March 2009 |access-date=20 January 2011}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Cyprus}} Cyprus

|File:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1998
+ UN decl. sign.

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Civil cohabitation since 2015{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://in-cyprus.com/civil-unions-become-law/|title=In-Cyprus is under construction|website=in-cyprus.com}}

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:Yes check.svg Yes{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.army.gov.cy/el/page/nomothesia|title=Army legislation}}

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://ilga-europe.org/content/download/17140/110295/version/1/file/map-B_side.pdf|title=ILGA-Europe|work=ilga-europe.org}}

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Forbids some discrimination based on gender identity.{{#invoke:Cite news

title=Cyprus: Penal code amended to protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/10/10/cyprus-penal-code-amended-to-protect-against-discrimination-based-on-sexual-orientation-or-gender-identity/|publisher=PinkNews|access-date=27 October 2013}}{{hr}}File:X mark.svg No Gender change is not legal.
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Egypt}} Egypt Image:Yes check.svg Yes/ Image:X mark.svg No Ambiguous. Male de jure legal, but de facto illegal since 2000
Penalty: Up to 17 years imprisonment with or without hard labour and with or without fines under broadly-written morality laws.{{#invoke:Cite web		url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/EGYPT/Law|title=Egypt (Law)|website=ILGA|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711104602/http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/EGYPT/Law|archive-date=11 July 2014|access-date=18 October 2015}}

|Image:X mark.svg No

|Image:X mark.svg No

|Image:X mark.svg No

|Image:X mark.svg No

|Image:X mark.svg No

|Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Georgia (country)}} Georgia

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2000
+ UN decl. sign.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No Constitutional ban since 2018

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://matsne.gov.ge/index.php?option=com_ldmssearch&view=docView&id=2339687&lang=en&Itemid=|title=Law of Georgia on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination|website=matsne.gov.ge}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Requires sterilization and sex reassignment surgery for change{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/map-shows-how-europe-forces-trans-people-be-sterilized210513|title=Map shows how Europe forces trans people to be sterilized|work=Gay Star News}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Iran}} Iran

| File:Skull and crossbones.svg Image:X mark.svg No Illegal
Penalty: 74 lashes for immature men and death penalty for mature men (although there are documented cases of minors executed because of their sexual orientation){{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.mambaonline.com/2015/07/18/report-14-year-old-gay-boy-hanged-iran/|title=Report: 14-year-old gay boy hanged in Iran|publisher=mambaonline.com|date=18 July 2015|access-date=19 October 2017}}. For women, 100 lashes for women of mature sound mind and if consenting. Death penalty offense after fourth conviction.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal gender recognition legal if accompanied by a medical intervention{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2008/08/26/f-homosexuality-iran-sex-change.html |title=CBC News - Film - Iran's gay plan |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=26 August 2008 |access-date=5 September 2010}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Iraq}} Iraq

| Image:X mark.svg No Re-criminalized in 2024.{{#invoke:cite web

url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/27/iraq-makes-same-sex-relations-punishable-by-up-to-15-years-in-jail |title=Iraq makes same-sex relations punishable by up to 15 years in jail |publisher = The Guardian |date=27 April 2024 |access-date=28 April 2024}} Penalty: Prison sentence between 10 and 15 years.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Israel}} Israel

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1963 (de facto), 1988 (de jure){{#invoke:cite book

url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2BN8gvthMFkC&pg=PA45 |title=National Discord: Language, Sexuality and the Politics of Belonging in Israel |author=Erez Levon |pages=45–46 |date=January 2008 |quote=This amendment to the penal code entailed a de jure decriminalization of sodomy since, in 1963, the Israeli Supreme Court had already issued a de facto decriminalization, ruling that the anti-sodomy law (which dated back to the British Mandate of Palestine; Mandatory Criminal Ordinance of 1936) could not be prosecuted (Yosef Ben-Ami vs. The Attorney General of Israel, 224/63).|isbn=978-0-549-58242-7}}
+ UN decl. sign.{{#invoke:Cite web		url=http://bama.ua.edu/~safezone/timeline.pdf|title=LGBTQ Timeline|website=ua.edu}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Unregistered cohabitation since 1994.

| Image:X mark.svg No/Image:Yes check.svg Yes Foreign same-sex marriages are recognized and recorded in the population registry

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Permitted by law since 2008.{{#invoke:Cite news

url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-backtracks-says-it-no-longer-opposes-same-sex-adoption-1.5446758|title=In Complete Reversal, Israel Says It No Longer Opposes Same-sex Adoption|date=August 29, 2017|newspaper=Haaretz}} But in practice gay couples were put at the end of the queue for adoption, until the Supreme Court forbade this discrimination in 2023.{{cite web | last=Maanit | first=Chen | title=State Can't Discriminate Against Same-sex Couples Looking to Adopt, Israel's Top Court Rules | website=Haaretz.com | date=2023-12-28 | url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-12-28/ty-article/.premium/israel-cant-discriminate-against-same-sex-couples-looking-to-adopt-top-court-rules/0000018c-b0d2-d014-a3cd-bade63a80000 | access-date=2025-04-21}} Legal adoptions by gay couples began in practice in 2025.{{cite web | last=Gabai | first=Gal | title=First Same-sex Couple in Israel Legally Adopts Child as a Family | website=Haaretz.com | date=2025-01-07 | url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-07/ty-article/.premium/first-same-sex-couple-in-israel-legally-adopts-child-as-a-family/00000194-404c-d18c-a7bd-fc5c9ada0000 | access-date=2025-04-21}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Since 1993; 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 Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination{{#invoke:Cite web

title=Law prohibiting discrimination in products, services, and entry to businesses | url=http://www.tamas.gov.il/NR/exeres/A4587F25-5F3F-4FBA-8A90-818960801A9E.htm | publisher=Israeli Economy Ministry | access-date=2013-05-09 | language=he}}{{#invoke:Cite webtitle=El Al vs. Yonatan Danilovich | url=http://www.constitution.org.il/index.php?option=com_consti_comp&class=1&mytask=view&id=1204 | publisher=Supreme Court of Israel | access-date=2013-05-09 | language=he}}{{#invoke:Cite weburl=http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/halakhah/teshuvot/20052010/dorff_nevins_reisner_dignity.pdf|title=Homosexuality, Human Dignity & Halakhah: A Combined Responsum for the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards|first1=Rabbis Elliot N.|last1=Dorff|first2=Daniel S.|last2=Nevins|first3=Avram I.|last3=Reisner}}

| Image:Yes_check.svg Yes Almost full recognition of gender's ID with or without a surgery or medical intervention (Excluding changing gender and name in birth certificate) ;{{#invoke:Cite news

title=Israel recognizes sex changes without operation | url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.637786 | publisher=Supreme Court of Israel | access-date=2015-01-23| newspaper=Haaretz | date=2015-01-18 | last1=Hovel | first1=Revital}}{{#invoke:cite weblast=Yaron | first=Lee | title=Israel Approves Allowing Transgender People to Change Gender on IDs Without Surgery | website=Haaretz.com | date=2020-02-26 | url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2020-02-26/ty-article/.premium/israel-approves-allowing-transgender-people-to-change-gender-on-ids-without-surgery/0000017f-e522-df5f-a17f-fffe0c160000 | access-date=2025-04-20}} equal employment opportunity law bars discrimination based on gender identity{{#invoke:cite weburl=http://awiderbridge.org/human-rights-are-part-of-the-fight-for-gay-rights/ |title=Human rights are part of the fight for gay rights |last=Gross |first=Aeyal |website=A Wider Bridge |date=December 17, 2013 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031400/http://awiderbridge.org/human-rights-are-part-of-the-fight-for-gay-rights/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}{{#invoke:cite weburl=http://www.haaretz.com/business/.premium-1.613005 |title=Homophobia in the workplace? Fear of transgender people is even worse |website=Haaretz |date=August 29, 2014 |last=Weissberg |first=Hila |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901153422/http://www.haaretz.com/business/.premium-1.613005 |archive-date=September 1, 2014}}{{#invoke:cite weburl=http://www.haaretz.com/misc/iphone-article/.premium-1.547164 |title=Israel should drop binary view of gender |last=Gross |first=Aeyal |date=September 16, 2013 |website=Haaretz |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025201114/http://www.haaretz.com/misc/iphone-article/.premium-1.547164 |archive-date=October 25, 2015}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Jordan}} Jordan

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Allowed since 2014{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news/2014/10/12/602917.html|title=محكمة التمييز توافق على تغيير جنس مواطن اردني من ذكر الى انثى - دنيا الوطن|date=2014-10-12|website=alwatanvoice.com|language=ar|trans-title=The Court of Cassation agrees to change the gender of a Jordanian citizen from male to female}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Kuwait}} Kuwait

| {{ubl| Image:X mark.svg No Male illegal |Penalty: Fines or up to 6-year prison sentence.| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Female always legal{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/KUWAIT/Law|title=Kuwait Law|website=ilga.org}}}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

|Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Lebanon}} Lebanon

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes / Image:X mark.svg No Ambiguous. Illegal under Article 534 of the Penal Code. Some judges have ruled not to prosecute individuals based on the law, however, this has not been settled by the Supreme Court and thus homosexuality is still illegal.{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/02/04/lebanese-judge-declines-prosecute-couple-order-nature-law/|date=4 February 2018|website=washingtonblade.com|first1=Maximilian|last1=Sycamore|title=Lebanese gay couple not prosecuted under 'order of nature' law}} However, a 2017 court ruling claims that it is legal, but the law against it is still in place.
Penalty: Up to 1 year imprisonment (unenforced).

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

|Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal gender change allowed, but sex reassignment surgery required{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Jan-15/332090-lebanese-judge-grants-trans-man-right-to-change-gender.ashx|date=16 January 2016|website=washingtonblade.com|title=Lebanese judge grants trans man right to change gender|access-date=2018-10-18}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|TRNC}} Northern Cyprus
(Disputed territory)

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2014{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.kaosgl.com/page.php?id=15696 |title=Northern Cyprus Decriminalizes Homosexuality and Protects LGBTs Against Hate Speech |last=Erol |first=Ali |date=January 27, 2014 |work=kaosgl |access-date=May 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092355/http://www.kaosgl.com/page.php?id=15696 |archive-date=April 7, 2014}}{{#invoke:cite weburl=http://www.kaosgl.com/sayfa.php?id=15643 |title=Kuzey Kıbrıs'ın "Eşcinsellik Suçu" Yasası Tarihe Karıştı! |language=Turkish |last=Akpinar |first=Omer |date=October 20, 2014 |website=KAOSGL |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092358/http://www.kaosgl.com/sayfa.php?id=15643 |archive-date=April 7, 2014}}

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Legal, requires surgery for change{{#invoke:Cite web

last1=Kamenou |first1=Nayia |last2=Gavrielides |first2=Costa |last3=Ethemer |first3=Enver |last4=Bullici |first4=Okan |title=Aktivizm, Hukuk Ve İki Kesimdeki Değişim |url=http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/zypern/15992.pdf |publisher=FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG – KIBRIS LGBTİ HAREKETİ}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Oman}} Oman

| Image:X mark.svg No Illegal
Penalty: Fines and prison sentence up to 3 years (only enforced when dealing with "public scandal").

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

|Image:X mark.svg No Laws against forms of gender expression.

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Palestine}} Palestine

| West Bank:
Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal{{hr}}Gaza:
No consensus on legal applicability of British 1936 Sexual offences provisions to homosexual conduct{{#invoke:cite web

url=https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/palestine/|title=Palestine|website=Human Dignity Trust|access-date=November 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031155142/https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/palestine/|archive-date=October 31, 2023|url-status=live}}{{#invoke:cite webtitle=Everything you need to know about human rights in Palestine |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/palestine-state-of/report-palestine-state-of/ |website=Amnesty International |access-date=November 1, 2023 |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304003438/https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/palestine-state-of/report-palestine-state-of/|archive-date=March 4, 2021|url-status=live}}{{#invoke:cite weblast=Abusalim|first=Dorgham|url=https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/232088|title=The Real Oppressors of Gaza's Gay Community: Hamas or Israel?|website=Institute of Palestine Studies|date=March 13, 2018|access-date=November 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028175046/https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/232088|archive-date=October 28, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite report |author=Lucas Paoli Itaborahy |author2=Jingshu Zhu |date=May 2014 |title=State-Sponsored Homophobia |url=http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_SSHR_2014_Eng.pdf |publisher=ILGA |pages=16, 20, 55 |access-date=November 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317061414/http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_SSHR_2014_Eng.pdf |archive-date=March 17, 2017 }}

| West Bank:
Image:X mark.svg No
Gaza:
Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Qatar}} Qatar

| File:Skull and crossbones.svg File:X mark.svg No Illegal
Penalty: Fines, up to 7 years imprisonment Death penalty for Muslims.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia

|{{ubl|File:Skull and crossbones.svg File:X mark.svg No Illegal|Penalty: Capital punishment,{{#invoke:cite news

date=June 16, 2016 |access-date=17 December 2017 |last1=Bearak |first1=Max |last2=Cameron |first2=Darla |title=Analysis: Here are the 10 countries where homosexuality may be punished by death |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/13/here-are-the-10-countries-where-homosexuality-may-be-punished-by-death-2/ |newspaper=Washington Post |archive-date=June 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617183802/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/13/here-are-the-10-countries-where-homosexuality-may-be-punished-by-death-2/}} prison terms (indeterminate length, max. term unknown),{{#invoke:Cite webauthor=((Research Directorate)) |website=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |location=Ottawa |date=11 August 2011 |title=Responses to Information Requests (research report on country conditions: Saudi Arabia) |url=https://irb.gc.ca:443/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=453615 |access-date=2023-04-07 |id=SAU103739.FE }}{{#invoke:Cite newstitle=Saudi Arabia: Legal Frameworks – Criminalisation of consensual same-sex sexual acts |url=https://database.ilga.org/saudi-arabia-lgbti |at=See "Penalties: Max. prison" listing |work=ILGA World Database |publisher=International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association}} flogging, fines, deportation}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No Laws against forms of gender expression.

{{#invoke:flag|icon|South Ossetia}} South Ossetia
(Disputed territory)

|Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

Syria

| 15px

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| 15px

| No official military

| 15px

| 15px

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Turkey}} Turkey

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1858

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No LGBT individuals may adopt, but not same-sex couples.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Requires sterilisation and sex reassignment surgery for change{{#invoke:cite journal

title=Legal Aspects of Gender Reassignment Surgery in Turkey |journal=Indian Journal of Gender Studies |volume=18 |pages=77–88 |date= 28 January 2011|publisher=Sage Publishing|doi=10.1177/097152151001800104 |last1=Can |first1=İ.Özgür |last2=Demiroğlu |first2=Zehra |last3=Köker |first3=Murat |last4=Ulaş |first4=Halis |last5=Salaçin |first5=Serpil |s2cid=143761091 }}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|United Arab Emirates}} United Arab Emirates

| {{ubl|File:X mark.svg No Illegal (unenforced): Prosecution only on complaint of husband or (male) legal guardian{{#invoke:Cite web

date=5 June 2022 |title=UAE: Sweeping Legal 'Reforms' Deepen Repression |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/05/uae-sweeping-legal-reforms-deepen-repression |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}{{#invoke:Cite webdate=4 March 2021 |title=UAE: Greater Progress Needed on Women's Rights |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/04/uae-greater-progress-needed-womens-rights |access-date=8 June 2023 |website=Human Rights Watch |language=en}} |Penalty: {{abbr|Max|Maximum}}{{snd}}no upper limit, sentence at courts' discretion|{{abbr|Min.|Minimum}}{{snd}}6 months' imprisonment{{#invoke:Cite newsauthor=((Staff reporter)) |title=New UAE law: Reform eases restrictions on extra-marital relationships from January 2 |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/government/new-uae-law-reform-eases-restrictions-on-extra-marital-relationships |access-date=25 July 2023 |work=Khaleej Times |language=en }}}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No Sex reassignment surgery severely restricted to limited circumstances (mainly physical intersex traits), highly regulated by the state.{{#invoke:cite news

last=Moukhallati|first=Dana|date=26 September 2016|title=New law does not legalise sex change|url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/new-law-does-not-legalise-sex-change-1.216259|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220032925/http://www.thenational.ae/uae/new-uae-law-does-not-legalise-sex-change|archive-date=20 December 2016|work=The National}}{{#invoke:cite newstitle=UAE rejects three transgender Emirati women's bid for gender status change |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/variety/2018/03/23/UAE-rejects-three-transgender-Emirati-women-s-bid-for-gender-status-change |access-date=23 May 2021 |work=Al Arabiya |date=23 March 2018}} Laws used against forms of gender expression.{{#invoke:cite reporttitle=2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: United Arab Emirates|chapter-url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/united-arab-emirates/|date=2022 |publisher=United States Department of State |chapter=Section 6. Discrimination and Societal Abuses}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Yemen}} Yemen

| File:Skull and crossbones.svg File:X mark.svg No Illegal (codified in 1994)
Penalty: Unmarried men punished with 100 lashes of the whip or a maximum of one year of imprisonment, stoning for adultery is not enforced. Women punished up to three years of imprisonment.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

==South Asia==

class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
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%"|LGBT 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|Afghanistan}} Afghanistan

| File:Skull and crossbones.svg File:X mark.svg No Illegal
Penalty: Death penalty{{#invoke:cite web

title=LGBT People in Afghanistan After the Taliban Takeover |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/01/26/even-if-you-go-skies-well-find-you/lgbt-people-afghanistan-after-taliban-takeover |website=Human Rights Watch |access-date=15 November 2022 |date=26 January 2022}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Bangladesh}} Bangladesh

| Image:X mark.svg No Illegal since 1862
Penalty: 10 years to life imprisonment (Occasionally enforced).{{#invoke:cite web

url=https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/bangladesh/ |title=Bangladesh |website=Human Dignity Trust |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419003743/https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/bangladesh/ |archive-date=April 19, 2019}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes A third gender option (hijra) besides male and female is available for a certain sect of third genders{{#invoke:cite news

url=https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Bangladesh_government_makes_Hijra_an_official_gender_option|title=Bangladesh government makes Hijra an official gender option - Wikinews, the free news source|date=November 11, 2013|newspaper=Wikinews}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Bhutan}} Bhutan

|Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2021{{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://www.nab.gov.bt/assets/uploads/docs/acts/2021/Penal_Code_Amendment_Act_of_Bhutan_2021.pdf |title=Penal Code (Amendment) Act of Bhutan 2021 |publisher=Parliament of Bhutan |language=Dzongkha |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423014740/https://www.nab.gov.bt/assets/uploads/docs/acts/2021/Penal_Code_Amendment_Act_of_Bhutan_2021.pdf |archive-date=April 23, 2021}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

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

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2001
+ UN decl. sign.

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Civil partnerships since 2005

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2014

| {{unknown}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes UK responsible for defense

| {{unknown}}

| {{unknown}}

{{#invoke:flag|icon|India}} India

| | Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2018{{#invoke:Cite news

url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-45429664 |title=India court legalises gay sex in landmark ruling |work=BBC News |date=6 September 2018}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes/ Image:X mark.svg No symbolic live-In relationships exist{{#invoke:cite news

last1=Prakash |first1=Satya |title=Supreme Court expands definition of family; says it may take form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationships |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/supreme-court-expands-definition-of-family-says-it-may-take-form-of-domestic-unmarried-partnerships-or-queer-relationships-426570 |access-date=18 October 2023 |work=Tribune India |agency=The Tribune |publisher=Tribune Trust |date=29 August 2022}}
On August 28, 2024, India's Ministry of Finance issued an advisory declaring that persons from the LGBTQ community face no restrictions in opening joint bank accounts or nominating their partners as beneficiaries{{#invoke:cite web		date= 30 August 2024 |title=LGBTQ persons can open joint bank accounts, nominate partner|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/lgbtq-persons-can-open-joint-bank-accounts-nominate-partners-as-beneficiaries/articleshow/112911015.cms |access-date= 28 September 2024 |newspaper=Times of India}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes/ Image:X mark.svg No Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity prohibited by court decision. No nationwide law.{{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://www.mondaq.com/india/human-rights/737300/supreme-court-recognizes-rights-of-the-lgbt-community |title=India: Supreme Court Recognizes Rights Of The LGBT Community |website=mondaq.com |date=18 September 2018 }}{{#invoke:Cite weburl=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/homosexuality-not-a-ground-to-sack-employee-allahabad-high-court-1767795-2021-02-10|title=Homosexuality not a ground to sack employee, rules Allahabad High Court|first1=Abhishek|last1=Mishra|date=February 10, 2021|website=India Today}}{{#invoke:Cite weburl=https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-transgender-persons-protection-of-rights-bill-2019|title=The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019|website=PRS Legislative Research}}

In 2022, National Medical Commission banned conversion therapy{{#invoke:cite news

last1=Perappadan |first1=Bindu Shajan |title='Conversion therapy' is misconduct, declares National Medical Commission |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nmc-declares-conversion-therapy-to-be-professional-misconduct/article65842557.ece |access-date=2022-09-06 |work=The Hindu |date=2022-09-02}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes A third gender option (hijra) besides male and female is available; transgender people have a constitutional right to change gender, only after medical/surgical intervention{{#invoke:Cite news

url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/transgenders-are-the-third-gender-rules-supreme-court-557439|title=Transgenders are the 'third gender', rules Supreme Court|first=Deepshikha|last=Ghosh|date=15 April 2014|publisher=NDTV}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Maldives}} Maldives

| Image:X mark.svg No Illegal (codified in 2014)
Penalty: Up to 8 years imprisonment, house arrest, lashings and fines. (unenforced){{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/4203-maldives-penal-code-2014 |title=Penal Code |website=law.upenn.edu |page=75 |date=2014 }} LGBTQ welcomed in tourist islands {{#invoke:cite weburl=https://www.outofoffice.com/blog/the-law-vs-reality-gay-travel-to-the-maldives/ |title=The law vs. reality: gay travel to the Maldives |website=Out of Office |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925022640/https://www.outofoffice.com/blog/the-law-vs-reality-gay-travel-to-the-maldives/ |archive-date=September 25, 2020}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Nepal}} Nepal

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2007
+ UN decl. sign.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Since 2007{{#invoke:cite web

url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7483499.stm |title=Nepalese army 'sacks lesbian' |last=Haviland |first=Charles |date=July 1, 2008 |website=BBC |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207133125/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7483499.stm |archive-date=December 7, 2020}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes/Image:X mark.svg No Limited protection since 2015{{#invoke:cite web

url=https://database.ilga.org/discrimination-employment-lgbti

| Image:X mark.svg No Change to third gender "O" legal since 2007, unable to change to male or female{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/09/19/new-nepal-constitution-includes-lgbt-specific-protections/|title=New Nepal constitution includes LGBT-specific protections|author=Michael K. Lavers|date=19 September 2015|publisher=Washington blade|access-date=23 July 2017}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Pakistan}} Pakistan

| Image:X mark.svg No Illegal since 1862
Penalty: 2 years to life sentence (Occasionally enforced).{{#invoke:cite web

url=https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/pakistan/ |title=Pakistan |website=Human Dignity Trust |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409210945/https://www.humandignitytrust.org/country-profile/pakistan/ |archive-date=April 9, 2024}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Transphobia illegal{{hr}}

Image:X mark.svg No Homophobia/biphobia is not illegal

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Right to change gender; transgender and intersex citizens have legal protections from all discrimination and harassment{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/14-sc-orders-equal-benefits-for-transvestites-zj-02 |title=SC orders equal benefits for transvestites |last=Iqbal |first=Nasir |date=July 15, 2009 |website=Dawn |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718093830/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/14-sc-orders-equal-benefits-for-transvestites-zj-02 |archive-date=July 18, 2009}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Sri Lanka}} Sri Lanka

| Image:X mark.svg No Illegal since 1885
Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment with fines. (Ruled unenforcable by the Supreme Court) Legalization proposed

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Transgender people allowed to change legal gender without surgery

==East Asia==

class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in:

! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity

! width="12.5%"|Recognition of relationships

! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage

! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples

! width="12.5%"|LGBT 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|China}} China

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1997

| Image:X mark.svg No/Image:Yes check.svg Yes "Legal guardianship" since 2017

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes can openly serve{{hr}}Image:X mark.svg No open displays of affection {{#invoke:cite web

url=https://jamestown.org/program/gay-in-the-pla-chinese-military-views-on-homosexuals-serving-in-the-armed-forces/#:~:text=In%20a%20study%20published%20in,from%20serving%20in%20the%20military. |title=Gay in the PLA: Chinese military views on homosexuals serving in the armed forces |last=Waidelich |first=Brian |date=February 25, 2022 |website=The Jamestown Foundation |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204185644/https://jamestown.org/program/gay-in-the-pla-chinese-military-views-on-homosexuals-serving-in-the-armed-forces/ |archive-date=February 4, 2024}}{{#invoke:cite weburl=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2094429/army-life-more-gay-friendly-china-west |title=Army life: more gay-friendly in China than United States of Britain? |last=Groffman |first=Nicholas |date=May 15, 2017 |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924030708/https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2094429/army-life-more-gay-friendly-china-west |archive-date=September 24, 2017}}

| Image:Yes check.svgYes Court has in some cases protected LGBT workers from employment discrimination.{{#invoke:cite web

url=https://thechinaproject.com/2020/07/06/chinese-trans-woman-wins-sex-discrimination-lawsuit-against-employer-in-landmark-victory/ |title=Chinese trans woman wins sex discrimination lawsuit against employer in landmark victory |website=The China Project |date=July 6, 2020}}

{{hr}}Image:X mark.svg No protection codified in law

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes

legal gender change possible since 2002.

Since 2022, legal gender change allowed with only partial sex reassignment surgery. Difficulty remains to change gender information on diplomas and degrees.{{cite press release|title=变性人群体真实生态：唯学历证明无法修改性别|publisher=搜狐|date=2012-06-20|url=http://news.sohu.com/20120620/n346142516.shtml|format=|language=zh-cn|access-date=2022-02-09|author=王若翰|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205346/http://news.sohu.com/20120620/n346142516.shtml|archive-date=2014-08-12}}{{#invoke:Cite web

title=跨性别者手术后：历时半年终于修改学历 就业遭歧视 |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/362100660_120146415 |website=搜狐 |access-date=2022-02-09 |date=2019-12-23}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1991

| Image:X mark.svg No/Image:Yes check.svg Yes Same-sex marriages registered overseas for government benefits and taxation, and limited recognition of local cohabiting partners

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes/Image:X mark.svg No Stepchild adoption since 2021 {{#invoke:Cite web

last=Mogul |first=Rhea |date=2021-06-11 |title='A huge relief': Hong Kong's LGBT+ community hails court ruling granting parental rights for same-sex partners |url=http://hongkongfp.com/2021/06/11/hong-kongs-lgbt-community-hails-step-forward-as-court-grants-parental-rights-for-same-sex-partners/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}

| The central government of China is responsible for the defense of Hong Kong.{{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/publications/book/15anniversary_reunification_ch2_8.pdf |title=Foreign Affairs and National Defence |publisher=Basic Law - the source of Hong Kong's Progress and Development |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612205933/https://www.basiclaw.gov.hk/en/publications/book/15anniversary_reunification_ch2_8.pdf |archive-date=June 12, 2018}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination (government discrimination only)

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Following a legal decision, may change gender marker after partial sex reassignment surgery.{{#invoke:Cite web

title= ID card sex entry policy revised|date=April 3, 2024 |website=news.gov.hk |access-date=September 21, 2024 |url=https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2024/04/20240403/20240403_114508_470.html}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Japan}} Japan

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1882
+ UN decl. sign.

| Image:X mark.svg No * Symbolic recognition in some jurisdictions.

| Image:X mark.svg No Proposed in 2023{{#invoke:cite web

title=Japan opposition party submits bill for same-sex marriage |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/03/61f05630333c-japan-opposition-party-submits-bill-for-same-sex-marriage.html|publisher=Kyodo News|date=6 March 2023|access-date=31 May 2023}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes The Japan Self-Defense Forces allow gay people to enlist.{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/LGBT_Rights_in_Japan.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110095918/http://www.hawaii.edu/hivandaids/LGBT_Rights_in_Japan.pdf|title=LGBT Rights in Japan|archive-date=November 10, 2013}}

| Image:X mark.svg No nationwide protections{{hr}}Image:Yes check.svg Yes some cities ban some anti-gay discrimination

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Transgender people allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Macau}} Macau

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1996

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| The central government of China is responsible for the defence of Macau.

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination

| {{unknown}}

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Mongolia}} Mongolia

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1993
+ UN decl. sign.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No Constitutional ban since 1992

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Transgender people allowed to change legal gender but only after sex reassignment surgery

{{#invoke:flag|icon|North Korea}} North Korea

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes / Image:X mark.svg No Ambiguous, punishable through Articles 193 and 262 regarding obscenity and decency laws.{{Dubious|date=December 2021}}
Penalty: Unknown

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes can serve with 10-year celibacy required for all soldiers.{{#invoke:cite book

last1=Hassig |first1=Ralph |last2=Oh |first2=Kongdan |title=The Hidden People of North Korea: Everyday Life in the Hermit Kingdom |date=2015 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=978-1-4422-3719-3 |page=126 |edition=Second |quote=The second major stress on soldiers is their highly restricted social life. During their initial ten years of service they are not permitted to marry, which means that they are supposed to postpone sexual activity until their late twenties.}}{{hr}}Image:X mark.svg No open displays of LGBT attitudes.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|South Korea}} South Korea

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal
+ UN decl. sign.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No Proposed in 2023{{#invoke:cite web

last=Rashid |first=Raphael |date=2023-05-31 |title=South Korea's first ever same-sex marriage bill goes to parliament |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/31/south-koreas-first-ever-same-sex-marriage-bill-goes-to-parliament |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604211815/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/31/south-koreas-first-ever-same-sex-marriage-bill-goes-to-parliament |archive-date=2023-06-04 |website=The Guardian}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes/Image:X mark.svg No Protection from discrimination varies by jurisdiction in some areas, including Seoul

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Transgender people allowed to change legal gender but usually requires sex reassignment surgery

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Taiwan}} Taiwan

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/taiwan.html|title=Taiwan|website=glbtq.com}}

| 15px{{#invoke:Cite news

title=同性伴侶跨區註記7月3日開放 |url=http://www.upmedia.mg/news_info.php?SerialNo=19313 |language=Chinese |work=Up Media |date=21 July 2017 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924031856/http://www.upmedia.mg/news_info.php?SerialNo=19313 |archive-date=September 24, 2017}}

| 15px Legal since 2019{{#invoke:Cite news

title=Taiwan's top court rules in favour of same-sex marriage |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/24/taiwans-top-court-rules-in-favour-of-same-sex-marriage |work=The Guardian |date=24 May 2017 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524103631/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/24/taiwans-top-court-rules-in-favour-of-same-sex-marriage |archive-date=May 24, 2017}}{{#invoke:Cite newstitle=Taiwan voters reject same-sex marriage in referendums |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46329877 |work=BBC News |date=25 November 2018 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125021546/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46329877 |archive-date=November 25, 2018}}{{#invoke:Cite weburl=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/taiwan-gay-marriage-rights-law-debate-11541324 |title=Taiwan approves same-sex marriage in first for Asia |work=Channel News Asia |date=17 May 2019 |access-date=May 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517060634/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/taiwan-gay-marriage-rights-law-debate-11541324 |archive-date=May 17, 2019}}

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Stepchild adoption since 2019
File:Yes check.svg Yes Joint adoption legal since 2023Article 20, {{#invoke:cite web

url=https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=B0000008 |publisher=Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan) |title= Act for Implementation of J.Y. Interpretation No. 748 |access-date=2023-09-01}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Constitutionally bans all anti-gay discrimination from governmentArticle 7, {{#invoke:cite web

url=https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=A0000001 |publisher=Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan) |title=Constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |access-date=2023-09-01}}; several laws banning anti-gay discrimination regarding education and employment.{{#invoke:cite weburl=https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=N0030014 |publisher=Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan) |title=Act of Gender Equality in Employment |access-date=2023-09-01}}{{#invoke:cite weburl=https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=H0080067 |publisher=Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan) |title=Gender Equity Education Act |access-date=2023-09-01}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Transgender people allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery.{{efn|In Taiwan, gender change is not explicitly stated in any law; instead it is permitted by an executive order published by the Ministry of the Interior, which dictates that sex reassignment surgeries are required before gender change. In 2021 a judgement by the Taipei High Administrative Court{{#invoke:cite web

url=https://judgment.judicial.gov.tw/FJUD/data.aspx?ty=JD&id=TPBA,109%2c%e8%a8%b4%2c275%2c20210923%2c1 |publisher=司法院裁判書系統 |title=109年度訴字第275號 |access-date=2023-09-01}} ruled that the executive order above was unconstitutional and therefore the defendant (district household registration office) must allow the plaintiff to change their gender. The judgement was finalized since the defendant did not appeal. However, since rulings in Taiwan are generally not precedential, said judgement only applies to the plaintiff and does not bind other cases nor the executive branch.}}

==Southeast Asia==

class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
width="12.5%"|LGBT rights in

! width="12.5%"|Same-sex sexual activity

! width="12.5%"|Recognition of relationships

! width="12.5%"|Same-sex marriage

! width="12.5%"|Adoption by same-sex couples

! width="12.5%"|LGBT 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|Aceh}} Aceh (autonomous territory of Indonesia)

| File:X mark.svg No Illegal
Penalty: 100 strokes of the cane or 8 years in prison{{#invoke:Cite web

title = Qanun Aceh Nomor 6 Tahun 2014 Tentang Hukum Jinayat (Aceh Religious Bylaw on Crimes| year = 2004| website = Aceh Provincial Website| url = https://jdih.acehprov.go.id/qanun/Qanun_Aceh_Nomor_6_Tahun_2014_tentang_Hukum_Jinayat.pdf| access-date = 6 September 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170626215743/http://jdih.acehprov.go.id/qanun/Qanun_Aceh_Nomor_6_Tahun_2014_tentang_Hukum_Jinayat.pdf| archive-date = 26 June 2017}}

|Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No LGBT individuals may adopt, but not same-sex couples

| Image:X mark.svg No The central government of Indonesia is responsible for the defense of Aceh.

|File:Yes check.svg Yes Follows the law of the central Indonesian government.

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Follows the law of the central Indonesian government.

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Brunei}} Brunei

| File:Skull and crossbones.svg File:X mark.svg No Illegal since 1908
Penalty: Death by stoning (in abeyance), 1 year imprisonment and 100 lashes for men. Caning and 10 years prison for women.{{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-03/brunei-introduces-sharia-law-lgbt-whipping-stoning-to-death/10959618|title=Brunei enacts Islamic laws to punish gay sex with stoning to death — here's what you need to know|first=Holly|last=Robertson|date=April 3, 2019|website=ABC News}}

|Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

|Image:X mark.svg No

| Laws prohibit forms of gender expression.

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Cambodia}} Cambodia

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal

| Image:X mark.svg No/Image:Yes check.svg Yes Partnerships recognized in certain cities

| Image:X mark.svg No Constitutional ban since 1993

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No{{#invoke:cite web

last=Hoppe|first=Sascha|title=Spartacus Gay Travel Index 2023|url=https://spartacus.gayguide.travel/blog/spartacus-gay-travel-index-2023/|access-date=31 March 2023|website=Spartacus Gay Travel Blog|date=8 March 2023}}
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Indonesia}} Indonesia

| Image:Yes check.svg Never criminalized (except in Aceh){{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://palembang.tribunnews.com/2020/02/06/satpol-pp-palembang-ungkap-sering-temukan-pasangan-lgbt-tapi-sulit-ditindak|title=Satpol PP Palembang, Ungkap Sering Temukan Pasangan LGBT, Tapi Sulit Ditindak|date=February 6, 2020|website=Sripoku.com}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No LGBT individuals may adopt, but not same-sex couples

| Image:X mark.svg No Not explicitly prohibited by Law (de jure), Illegal (de facto)

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Limited protection following legal process by the authorities.{{#invoke:cite journal

title=Surat Edaran Kapolri Tentang Ujaran Kebencian: Menjaga Kebebasan Berpendapat Dan Harmonisasi Kemajemukan|journal=Info Singkat|url=https://berkas.dpr.go.id/puslit/files/info_singkat/Info%20Singkat-VII-21-I-P3DI-November-2015-28.pdf|last=Rongiyati|first=Sulasi|date=November 2015|volume=7|pages=1–4|issue=21|issn=2088-2351}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Transgender people allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery.

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Laos}} Laos

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| {{unknown}}

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Malaysia}} Malaysia

| Image:X mark.svg No Illegal since 1871
Penalty: fines, prison sentence (2–20 years), or whippings.{{#invoke:Cite news

last1=Mosbergen |first1=Dominique |title=Being LGBT In Southeast Asia: Stories Of Abuse, Survival And Tremendous Courage |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lgbt-in-southeast-asia_us_55e406e1e4b0c818f6185151 |access-date=11 October 2018 |work=Huffington Post |date=12 October 2015 |language=en-AU}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No LGBT individuals may adopt, but not same-sex couples

| Image:X mark.svg No

|Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No Generally impossible to change gender. However, a 2016 court ruling recognizes gender changes as fundamental constitutional rights{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://ilga.org/downloads/TLMR_ENG.pdf |title=Trans Legal Mapping Report |last1=Chiam |first1=Zhan |last2=Duffy |first2=Sandra |last3=González Gil |first3=Matilda |date=November 2016 |publisher=International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) |access-date=29 December 2016 }} Forms of gender expression are criminalized.
{{#invoke:flag|icon|Myanmar}} Myanmar

| Image:X mark.svg No Illegal since 1886
Penalty: Up to 20 years in prison (unenforced).{{#invoke:cite web

url=https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-regime-hands-lgbt-activist-another-22-years-behind-bars/ |title=Myanmar regime hands LGBT activist another 22 years behind bars |last=Thwel |first=Myat |date=December 14, 2022 |website=Myanmar Now |access-date=May 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327165841/https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-regime-hands-lgbt-activist-another-22-years-behind-bars/ |archive-date=March 27, 2024}}

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Philippines}} Philippines

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal
+ UN decl. sign.{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.iglhrc.org/cgi-bin/iowa/article/takeaction/resourcecenter/502.html |title=Philippines: Congress Approves Anti-Discrimination Bill |publisher=Iglhrc.org |date=24 January 2004 |access-date=5 September 2010}}{{#invoke:cite bookurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Rz9AAAAQBAJ&dq=philippines+1933+homosexuality&pg=PR35|title=Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements|first=JoAnne|last=Myers|date=19 September 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|via=Google Books|isbn=978-0-8108-7468-8}}{{#invoke:Cite weburl=https://archive.globalgayz.com/asia/philippines/gay-philippines-news-and-repor-2/#article12 |title=Gay Philippines News & Reports 2003-06: Filipino city bans feminine men |publisher=GlobalGayz.com |date=6 December 2004 |access-date=21 February 2023}} {{efn|Except for the settlements Marawi and M'lang.}}

| Image:X mark.svg No (Pending)

| Image:X mark.svg No (Pending) {{#invoke:Cite news

last1=Border |first1=Hana |title=Padilla wants same-sex unions institutionalized |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/841251/padilla-wants-same-sex-unions-institutionalized/story/ |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=GMA News |date=11 August 2022 |language=en}}

| Image:X mark.svg No LGBT individuals may adopt, but not same-sex couples{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://travel.state.gov/content/adoptionsabroad/en/country-information/learn-about-a-country/philippines.html|title=Adoption in the Philippines|publisher=Intercountry Adoption|access-date=15 October 2015}}

|Image:Yes check.svg Yes Since 2009

|Image:Yes check.svg Yes/Image:X mark.svg No Bans some anti-gay discrimination in certain cities and provinces,{{#invoke:Cite web

url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/114533-pemberton-ruling-jennifer-laude|title=Pemberton guilty of homicide in Jennifer Laude case|publisher=Rappler|access-date=1 December 2015}} including the City of Manila,{{#invoke:Cite newslast1=Luna |first1=Franco |title=Manila signs ordinance prohibiting gender discrimination |url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2020/10/29/2053195/manila-signs-ordinance-prohibiting-gender-discrimination |access-date=25 June 2022 |work=Philstar.com}}Cebu City,{{#invoke:Cite webtitle=Passage of Cebu's anti-discrimination law lauded|url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2012/10/18/passage-cebus-anti-discrimination-law-lauded-248601|work=Local News|publisher=Sun Star Publishing, Inc.|access-date=23 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021023521/http://www.sunstar.com.ph:80/breaking-news/2012/10/18/passage-cebus-anti-discrimination-law-lauded-248601|archive-date=October 21, 2012}} Quezon City,{{#invoke:Cite newslast1=Gamil |first1=Jaymee T. |title=QC council approves pro-LGBT ordinance |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/642680/qc-council-approves-pro-lgbt-ordinance |work=INQUIRER.net |date=5 October 2014 |language=en}} and Davao City;{{#invoke:Cite newsurl=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/324189/davao-council-bans-discrimination-vs-gays-minority-differently-abled|title=Davao council bans discrimination vs gays, minority, differently abled|first=Ayan C. |last=Mellejor|date=December 14, 2012|website=inquirer.net}}
Nationwide anti-bullying law for basic education students.{{#invoke:cite news		last1=Ong |first1=Ghio |last2=Flores |first2=Helen |title=LGBT sector lauds provision of Anti-Bullying Act |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/12/24/1271564/lgbt-sector-lauds-provision-anti-bullying-act |access-date=31 October 2023 |work=The Philippine Star |date=24 December 2013}}

| Image:X mark.svg No Generally impossible to change legal gender. However in Cagandahan vs Philippines, allowed an intersex man to change his legal gender from female to male.

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Singapore}} Singapore

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 2007 (de facto), 2022 (de jure)

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

|Ambiguous, a gay Singaporean man with a male partner in 2018 won an appeal in court to adopt a child that he fathered through a surrogate.{{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46588830|title=Gay Singaporean man wins landmark appeal to adopt surrogate child|last=Tan|first=Yvette|date=17 December 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=18 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217180229/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46588830|archive-date=17 December 2018|url-status=live}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Protections against anti-gay discrimination, harassment and violence{{#invoke:Cite news

url= https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/new-legislation-protects-lgbtq-community-religiously-motivated-violence-law-same-all |title=New legislation protects LGBTQ community from religiously motivated violence but law is 'same for all' |first=Navene |last=Elangovan |work=Today |location=Singapore |date=14 October 2019 |access-date=6 March 2020}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Transgender people allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Thailand}} Thailand

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1956
+ UN decl. sign.

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Since 2025

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Since 2025{{#invoke:cite web

last1=Helen |first1=Regan |last2=Kocha |first2=Olarn |title='Monumental step forward': Thailand to become first Southeast Asian nation to legalize same-sex marriage |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/18/asia/thailand-same-sex-marriage-intl-hnk?Date=20240618&Profile=cnn |website=CNN |access-date=18 June 2024}}{{#invoke:Cite weburl=https://bk.asia-city.com/city-living/news/love-love-thailands-senate-approves-marriage-equality|title=Love is Love: Thailand's senate approves Marriage Equality|date=18 June 2024|website=BK Magazine}}{{#invoke:cite weblast1=Browning |first1=Bil |title=Thailand to legalize same-sex marriage |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/12/thailand-to-legalize-same-sex-marriage/ |website=LGBTQ Nation |access-date=13 December 2023}}

| File:Yes check.svg Yes Since 2025

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Since 2005 {{#invoke:cite web

last1=Valentin |first1=Declercq |title=LGBTQ Rights in Thailand - G.A.M. Legal Alliance |url=https://gam-legalalliance.com/services/family-law/lgbtq-rights-in-thailand/ |website=gam-legalalliance.com |publisher=GAM Legal Alliance |access-date=22 September 2023}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination

| Image:X mark.svg No{{#invoke:Cite news

url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/1720675/the-right-to-title-change|title=The right to title change|work=Bangkok Post|date=2019-07-29|access-date=2019-12-23}}

Image:Yes check.svg Yes Anti-discrimination protections for gender expression.

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Timor-Leste}} Timor-Leste

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal since 1975
+ UN decl. sign.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes LGBT individuals may adopt{{hr}}but same-sex couples can not adopt

| {{unknown}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Bans some anti gay discrimination, Hate crime protections since 2009.[http://www.undp.org/content/dam/rbap/docs/Research%20&%20Publications/hiv_aids/rbap-hhd-2013-nhri-project-on-right-to-health-sogi-timor-leste.pdf Article 52 of the Penal Code], p. 3

| {{unknown}}

{{#invoke:flag|icon|Vietnam}} Vietnam

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Legal
+ UN decl. sign.

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No

| Image:X mark.svg No LGBT individuals may adopt, not same-sex couples{{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://vnexpress.net/cap-doi-dong-tinh-co-duoc-nhan-con-nuoi-khong-4271148.html|title=Cặp đôi đồng tính có được nhận con nuôi không?|publisher=VnExpress|access-date=30 May 2021}}

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Irrespective of one's sexual orientation

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination

| Image:Yes check.svg Yes Gender changes recognized and officially practised since 2017{{#invoke:Cite web

url=https://thanhnien.vn/thoi-su/nguoi-viet-chinh-thuc-duoc-quyen-chuyen-doi-gioi-tinh-637943.html |title= Sex-change officially legalized for the Vietnamese people|website= thanhnien.vn|date= 2015-11-24}}{{#invoke:Cite weburl=http://www.baogiaothong.vn/anh-cong-dong-nguoi-chuyen-gioi-vo-oa-trong-ngay-lich-su-d128926.html|title=Ảnh: Cộng đồng người chuyển giới vỡ òa trong ngày lịch sử - Báo Giao thông|first=Báo Giao|last=Thông}}

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