ILGA WORLD LAUNCHES WORLD MAP ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION LAWS IN 20 LANGUAGES

Summary

This map is supported by the data collected in State-Sponsored Homophobiafear, unreasonable anger, intolerance or/and hatred directed towards people attracted to others of the same gender. More 2019: Global Legislation Overview Update (published in December 2019) and incorporates some of the legal developments that took place since then, including civil partnerships in Monaco, marriage equalitywhere national marriage legislation also includes same-sex couples or gender-neutral reference to the spouses. References to “gay marriage” that are sometimes made by media outlets and decision-makers incorrectly are incorrect, as no country has created a marriage law specifically for same-sex couples. More in Costa Rica, protection against discriminationunequal or unfair treatment which can be based on a range of grounds - such as age, ethnic background, disability, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions or sex characteristics, amongst others. More in employment in all 50 states in the United States of America and the unfortunate repeal of the antidiscrimination law in North Macedonia.

We hope that this map will serve as a tool for advocacy in countries where English or Spanish (the two working languages of ILGA World) is not spoken and raise awareness on the global state of the law regarding sexual orientationrefers to a person’s capacity for profound emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to - and intimate and sexual relations with - individuals of a different gender or the same gender or more than one gender. More in each country.

ILGA World would like to thank Ishmael Bahati, Patrick Berguer, Philipp Braun, Nate Brown, Julia Ehrt, Gabriel Galil, Ming Huey Wong, Dowha Kim, Paula Klik, Enrique López de la Peña, Grégory Macé, Akira Nishiyama, Daniele Paletta, Ilia, Yarinda Srisutat, Facundo Ortíz, Anh Vu Lieu, Leon Van den Berg and Björn Van Roozendaal for their assistance in translating the maps.

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