Censorship of LGBT Issues

Several regions make it illegal to discuss, promote, or teach LGBTQ+ topics.

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  • Imprisonment as punishment
  • Fine as punishment
  • Other punishment
  • No censorship
  • State-enforced
  • Unknown, N/A, or ambiguous

Recent Changes

  • Mar 22 2023Became Imprisonment as punishment in Uganda
  • Nov 29 2022Became No censorship in Singapore
  • Nov 24 2022Became Fine as punishment in Russia
  • Jul 1 2022Became State-enforced in Mississippi
  • Jul 1 2022Became State-enforced in Oklahoma
  • Jul 1 2022Became State-enforced in Louisiana
  • Jul 1 2022Became State-enforced in Alabama
  • Jul 1 2022Became State-enforced in Florida

Censorship of LGBT Issues

Censorship or prohibition of discussing, promoting, or teaching LGBTQ+ topics in media, schools, and in the general public.

Summary

193
No censorship
193 regions (83%)
No censorship
34
Censorship exists
34 regions (15%)
Censorship exists
5
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
5 regions (2%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
Europe
89%
LEGAL EQUALITY
No censorship
46 regions (89%)
Censorship exists
6 regions (12%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
regions (0%)
Oceania
100%
LEGAL EQUALITY
No censorship
24 regions (100%)
Censorship exists
regions (0%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
regions (0%)
South America
93%
LEGAL EQUALITY
No censorship
13 regions (93%)
Censorship exists
1 regions (7%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
regions (0%)
North America
97%
LEGAL EQUALITY
No censorship
35 regions (97%)
Censorship exists
regions (0%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
1 regions (3%)
Africa
76%
LEGAL EQUALITY
No censorship
45 regions (76%)
Censorship exists
12 regions (20%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
2 regions (3%)
Asia
63%
LEGAL EQUALITY
No censorship
29 regions (63%)
Censorship exists
15 regions (33%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
2 regions (4%)

Progress over time

Number of countries with equality for censorship of lgbt issues over the past 60 years.

Recent changes

Censorship of LGBT Issues by country

(and dependent territories)

Imprisonment as punishment

Censorship of LGBT Issues is imprisonment as punishment in 12 regions.

Fine as punishment

Censorship of LGBT Issues is fine as punishment in 3 regions.

  1. Europe (3)
  2. Hungary 2021
  3. Lithuania 2009
  4. Russia 2022

Other punishment

Censorship of LGBT Issues is other punishment in 4 regions.

  1. Asia (4)
  2. Afghanistan 2021
  3. Brunei
  4. Iran 2013
  5. North Korea 1948

No censorship

Censorship of LGBT Issues is no censorship in 193 regions.

  1. Antarctica (1)
  2. Antarctica

State-enforced

Censorship of LGBT Issues is state-enforced in 15 regions.

  1. South America (1)
  2. Paraguay 2017

No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous

Data on censorship of lgbt issues is unclear, not applicable, or missing in 5 regions.

  1. North America (1)
  2. United States

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