Gesetzliche Bestimmungen in verschiedenen Ländern bzgl. Homosexualität

Country	Homosexuality is general	Protective age	Punish	Remark
Alabama	Forbidden	x	*	*
Afghanisatan	Forbidden	x	Death Penalty	The last known execution of two men took place in the 3/22/1998
Egypt	Permits	21	-	Because of the strong Islamic influence the being a gay should not be demonstrated publicly
Alaska	Permits	16	-	*
Albania	Permits	14	-	*
Algeria	*	*	*	*
Andorra	*	*	*	*
Angola	*	*	*	*
Antigua and Barbuda	*	*	*	*
Equatorially Guinea	*	*	*	*
Argeninien	Permits	21	-	Liberal behaviour can lead in public to arrests because of "offence against the public morality"
Arizona	Forbidden	x	*	*
Arkansas	Forbidden	x	*	*
Armenia	Forbidden	x	5 - 7 years	*
Aserbaidshan	Forbidden	x	*	*
Ethiopia	*	*	*	*
Australia Capitol Territory	Permits	18	-	*
The Bahamas	Forbidden	x	up to 10 years	Who is put in court, the maximum penalty receives as a rule
Bahrein	*	*	*	*
Bangladesh	*	*	*	*
Barbados	Forbidden	x	*	Homosexual ones are pursued in spite of the ban
Belgium	Permits	16	-	The protective age amounts 18 years if authority personen are involved
Belize	Permits	*	-	The tolerance of the population is rather low
Benin	*	*	*	*
Bhutan	*	*	*	*
Bolivia	Permits	21	-	*
Bosnien-Herzigowina	*	*	-	*
Botswana	*	*	*	*
Brazil	Permits	21	-	*
Brunei	*	*	*	*
Bulgaria	Permits	21	-	Homosexual actions are forbidden (also to kisses). The foreigners who stay longer than one month in the country are submitted to an AIDS test
Burkina Fasi	*	*	*	*
Burma	*	*	*	*
Burundi	*	*	*	*
Californien	Permits	18	-	*
Chile	Permits	*	Analsex is punished with up to 5 years of prison	Arbitrary police raids threaten in appropriate bars
China	*	*	*	Homosexuality is valid as an offence against the harmony principle
Colorado	Permits	15	-	*
Connecticut	*	*	*	*
Iceland Cook	Permits	*	Analsex can be punished with up to 7 years of prison	*
Costa Rica	Permits	18	-	*
Denmark	Permits	15	-	Registered partnerships are possible
Delaware	*	*	*	*
Germany	Permits	16	-	*
District of Columbia	*	*	*	*
Djibouti	*	*	*	*
The Dominican Republic	Permits	18	-	The excess of the decency in public" can be punished with up to 2 years of prison
Ecuador	Forbidden	x	up to 8 months of prison	*
El Salvador	Permits	*	-	The population is extremely hostile towards gays
The Ivory Coast	*	*	*	*
England	Permits	16	-	In England exists a law which makes a punishable offence sex between more than two men
Eritrea	*	*	*	*
Estonia	Permits	16	-	*
The Fiji Islands	Forbidden	x	up to 14 years of custody; with attempt up to 7 years	*
Finland	Permits	16	-	The "support of homosexuality" is not forbidden since May, 998 any more
Florida	Forbidden	x	*	The laws are hardly put through
France	Permits	16	-	Sex can be punished in public as an exhibitionism
Gabon	*	*	*	*
Gambia	*	*	*	*
Georgia	Forbidden	x	*	*
Georgia	Forbidden	x	*	The ban is not put through any more
Ghana	Permits	*	-	*
Gibraltar	Permits	18	-	*
Grenada	Forbidden	x	*	*
Greece	Permits	17	-	*
Guinea-Bissau	*	*	*	*
Guyana	Forbidden	x	up to 2 years of custody; Analsex is threatened with lifelong custody, with attempt threaten up to 10 years of custody	*
Haiti	*	*	*	*
Hawaii	Permits	*	-	*
Honduras	Permits	*	-	*
Hong Kong	Permits	21	-	*
Idaho	Forbidden	x	*	*
Illinoise	*	*	*	*
Indiana	Permits	18	-	*
India	Forbidden	x	*	*
Indonesia	Permits	*	-	Homosexual actions are a component derBevölkerung. The entry can be refused to AIDS sick person.
Iowa	*	*	*	*
Iraq	*	*	*	*
Iran	Forbidden	x	Death Penalty	*
Iceland	Permits	16	-	Registered partnerships are possible
Israel	Permits	*	-	There exists an anti-discrimination law
Italy	Permits	14/16	-	With men between 14 and 18 years the sex can be punished if it was the first time
Jamaica	Forbidden	x	up to 10 years of prison with hard labour	Arbitrary infringements threaten by police and the military
Japan	Permits	13	-	Foreigners are not let everywhere. Official reason: Notification problems
Yemen	Forbidden	x	Death Penalty	*
Jordan	Forbidden	x	Imprisonments	*
Jugoslavien	Permits	*	-	*
Cambodia	*	*	*	The position of the population towards homosexual is hostile
Cameroon	Forbidden	x	6 months till 5 years of custody and fines to 200,000 CFA	*
Canada	Permits	14	*	The protective age by participation of an authority's person, with prostitution and the exercise of Analsex lies with 18 years
Kansas	Forbidden	x	*	*
Kazakhstan	Permits	*	*	*
Qatar	*	*	*	*
Kenya	Forbidden	x	between 5 and 14 years of custody	*
Kentuckyy	*	*	*	*
Kirghizia	*	*	*	*
Colombia	Permits	18	-	Gays are still pursued by the police. With the entry an AIDS test can be required
The Comoro Archipelago	*	*	*	*
Congo	*	*	*	*
Croatia	Permits	18	-	*
Cuba	Permits	*	*	Realising the homosexuality can be punished in public with up to 12 months of prison. AIDS sick person are isolated in special sanitariums.
Kuweit	*	*	*	*
Laos	Forbidden	x	*	Homosexuality is punished as an offence against the "popular customs and uses"
Lesotho	*	*	*	*
Latvia	Permits	18	-	*
Lebanon	Forbidden	*	*	*
Liberia	*	*	*	*
Libya	*	*	*	*
Bright stone	Permits	18	-	Advertisement for Homosexualtät is forbidden
Louisiana	Forbidden	x	*	*
Luxembourg	Permits	16	-	*
Macau	*	*	*	*
Madagascar	*	*	*	*
Maine	*	*	*	*
Malawi	*	*	*	*
Malaysia	Permits	*	*	Because Islam is a prevailing religion, extreme care is offered
The Maldives	*	*	*	*
Mali	*	*	*	*
Malta	Permits	18	-	Pornography is forbidden in general
Morocco	Forbidden	x	6 months to 3 jahre custodies and fine between 120 and 1,200 Dirhams	*
Maryland	Forbidden	x	*	*
Massachusetts	Forbidden	x	*	The use of the laws is argumentative
Mauritania	*	*	*	*
Mauritius	*	*	*	*
Mexico	Permits	18	-	The regulations about the excitement of public nuisance" are often applied against homosexual.
Michigan	Forbidden	x	*	The use of the laws is argumentative
Minnesota	Forbidden	x	*	*
Mississippi	Forbidden	x	*	*
Missouri	Forbidden	x	*	*
Mocambique	*	*	*	*
Moldavien	Permits	*	-	The complete ban was lifted only in 1995
Monaco	Permits	16	-	*
Mongolia	Permits	*	*	Homosexual ones can be punished for the indecent satisfaction of sexual desire"
Montana	Permits	18	-	since June, 1997
Namibia	Forbidden	x	*	The ban wrd not more criminal put through
Nebraska	*	*	*	*
Nepal	*	*	*	*
New Zealand	Permits	16	-	the stay right is granted to foreign partners if the respect passes 10 years
Nevada	*	*	*	*
New Hampshire	Permits	18	-	*
New Jersey	Permits	18	-	*
New Mexico	*	*	*	*
New South Wales	Permits	18	-	*
New York	Permits	18	-	*
Nicaragua	Permits	*	Analsex is threatened with up to 8 years of custody	*
The Netherlands	Permits	16	-	Registered partnerships are possible
Niger	*	*	*	*
Nigeria	Forbidden	x	up to 14 years of custody	The penal regulations are not put through any more
Northern Ireland	Permits	17	-	*
North Korea	*	*	*	*
North Carolina	Forbidden	x	*	*
North Dakota	*	*	*	*
Northern Territory	Permits	18	-	Group sex is forbidden! Sex between more than two people is looked than "public sex"
Norway	Permits	16	-	Registered partnerships are possible
Ohio	Permits	16	-	*
Oklahoma	Forbidden	x	*	*
Oman	*	*	*	*
Oregon	Permits	18	-	*
Austria	Permits	18	-	*
Pakistan	Forbidden	x	*	Because of the Islamic state religion possibly threatens the capital punishment
Panama	Permits	*	-	*
Paraguay	Permits	*	-	The being a gay can be penal-aggravating with a delinquent as
Pennsylvania	*	*	*	*
Peru	Permits	*	-	Members of the military and the police can be punished with up to 20 years of custody. Homosexuality is recognised as a separation reason. Laws of the protection of the public morality are applied against homosexual
The Philippines	Permits	18	-	*
Poland	Permits	18	-	*
Polynesia	Permits	16	-	*
Portugal	Permits	16	-	*
Puerto Rico	*	*	*	*
Queen's country	Permits	16	-	Analsex is permitted only from the age of 18 years
Rhode Island	Forbidden	x	up to 20 years of custody	An initiative for the change of the existing regulation is almost concluded
Rwanda	*	*	*	*
Romania	Forbidden	x	up to 5 years of custody	The penal frame was aggravated (!) only in 1996
Russia	Permits	18	-	*
Russia	Permits	18	-	*
Zambia	Forbidden	x	up to 14 years of custody	*
Sao Tome + Principe	*	*	*	*
Saudi Arabia	Forbidden	x	Death Penalty	*
Scotland	Permits	16	-	*
Sweden	Permits	15	-	Registered partnerships are possible
Switzerland	Permits	14	-	Indeed, the age difference to and at the age of 18 years of both partners may not amount more than 3 jahre. Thus is the quite exact definition of the Swiss protection of children and young people law
Senegal	*	*	*	*
The Seychelles	*	*	*	*
Sierra Leone	*	*	*	*
Zimbabwe	*	*	*	*
Singapore	Forbidden	x	up to 10 years of custody	*
Slovakia	Permits	15	-	*
Slovenia	Permits	14	-	*
Somalia	*	*	*	*
South Australia	Permits	16/17	-	*
South Carolina	Forbidden	x	*	*
South Dakota	*	*	*	*
Spain	Permits	16	-	Men should search only sex with more than 18-year-old
Sri Lanka	Forbidden	x	up to 12 years of custody	The entry can be refused to HIV-positive
Saint Kitts and Nevis	*	*	*	*
Saint Vinvent and Grenadines	Forbidden	x	*	*
South Africa	Forbidden	x	*	The new constitution contains a passage which makes a punishable offence the discrimination on account of the sexual orientation. Hence, the penal laws are hardly still applied. In a decision of the inhabitant of Johannesburg High Courts it was explained the penal laws already for unconstitutional
Sudan	*	*	*	*
South Korea	Permits	*	-	Big care is to be advised. "Hold hands" between men often it seems with friends and should not be misunderstood as a gay gesture
Surinam	Permits	18	-	*
Swaziland	*	*	*	*
Syria	Forbidden	x	up to 3 years of custody	Homosexual ones are outlawed in the society
Tadshikistan	*	*	*	*
Taiwan	Permits	*	-	Homosexual contacts in the army are threatened with the capital punishment
Tanzania	*	*	*	*
Tasmania	Permits	17	-	Sex between men was legalised after a 9-year-old fight in April, 1997
Tennessee	*	*	*	*
Texas	Forbidden	x	*	*
Thailand	Permits	18	-	*
Togo	*	*	*	*
Trinidad and Tobaggo	Forbidden	x	up to 20 years of custody, Anlaverkehr with persons under age in perpetuity	The entry can be refused according to the law to homosexual ones
Chad	*	*	*	*
Czechia	Permits	15	-	*
Tunisia	*	*	*	*
Turkey	Permits	18	-	A row exists on the regulations which are applied against gays
Turkey	Permits	18	-	A row exist on the regulations which are applied against gays
Turkmenistan	*	*	*	*
Uganda	*	*	*	*
The Ukraine	Permits	16	-	63% of the population hold homosexuality for a crime
Hungary	Permits	18	-	*
Uruguay	Permits	*	-	*
Uzbekistan	Forbidden	x	*	*
Utah	Forbidden	x	*	*
Vanuata	*	*	*	Vanuata is valid traditionally as liberal
Vatican	*	*	*	*
Venezuela	Permits	*	-	Homosexual ones are discriminated by the authorities
United Arab Emirates	Forbidden	x	up to 14 years of custody	Homosexualiät is patient as a rule tacitly. HIV-infected foreigner are expelled
Vermont	*	*	*	*
Victoria	Permits	16	-	*
Vietnam	*	*	*	*
Virginia	Forbidden	x	Felonies (up to 20 years)	*
Wales	Permits	16	-	*
Washington	Permits	18	-	*
Byelorussia	Permits	18	-	*
West Virginia	*	*	*	*
Western Sahara	*	*	*	*
Westsamoa	Permits	*	-	*
Wisconsin	Elaubt	18	-	*
Wyomin	*	*	*	*
Zaire	*	*	*	*
Central-African republic	*	*	*	*
Cyprus	Permits	*	*	The ban of homosexuality was lifted only in May, 1998 on account of a demand of the Council of Europe