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|<!--Recognition of same-sex relationships--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Unregistered cohabitation in Israel|Unregistered cohabitation]] since 1994.
|<!--Recognition of same-sex relationships--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] [[Unregistered cohabitation in Israel|Unregistered cohabitation]] since 1994.
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Unrecognized if performed in country, but [[Same-sex marriage in Israel|foreign same-sex marriages are recognized]]
|<!--Same-sex marriage--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]] Unrecognized if performed in country, but [[Same-sex marriage in Israel|foreign same-sex marriages are recognized]]
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 2008
|<!--Adoption--> [[Image:X mark.svg|15px|No]]
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 1993
|<!--Military--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Since 1993
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination;<ref>{{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 | accessdate=2013-05-09 | language=Hebrew}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=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 | accessdate=2013-05-09 | language=Hebrew}}</ref> [[Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty]] applies to homosexuals and bisexuals.<ref>[http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/halakhah/teshuvot/20052010/dorff_nevins_reisner_dignity.pdf HOMOSEXUALITY, HUMAN DIGNITY & HALAKHAH: A COMBINED RESPONSUM FOR THE COMMITTEE ON JEWISH LAW AND STANDARDS] by RABBIS ELLIOT N. DORFF, DANIEL S. NEVINS & AVRAM I. REISNER</ref>
|<!--Anti-discrimination--> [[Image:Yes check.svg|15px|Yes]] Bans some anti-gay discrimination;<ref>{{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 | accessdate=2013-05-09 | language=Hebrew}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=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 | accessdate=2013-05-09 | language=Hebrew}}</ref> [[Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty]] applies to homosexuals and bisexuals.<ref>[http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/halakhah/teshuvot/20052010/dorff_nevins_reisner_dignity.pdf HOMOSEXUALITY, HUMAN DIGNITY & HALAKHAH: A COMBINED RESPONSUM FOR THE COMMITTEE ON JEWISH LAW AND STANDARDS] by RABBIS ELLIOT N. DORFF, DANIEL S. NEVINS & AVRAM I. REISNER</ref>

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Central Asia

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB allowed to serve openly in military? Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Yes Legal since 1998[1] No No No No[2] No No
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Yes Legal since 1998[1] No No No No No
Tajikistan Tajikistan Yes Legal since 1998[1] No No No No No
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan No Male illegal
Penalty: up to 2-year prison sentence
Yes Female always legal[1] 		No No No No No
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan No Male illegal
Penalty: up to 3-year prison sentence
Yes Female always legal[1] 		No No No No No

Northern Asia

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB allowed to serve openly in military? Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Akrotiri and Dhekelia Akrotiri and Dhekelia
(Overseas territory of the United Kingdom) 		Yes Legal since 2000
+ UN decl. sign.[1] 		No No Yes UK responsible for defence Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination[3]
Armenia Armenia Yes Legal since 2003
+ UN decl. sign.[1] 		No No No No/Yes No explicit ban. However, LGBT persons have been reportedly discharged because of their sexual orientation.[4] No No
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Yes Legal since 2000[1] No No No Yes[5] No Yes (Requires sterilization for change).[6]
Cyprus Cyprus Yes Legal since 1998
+ UN decl. sign.[1] 		No (Pending)[7][8] No No (Step-child adopting pending) No Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[9] Yes Forbids discrimination based on gender identity.
Georgia (country) Georgia Yes Legal since 2000
+ UN decl. sign.[1] 		No No (Constitutional ban proposed) No Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[10] Yes (Requires sterilization for change)[6]
Russia Russia Yes Male legal since 1993
Female always legal[11][1] 		No No (Constitutional ban proposed) No LGBT individuals may adopt. Yes No Yes (Requires sterilization for change)[6]
Turkey Turkey Yes Legal since 1858[1] No No No No (Proposed)[12] No (Proposed)[13] Yes (Requires sterilization for change)

Western Asia

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB allowed to serve openly in military? Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Bahrain Bahrain Yes Legal since 1976[1] (Age of consent discrepancy) No No No No No No
Iran Iran No Illegal
Penalty: For men 74 lashes for immature men and death penalty for mature men of sound mind and is consenting. For women 50 lashes for women of mature sound mind and is consenting. Death penalty offense after fourth conviction.[1] 		No No No No No Yes Legal gender recognition in Iran is legal if accompanied by a medical intervention.[14]
Iraq Iraq Yes Legal since 2003[15] (Age of consent discrepancy) No No No No No No
Israel Israel Yes Legal since 1988
+ UN decl. sign.[1][16] 		Yes Unregistered cohabitation since 1994. No Unrecognized if performed in country, but foreign same-sex marriages are recognized No Yes Since 1993 Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination;[17][18] Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty applies to homosexuals and bisexuals.[19] Yes Full recognition of gender's ID without a surgery or medical intervention;[20] equal employment opportunity law bars discrimination based on gender identity;[21][22] Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty applies to transgender individuals.[21][23]
Jordan Jordan Yes Legal since 1951[1] No No No No
Kuwait Kuwait No Male illegal
Penalty: Fines or up to 6-year prison sentence
Yes Female always legal[1][24] 		No No No No No No
Lebanon Lebanon Yes Legal since 2014[25] No No No No No No
Oman Oman No Illegal
Penalty: Fines and prison sentence up to 3 years (Only enforced when dealing with "public scandal")[1] 		No No No No No No
Qatar Qatar No Illegal
Penalty: Fines, prison sentence up to 7 years. Death penalty offense. (Applies to Muslims only)[1] 		No No No No No No
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia No Illegal
Penalty: Prison sentences of several months to life, fines and/or whipping/flogging, castration, torture or death can be sentenced on first conviction. A second conviction merits execution.[1] 		No No No No No No
Syria Syria No Illegal
Penalty: Prison sentence up to 3 years (Law in de-facto suspended)[26][1] 		No No No No No Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates No Illegal under federal law
Penalty: deportation, fines or prison time (Unclear if the death penalty applies)
Illegal in the emirate of Dubai
Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment
Illegal in the emirate of Abu Dhabi
Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment[1] 		No No No No No No
Yemen Yemen No Illegal
Penalty: Unmarried men punished

with 100 lashes of the whip or a maximum of one year of imprisonment, married men with death by stoning. Women punished up to three years of imprisonment; where the offense has been committed under duress, the punishment is up to seven years detention.[1]

No No No No No No

Southern Asia

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB allowed to serve openly in military? Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Afghanistan Afghanistan No Illegal
Penalty: Long imprisonment or death penalty (No known cases of death sentences have been handed out for same-sex sexual activity after the end of Taliban rule)[1] 		No No No No No No
Bangladesh Bangladesh No Illegal
Penalty: 10 years to life imprisonment[1] 		No No No No No Yes A third option (hijra) beside male and female[27]
Bhutan Bhutan No Illegal
Penalty: Prison sentence up to 1 year (Not enforced)[1] 		No No No No No No
India India No Illegal nationwide since 1860[28]
Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment (Not enforced)[29][28][1] 		No No explicit recognition.[30] No No explicit recognition.[30] No Transgender individuals may adopt. No[31] No Yes "Third gender" recognised by Supreme Court[32]
Maldives Maldives No Illegal
Penalty: For men the punishment is banishment for nine months to one year or a whipping of 10 to 30 strokes. For women is house arrest for nine months to one year.[1] 		No No No No [citation needed] No No
Nepal Nepal Yes Legal since 2007
+ UN decl. sign.[1] 		No (Proposed: By Supreme Court in 2008 but not included in the Constitution yet) No (Proposed: By Supreme Court in 2008 but not included in the Constitution yet) No Under consideration Yes Yes Supreme Court ruled discrimination laws apply to homosexuals Yes "Third gender" cards have been issued since September 2007, legally protected class[33]
Pakistan Pakistan No Illegal
Penalty: 2 years to life sentence[1] 		No No No No No Yes 'Third gender' officially protected from discrimination by Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2010
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka No Illegal
Penalty: Fine and up to 10 years imprisonment (Not enforced)[1] 		No No No No [citation needed] No No

Eastern Asia

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of relationships Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB allowed to serve openly in military? Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
China China
(People's Republic of) 		Yes Legal since 1997[1] No No No No Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery.
Hong Kong Hong Kong
(Special administrative region of China) 		Yes Legal since 1991[1] No No No
The People's Republic of China is in charge of Hong Kong's defence affairs. Regardless of sexual orientation, military personnel are not recruited from Hong Kong. 		Yes Government employment, goods and services only Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery.
Japan Japan Yes Legal since 1880
+ UN decl. sign.[1] 		No/Yes Partnership in Shibuya since 2015[34] No No Yes No/Yes No nationwide protections, but some cities ban some anti-gay discriminations[1] Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery and in case that the transsexual has no child under 20 years old
Macau Macau
(Special administrative region of China) 		Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the region) 		No No No
The People's Republic of China is in charge of Macau's defence affairs. Regardless of sexual orientation, military personnel are not recruited from Macau. 		Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination
Mongolia Mongolia Yes Legal since 1961
+ UN decl. sign.[1] 		No No No No
North Korea North Korea Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country)[1] 		No No No No Unknown although there are heavily obeyed gender roles for both male and female. See Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle
South Korea South Korea Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country)
+ UN decl. sign.[1] 		No No No Yes Due to conscription. No Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender

Southeast Asia

LGBT rights in Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of relationships Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB allowed to serve openly in military? Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Brunei Brunei No Illegal
Penalty: Fines and imprisonment up to 10 years or death by stoning[1] 		No No No No No No
Myanmar Burma No Illegal
Penalty: Up to life sentence (Not enforced)[1] 		No No No No No No
Cambodia Cambodia Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country)[1] 		No No Constitutional ban since 1993, though there has been at least one recorded case of a legally registered and recognized same-sex marriage. No[citation needed] No
East Timor East Timor Yes Legal since 1975
+ UN decl. sign.[1] 		No No No Yes Bans hate crimes based on sexual orientation
Indonesia Indonesia Yes Legal nationwide, except;
No Illegal in the provinces of Aceh Province and South Sumatra (Applies only to Muslims)[35][36][1] (Age of consent discrepancy) 		No No No No[37] No Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender
Laos Laos Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country)[1] 		No No No No
Malaysia Malaysia No Male illegal
Penalty: fines, prison sentence (2-20 years), or whippings

Yes Female always legal[1]

No No No No No No
Philippines Philippines Yes Legal nationwide since 1933 except;
No Illegal in Marawi City (Applies toMuslims only)[38][1][39] 		No (Pending)[38] No (Pending)[40] No No Since 2009 No/Yes No national protections, but Cebu[41] Quezon City, Davao[42] and Albay have anti-discrimination ordinances[43] (National bill pending but still not made into law)
Singapore Singapore No Male illegal
Penalty: up to 2 years prison sentence (Not enforced since 1999)
Yes Female legal since 2007[1] 		No No No Yes Due to conscription, but gays are not allowed to go to command school or serve in sensitive units. No Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery.
Thailand Thailand Yes Legal since 1956
+ UN decl. sign.[1] 		No (Proposed)[44] No No Yes Since 2005 Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination. Yes Transsexuals may change their legal name after having a sex change operation.[45]
Vietnam Vietnam Yes Legal
(No laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country)[1] 		No No[46] No No Yes Sex-change recognized for sex assignment for persons of congenital sex defects and unidentifiable sex

Partially recognized or unrecognized states

LGBT rights in: Same-sex sexual activity Recognition of same-sex unions Same-sex marriage Adoption by same-sex couples LGB allowed to serve openly in military? Anti-discrimination laws concerning sexual orientation Laws concerning gender identity/expression
Abkhazia Abkhazia Yes Legal after 1991 No No No No
Republic of Artsakh Nagorno-Karabakh Yes Legal since 2000 No No No No
Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus Yes Legal since 2014[47][48][1] No No No No Yes Bans all anti-gay discrimination[47][48] Yes Discrimination or hate speech banned since 2014.[47][48]

Unknown if gender change is legal.

State of Palestine Palestinian territories West Bank:
Yes Legal since 1951 (As part of Jordan)[1]
Gaza:
No Male illegal
Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment
Yes Female always legal[1] 		No No No No No
South Ossetia South Ossetia Yes Legal after 1991 No No No No
Taiwan Taiwan
(China, Republic of) 		Yes Legal since 1895[49] No/ Partnerships in Kaohsiung and Taipei since 2015[50][51] (Proposed nationwide) No (Pending) No (Pending) Yes Due to military draft Yes Bans some anti-gay discrimination (in work and education) Yes Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender. Surgery no longer a requirement beginning in 2015[52]
Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and its controlled territories No Illegal
Penalty: Death 		No No No No No No


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  52. ^ Gender reassignment rule to be changed
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