LGBT employment discrimination
LGBTQ+ people are protected from employment discrimination in 62 countries.
DATE
LGBT employment discrimination
Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment, including hiring, promotion, termination, harassment, etc.
Summary
Timeline of lgbt employment discrimination
Number of countries to ban lgbtq+ employment discrimination over the past 61 years.
Recent Changes
2023
- MoldovaSexual orientation and gender identityFebruary 9
- ItalySexual orientation and gender identityJanuary 15
2022
- PolandSexual orientation and gender identityDecember 9
- Antigua and BarbudaSexual orientation and gender identityJuly 5
- SpainSexual orientation and gender identityJune 30
- Zhambyl oblysy, KazakhstanSexual orientation and gender identityJanuary 1
2021
- NamibiaSexual orientation onlyOctober 21
- ArgentinaGender identity onlyJanuary 1
- AngolaSexual orientation and gender identityJanuary 1
2020
- North MacedoniaSexual orientation and gender identityOctober 30
- BarbadosSexual orientation onlyAugust 5
- Virginia, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJuly 18
- Michigan, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Pennsylvania, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Ohio, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Indiana, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Kentucky, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- West Virginia, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Wisconsin, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- North Carolina, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Tennessee, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- South Carolina, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Georgia, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Arizona, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Idaho, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Montana, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Wyoming, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- North Dakota, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- South Dakota, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Nebraska, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Kansas, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Missouri, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Alaska, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Alabama, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Mississippi, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Arkansas, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Louisiana, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Oklahoma, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Texas, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- Florida, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJune 15
- North MacedoniaSexual orientation onlyMay 28
- IndiaGender identity onlyJanuary 1
LGBT employment discrimination by Country
Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT employment discrimination is sexual orientation and gender identity in 62 regions.
- Europe (37)
- Albania 2010
- Andorra 2019
- Austria 2004
- Belgium 2003
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016
- Bulgaria 2003
- Croatia 2009
- Cyprus 2014
- Czech Republic 2009
- Denmark 1996
- Estonia 2009
- Finland 2004
- France 2012
- Georgia 2014
- Germany 2006
- Greece 2016
- Hungary 1998
- Iceland 1996
- Ireland 1993
- Italy 2023
- Kosovo 2015
- Luxembourg 2006
- Malta 2004
- Moldova 2023
- Montenegro 2010
- Netherlands 1993
- North Macedonia 2020
- Norway 1981
- Poland 2022
- Portugal 2015
- Serbia 2009
- Slovakia 2004
- Slovenia 2016
- Spain 2022
- Sweden 1999
- Ukraine 2015
- United Kingdom 2010
- North America (7)
- Antigua and Barbuda 2022
- Canada 2017
- Cuba 2013
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Honduras 2013
- United States 2020
Gender identity only
LGBT employment discrimination is gender identity only in 3 regions.
- South America (1)
- Argentina 2021
Sexual orientation only
LGBT employment discrimination is sexual orientation only in 27 regions.
- Africa (7)
- Botswana 2010
- Cape Verde 2008
- Mauritius 2008
- Mozambique 2007
- Namibia 2021
- Sao Tome and Principe 2019
- Seychelles 2006
No protections
LGBT employment discrimination is no protections in 93 regions.
- Asia (30)
- Afghanistan 1919
- Bahrain 1976
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan 2018
- Brunei 1951
- Cambodia
- China
- Iran 1979
- Iraq
- Jordan 1952
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait 1960
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos 1953
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Maldives 2017
- Myanmar 1886
- Palestine
- Qatar 1915
- Saudi Arabia 1932
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tajikistan 1994
- Timor-Leste
- Turkmenistan 1992
- United Arab Emirates 1971
- Uzbekistan 1992
- Vietnam 1992
- Yemen 1994
- Africa (41)
- Algeria 1966
- Benin 1900
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon 1972
- Central African Republic 2003
- Chad 2018
- Comoros
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960
- Djibouti
- Egypt 1971
- Equatorial Guinea 1968
- Eritrea 1957
- Eswatini 1907
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea 1988
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya 1930
- Lesotho 2012
- Libya 1951
- Madagascar
- Mali 1960
- Mauritania 1991
- Morocco
- Niger
- Nigeria 1999
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- Senegal 1966
- Somalia 1962
- South Sudan 2011
- Sudan 1956
- Tanzania 1977
- Togo 1980
- Tunisia 1957
- Uganda
- Zambia
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
Data on lgbt employment discrimination is unclear, not applicable, or missing in 13 regions.
- Antarctica (1)
- Antarctica
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