Number of LGBT-related laws changed over time
This year, there were 13 recorded legal changes made affecting LGBT people. In the previous year, there were 136 changes made. A total of 592 legal changes have been made so far in the 2020s.
- July 1
- May 17
- March 12Legal recognition of non-binary gender becomes not legally recognized.Arkansas reversed its previous law that allowed you to put your gender as x.
- March 1
- February 29
- Homosexual activity becomes illegal (imprisonment as punishment).Under Section 104 of the Ghanaian Criminal Code of 1960 as "unnatural carnal knowledge". If the person is of 16 years or older and has consent, this is considered a misdemeanour, punishable by imprisonment not exceeding 3 years as per Article 296(4) of the Criminal Procedural Code. In 2024, this law was strengthened to criminalise any form of LGBTQ+ expression, and extended the potential prison sentence to 5-10 years.
- February 28Censorship of LGBT Issues becomes state-enforced.On February 28, 2024, the Minister of Education indicated that "any usage of gender ideology has been thrown out of public schools", which means it is no longer possible to teach about LGBT topics in schools.
- February 15LGBT discrimination becomes illegal.The marriage equality bill changed the 4443/2016 law, extending the prohibition of discrimination to social protection, social benefits, education and access to the availability and provision of goods and services protections (including housing), enshrining full legal coverage against discrimination.
- Same-sex adoption becomes legal.Greece becomes the first orthodox country to legalize same-sex marriage. The country’s Parliament also extended equal parental rights to same-sex couples, including clearing the way for them to adopt children.
- February 13Censorship of LGBT Issues becomes state-enforced.Kazakhstan's Culture and Information Ministry announced the blocking of the Selftanu.kz website, which centers on LGBT relations. The ministry cited safeguarding children's rights and respecting Kazakhstan's societal norms and traditions as reasons for the action.
- January 30Right to change legal gender becomes illegal.Florida passed a bill on January 30th that makes it illegal for one's sex on ID to be "different than the one assigned at birth". As such, any license that have been issued with a new gender marker are now considered fraud and can be taken away.
- January 20Conversion therapy becomes banned.The conversion therapy ban passed by Parliament last year was officially signed into law by the President over the weekend.