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Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality. Laws concerning gender identity-expression by country or territory
The top 13 countries with the biggest gay populations are surprisingly very rarely in the list of countries where gay marriage is legal. Click to skip ahead and jump to the top 5 countries with ...
Spartacus also publishes a Gay Travel Index for US states, listing the 50 states plus the District of Columbia with the same criteria as the country rankings. In 2024, the top spot went to New York while the bottom ten states were mainly the southern and the mountain states , with Oklahoma being the overall worst-ranked state for LGBT people.
A gay identity was more common among men (6.1%) than women (1%), and the opposite was true of heterosexuality (men: 89.9%, women: 95%). No differences were found in the share identifying as bisexual (2.4% versus 2.5%). London had a higher share of middle aged or older people identifying as gay (8%) or bisexual (6%) than other parts of the country.
The only African country in our list of the most LGBT friendly countries in the world is South Africa, which actually was the first country in the world to ban discrimination based on sexual ...
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. As of 2025, [update] marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 37 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% of the world's population).
Spain was the third country in the world to legally recognize same-sex marriage on 3 July 2005. [ 125 ] [ 126 ] In 2004, the nation's newly elected Socialist Government, led by President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , began a campaign for its legalization, including the right of adoption by same-sex couples . [ 127 ]
DC is often referred to as the “gayest city in the USA” – and yes, it does indeed have a higher LGBT+ population percentage than anywhere else in the country, but that’s not the only ...