No penalising law
Recognises civil union
Recognises marriage
Homosexuality is criminalised – 0-7 year sentence
15 years to life
8-14 years
15 years to life in some areas
Death penalty
Death penalty in part of country
Death penalty but not applied
Trinidad & Tobago's high court will rule this month on whether to decriminalise
sex between men
India's supreme court has struck down a 160-year-old law banning homosexuality
In August the supreme court in Costa Rica ruled gay marriage should be legalised within 18 months
Australia's parliament recognised same-sex marriage in December 2017 after voters backed it in a postal survey
In Kenya and Botswana, rulings on cases seeking to decriminalise gay sex are being awaited
No penalising law
Recognises civil union
Recognises marriage
Homosexuality is criminalised – 0-7 year sentence
8-14 years
15 years to life
15 years to life in some areas
Death penalty
Death penalty in part of country
Death penalty but not applied
India's supreme court has struck down a 160-year-old law banning homosexuality
Trinidad & Tobago's high court will rule
this month on whether to decriminalise
sex between men
In Kenya and
Botswana, rulings
on cases seeking
to decriminalise
gay sex are being
awaited
Australia's parliament recognised same-sex marriage in December 2017 after voters
backed it in a postal survey
In August the supreme court in Costa Rica ruled gay marriage should be legalised within 18 months
No penalising law
Homosexuality is criminalised – up to seven-year sentence
Recognises civil union
8-14 years
15 years to life
15 years to life in some areas
Recognises marriage
Death penalty
Death penalty in part of country
Death penalty but not applied
India's supreme court has struck down a 160-year-old law banning homosexuality
In August the
supreme court
in Costa Rica ruled
gay marriage should
be legalised within
18 months
Trinidad & Tobago's
high court will rule this month on whether
to decriminalise sex between men
In Kenya and Botswana, rulings on cases seeking
to decriminalise gay sex are being awaited
Australia's parliament recognised same-sex marriage in December 2017 after voters backed it in a postal survey