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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	Legal since 1998
Kyrgyzstan	Legal since 1998
Tajikistan	Legal since 1998
Turkmenistan	Male illegal Penalty: up to 2 year prison sentence Female always legal
Uzbekistan	Male illegal Penalty: up to 3 year prison sentence Female always legal

Northern and 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
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (overseas territory of the United Kingdom)	Legal since 2000 + UN decl. sign.				UK responsible for defence
Armenia	Legal since 2003 + UN decl. sign.				/ No explicit ban. However, LGBT persons have been reportedly discharged because of their sexual orientation.
Azerbaijan	Legal since 2000						(Requires sterilization for change).
Cyprus	Legal since 1998 + UN decl. sign.	(Proposed)				Bans all anti-gay discrimination	Forbids discrimination based on gender identity.
Georgia	Legal since 2000 + UN decl. sign.		(Constitutional ban proposed)			Bans all anti-gay discrimination	(Requires sterilization for change)
Russia	Male legal since 1993 Female always legal		(Constitutional ban proposed)	/ Singles are allowed to adopt.			(Requires sterilization for change)
Turkey	Legal since 1858				(Proposed)	(Proposed)	(Requires sterilization for change)

Middle East

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	Legal since 1976
Iraq	Legal since 2003
Israel	Legal since 1988 + UN decl. sign.	Unregistered cohabitation since 1994	/ Cannot be performed in the country, but foreign same-sex marriages are recognised	Since 2008	since 1993	Bans some anti-gay discrimination	Full recognition of gender's ID without a surgery or medical intervention
Jordan	Legal since 1951
Kuwait	Male illegal Penalty: Fines or up to 6 year prison sentence Female always legal
Lebanon	Legal since 2014
Oman	Illegal Penalty: Fines and prison sentence up to 3 years (only enforced when dealing with "public scandal")
Palestinian territories (Gaza)	Male illegal Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment Female always legal
Palestinian territories (West Bank)	Legal since 1951 (as part of Jordan)
Qatar	Illegal Penalty: Fines, prison sentence up to 7 years. Death penalty offense. (applies to Muslims only)
Saudi Arabia	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.
Syria	Illegal Penalty: Prison sentence up to 3 years (law in de-facto suspended)
United Arab Emirates	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
Yemen	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.

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	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)
Bangladesh	Illegal Penalty: 10 years to life imprisonment						A third option (hijra) beside male and female
Bhutan	Illegal Penalty: Prison sentence up to 1 year (not enforced)
India	Illegal nationwide since 1860 Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment (not enforced)	No explicit recognition.	No explicit recognition.				"Third gender" recognised by Supreme Court
Iran	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.						Legal gender recognition in Iran is legal if accompanied by a medical intervention.
Maldives	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.
Nepal	Legal since 2007 + UN decl. sign.		Under consideration	Under consideration		Supreme Court ruled discrimination laws apply to homosexuals	"Third gender" cards have been issued since September 2007, legally protected class
Pakistan	Illegal Penalty: 2 years to life sentence						'Third gender' officially protected from discrimination by Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2010
Sri Lanka	Illegal Penalty: Fine and up to 10 years imprisonment (not enforced)

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 (People's Republic of)	Legal since 1997						Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery.
Hong Kong (Special administrative region of China)	Legal since 1991				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.	Government employment, goods and services only	Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery.
Japan	Legal since 1880 + UN decl. sign.					No nationwide protections, but some cities ban some anti-gay discriminations	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 (Special administrative region of China)	Legal since 1996				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.	Bans some anti-gay discrimination
Mongolia	Legal since 1961 + UN decl. sign.
North Korea	Legal (no laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country)						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	Legal (no laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign.				Due to conscription, but gays subject to discrimination		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	Illegal Penalty: Fines and imprisonment up to 10 years or death by stoning
Burma	Illegal Penalty: Up to life sentence (not enforced)
Cambodia	Legal (no laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country)		Constitutional ban since 1993, though there has been at least one recorded case of a legally registered and recognized same-sex marriage.
East Timor	Legal since 1975 + UN decl. sign.
Indonesia	Legal nationwide expect; Illegal in the provinces of Aceh Province and South Sumatra (applies only to Muslims)						Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender
Laos	Legal (no laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country)
Malaysia	Male illegal Penalty: fines, prison sentence (2-20 years), or whippings Female always legal
Philippines	Legal nationwide since 1933 except; Illegal in Marawi City (applies toMuslims only)	(Pending)		/ Step-adoption only	Since 2009	No national protections, but Cebu Quezon City, Davao and Albay have anti-discrimination ordinances National bill pending but still not made into law
Singapore	Male illegal Penalty: up to 2 years prison sentence (not enforced since 1999) Female legal since 2007				Due to conscription, but gays are not allowed to go to command school or serve in sensitive units.		Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender, but only after sex reassignment surgery.
Thailand	Legal since 1956 + UN decl. sign.	(Proposed)			Since 2005		Gender change legal
Vietnam	Legal (no laws against same-sex sexual activity has ever existed in the country)		(but without protection by the law)				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	Legal after 1991
Nagorno-Karabakh	Legal since 2000
Northern Cyprus	Legal since 2014					Bans all anti-gay discrimination	Discrimination or hate speech banned since 2014. Unknown if gender change is legal.
South Ossetia	Legal after 1991
Taiwan (China, Republic of)	Legal since 1895	(Proposed)	(Pending)	(Pending)	Due to military draft	Bans some anti-gay discrimination (in work and education)	Transsexuals allowed to change legal gender. Surgery no longer a requirement beginning in 2015

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38. Taiwan
39. Gender reassignment rule to be changed

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