LGBT employment discrimination
LGBTQ+ people are protected from employment discrimination in 88 countries and territories.
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- Sexual orientation and gender identity
- No protections
- Sexual orientation only
- Unknown, N/A, or ambiguous
Recent Changes
- Oct 21 2021Became Sexual orientation only in Namibia
- Jun 15 2020Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in United States
- Jun 15 2020Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in United States
- Apr 10 2018Became No protections in Chad
- Mar 26 2018Became No protections in Bhutan
- Jan 15 2018Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in West Bengal
- Jan 1 2018Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in New York
- Jan 1 2018Became Sexual orientation and gender identity in Dadra and Nagar Haveli
LGBT employment discrimination
Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity in employment, including hiring, promotion, termination, harassment, etc.
Summary
Progress over time
Number of countries with equality for lgbt employment discrimination over the past 60 years.
Recent changes
- NamibiaSexual orientation onlyOct 21, 2021
- United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJun 15, 2020
- United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJun 15, 2020
- ChadNo protectionsApr 10, 2018
- BhutanNo protectionsMar 26, 2018
- West Bengal, IndiaSexual orientation and gender identityJan 15, 2018
- New York, United StatesSexual orientation and gender identityJan 1, 2018
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli, IndiaSexual orientation and gender identityJan 1, 2018
- Alberta, CanadaSexual orientation and gender identityOct 1, 2017
- CanadaSexual orientation and gender identityJun 19, 2017
LGBT employment discrimination by country
(and dependent territories)Sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT employment discrimination is sexual orientation and gender identity in 88 regions.
- Asia (8)
- India 1949
- Kazakhstan
- Macau 2008
- Mongolia 1992
- Nepal 2016
- South Korea 2016
- Sri Lanka 2017
- Thailand 2015
- Europe (32)
- Belgium 2003
- Bulgaria 2003
- Cyprus 2014
- Czech Republic 2009
- Estonia 2009
- Faroe Islands 2006
- Finland 2004
- France 2012
- Georgia 2014
- Germany 2006
- Greece 2016
- Hungary 1998
- Iceland 1996
- Ireland 2011
- Isle of Man 2006
- Kosovo 2013
- Latvia 2006
- Lithuania 2005
- Luxembourg 2006
- Malta 2004
- Monaco
- Montenegro 2010
- Netherlands 1993
- North Macedonia 2016
- Norway 1981
- Portugal 2015
- San Marino 2008
- Slovakia 2008
- Sweden 1999
- Switzerland 1999
- Ukraine 2015
- United Kingdom
- North America (19)
- Belize 2016
- Bermuda 2013
- British Virgin Islands 2007
- Canada 2017
- Costa Rica 1998
- Cuba 2013
- El Salvador
- Greenland 2010
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala 2016
- Honduras 2013
- Martinique
- Mexico 2010
- Montserrat 2010
- Nicaragua
- Saint Lucia 2006
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Turks and Caicos Islands 2011
- Africa (6)
- Angola 2015
- British Indian Ocean Territory 2003
- Mayotte
- Réunion
- Saint Helena 2009
- South Africa 1996
- Oceania (15)
- Australia 2013
- Christmas Island 2013
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2013
- Cook Islands 2013
- Fiji 2007
- French Polynesia
- Kiribati 2015
- New Caledonia 2005
- New Zealand 1994
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Pitcairn Islands 2010
- Samoa 2013
- Vanuatu 2013
- Wallis and Futuna
- South America (8)
- Bolivia 2010
- Brazil 2011
- Chile 2012
- Falkland Islands 2008
- French Guiana
- Peru 2016
- Suriname 1975
- Uruguay 2004
No protections
LGBT employment discrimination is no protections in 86 regions.
- Asia (30)
- Afghanistan 1919
- Bahrain 1976
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan 2018
- Brunei 1951
- Cambodia
- China
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Iran 1979
- Iraq
- Japan 2008
- Jordan 1952
- Kuwait 1960
- Laos 1953
- Lebanon
- Maldives 2017
- Myanmar 1886
- Palestine
- Qatar 1915
- Saudi Arabia 1932
- Singapore
- Syria 1964
- Tajikistan 1994
- Timor-Leste
- Turkmenistan 1992
- United Arab Emirates 1971
- Uzbekistan 1992
- Vietnam 1992
- Yemen 1994
- North America (12)
- Anguilla 2001
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Aruba
- Barbados
- Cayman Islands
- Curaçao
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Jamaica 1962
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Sint Maarten
- Trinidad and Tobago 2001
- Africa (32)
- Algeria 1966
- Benin 1900
- Cameroon 1972
- Central African Republic 2003
- Chad 2018
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960
- Egypt 1971
- Equatorial Guinea 1968
- Eritrea 1957
- Eswatini 1907
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Guinea 1988
- Guinea-Bissau
- Lesotho 2012
- Libya 1951
- Mali 1960
- Mauritania 1991
- Morocco
- Niger
- Nigeria 1999
- Republic of the Congo
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal 1966
- Somalia 1962
- South Sudan 2011
- Sudan 1956
- Tanzania 1977
- Togo 1980
- Tunisia 1957
- Western Sahara
Sexual orientation only
LGBT employment discrimination is sexual orientation only in 28 regions.
- Europe (12)
- Albania 2010
- Andorra 2005
- Austria 2004
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia 2008
- Denmark 1996
- Italy 2003
- Poland 2011
- Romania
- Serbia 2009
- Slovenia 1998
- Spain 1995
- Africa (7)
- Botswana 2010
- Cape Verde 2008
- Mauritius 2008
- Mozambique 2007
- Namibia 2021
- Seychelles 2006
- Zambia
- Oceania (1)
- Tonga
No data, no laws, N/A, or ambiguous
Data on lgbt employment discrimination is unclear, not applicable, or missing in 30 regions.
- Africa (14)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe
- South America (1)
- Argentina
- Antarctica (1)
- Antarctica
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