MAP – SEXUAL ORIENTATION LAWS IN THE WORLD, 2019
The maps of sexual orientation laws that accompany ILGA’sState-Sponsored Homophobia have been updated and there is a fresh approach to looking at laws.
Their colour scheme has also been altered to make it easier to read for persons with colour-blindness.
In the past we looked at the continuum of laws from death penalty at one extreme through to 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 at the other. This year, the top end of the spectrum is those places with constitutional protect 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 on the grounds of 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.
