• December 1
  

  Costa Rica

  Serving openly in military becomes n/a.

  Costa Rica abolished its military in 1948.
• September 14
  

  North Korea

  Censorship of LGBT issues becomes state-enforced.

  Censorship topics are all controlled by the government
• September 9
  

  North Korea

  Conversion therapy becomes not banned.

  North Korea does not legally recognise sexual orientation or gender identity at all so therefore there is no law that bans conversion therapy. The state views being gay as western decadence.
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  North Korea

  Conversion therapy becomes not banned.

  North Korea does not legally recognise sexual orientation or gender identity at all so therefore there is no law that bans conversion therapy. The state views being gay as western decadence.
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  North Korea

  Conversion therapy becomes not banned.

  North Korea does not legally recognise sexual orientation or gender identity at all so therefore there is no law that bans conversion therapy. The state views being gay as western decadence.
• August 15
  

  South Korea

  Same-sex marriage becomes unrecognized.

  In South Korea, same-sex marriage is neither prohibited nor legally recognized.
• July 14
  

  Japan

  Gender-affirming care becomes banned.

  Until 1998, under Clause 28 of the Eugenics Protection Law, gender reassignment surgery was banned. The law prohibited any surgery deemed unnecessary that caused sterilization. This was highlighted in the 1965 "Blue Boy Trial" - Blue Boy was a Japanese slang term for trans women.
• May 14
  

  Israel

  Equal age of consent becomes equal.

  The age of consent in Israel is 16 for male-male, female-female, and male-female sex.

LGBT Organizations Founded in 1948

• LGBT Danmark
  Denmark

  LGBT Danmark is a national association for LGBT people focused on the areas of gender identity and sexual orientation. The organization's efforts are focused on political work…