LGBT employment discrimination

LGBTQ+ people are protected from employment discrimination in 100 countries and territories.

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  • Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • No protections
  • Sexual orientation only
  • Unknown, N/A, or ambiguous

Recent Changes

  • Jul 5 2022Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Antigua and Barbuda
  • Jun 30 2022Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Spain
  • Jan 1 2022Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Kazakhstan
  • Jan 1 2022Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Zhambyl oblysy
  • Oct 21 2021Became Sexual orientation only in Namibia
  • Aug 5 2020Became Sexual orientation only in Barbados
  • Jul 18 2020Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Virginia
  • Jun 15 2020Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida

LGBT employment discrimination

Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment, including hiring, promotion, termination, harassment, etc.

Summary

100
Protected
100 regions (43%)
Protected
25
Some protections
25 regions (11%)
Some protections
92
No protections
92 regions (40%)
No protections
15
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
15 regions (6%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
Europe
77%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
40 regions (77%)
Some protections
6 regions (12%)
No protections
5 regions (10%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
1 regions (2%)
Oceania
63%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
15 regions (63%)
Some protections
2 regions (8%)
No protections
7 regions (29%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
regions (0%)
South America
64%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
9 regions (64%)
Some protections
2 regions (14%)
No protections
2 regions (14%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
1 regions (7%)
North America
56%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
20 regions (56%)
Some protections
5 regions (14%)
No protections
9 regions (25%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
2 regions (6%)
Africa
12%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
7 regions (12%)
Some protections
8 regions (14%)
No protections
38 regions (64%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
6 regions (10%)
Asia
20%
LEGAL EQUALITY
Protected
9 regions (20%)
Some protections
2 regions (4%)
No protections
31 regions (67%)
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
4 regions (9%)

Progress over time

Number of countries with equality for lgbt employment discrimination over the past 60 years.

Recent changes

LGBT employment discrimination by country

(and dependent territories)

Sexual orientation and gender identity

LGBT employment discrimination is sexual orientation and gender identity in 100 regions.

  1. Asia (9)
  2. India 1949
  3. Kazakhstan 2022
  4. Macau 2008
  5. Mongolia 1992
  6. Nepal 2016
  7. South Korea 2016
  8. Sri Lanka 2017
  9. Taiwan 2007
  10. Thailand 2015
  11. South America (9)
  12. Bolivia 2010
  13. Brazil 2011
  14. Chile 2012
  15. Colombia 2018
  16. Falkland Islands 2008
  17. French Guiana
  18. Peru 2016
  19. Suriname 1975
  20. Uruguay 2004

Sexual orientation only

LGBT employment discrimination is sexual orientation only in 25 regions.

  1. Asia (2)
  2. Israel 1992
  3. Philippines
  4. Europe (6)
  5. Italy 2003
  6. Moldova 2013
  7. Poland 2011
  8. Romania 2000
  9. Slovakia 2008
  10. Turkey 2018
  11. North America (5)
  12. Bahamas
  13. Barbados 2020
  14. Jamaica 2004
  15. Panama 2017
  16. Saint Lucia 2006
  17. Oceania (2)
  18. New Zealand 1994
  19. Tuvalu 2017
  20. South America (2)
  21. Ecuador 2015
  22. Venezuela 2012

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

Data on lgbt employment discrimination is unclear, not applicable, or missing in 15 regions.

  1. Europe (1)
  2. Liechtenstein
  3. South America (1)
  4. Argentina
  5. Antarctica (1)
  6. Antarctica

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