LGBT Rights — Year-on-Year Tracker

Each year, ILGA World publishes its State-Sponsored Homophobia report — the authoritative global survey of LGBT legal status. This tracker snapshots the data for our 28 volunteer destinations each time a new report is published, then shows you what changed and what stayed the same.

First snapshot: 2026-06-14

Source note: Data transcribed from ILGA's annual State-Sponsored Homophobia report. We are not ILGA. Verify against their primary source before relying on this for important decisions: ilga.org/maps-sexual-orientation-laws.

Year-1 baseline recorded

First snapshot recorded 2026-06-14. Year-on-year comparison will appear here after the next annual ILGA State-Sponsored Homophobia report is published and the new data is transcribed into this tracker.

What we track

The following fields are compared between snapshots for each of the 28 destinations. Any change in any field will be surfaced in the diff report once a second snapshot exists.

Field	What it captures
Same-sex acts legal	Whether consensual same-sex sexual activity between adults is legal.
Maximum penalty	Where criminalised, the statutory maximum penalty.
Marriage equality	Whether same-sex couples can legally marry.
Marriage equality year	Year marriage equality became law.
Civil unions / partnerships	Whether civil unions or registered partnerships are legally recognised.
Employment protections	Whether anti-discrimination law covers sexual orientation in employment.
Housing protections	Whether anti-discrimination law covers sexual orientation in housing.
Hate speech protections	Whether hate speech or hate crime law covers sexual orientation.
Trans legal recognition	Whether legal gender recognition is available (yes / with-restrictions / no / unclear).
Trans recognition note	Details about the legal pathway and any restrictions.

Destinations in this tracker

The Year-1 baseline covers 28 destinations. Click any destination to see its current LGBTQ+ legal context page.