• November 7
  Wales, United Kingdom

  Same-sex adoption becomes legal.

  As in the UK, IVF treatment is available for lesbian couples too.
• United Kingdom

  Same-sex adoption becomes legal.

  IVF treatment is available for lesbian couples too.
• September 10
  South Africa

  Same-sex adoption becomes legal.

  Legal under the case of Du Toit v Minister of Welfare and Population Development, later made official through the Consolidated Children's Act of 2010
• September 1
  Mongolia

  Homosexual activity becomes legal.
• August 31
  Romania

  LGBT housing discrimination becomes sexual orientation and gender identity.

  Under the Romanian Criminal Code.
• Romania

  LGBT discrimination becomes illegal.
• July 11
  Cyprus

  Equal age of consent becomes equal.

  Equalised age of consent at 16.
• June 24
  Austria

  Equal age of consent becomes equal.

  The age of consent between people with maximum 5 years of difference is 14. Sexual contact between coetaneous is never punishable.
• June 6
  Sweden

  Same-sex adoption becomes legal.
• May
  Taiwan

  Homosexuals serving openly in military becomes legal.

  Taiwan allows gay and lesbian soldiers provided they maintain military discipline standards.
• April 17
  Costa Rica

  Homosexual activity becomes legal.
• March 12
  Bolivia

  Same-sex adoption becomes single only.

  The adoption requirement does not allow for unmarried couples or single parents of any form to apply for adoption of children.
• March 1
  Kenya

  Same-sex adoption becomes illegal.

  Same-sex couples or even homosexuals are not allowed to adopt in Kenya. Chapter 141, Section 158 of Kenya's The Children Act states: "An adoption order shall not be made if the applicant or, in the case of joint applicants, both or any of them [...] is a homosexual."
• February 13
  Bolivia

  Homosexuals serving openly in military becomes legal.

  Serving as openly homosexual was never illegal in the military penal code. This provision was strengthened with the anti-discrimination provision proposed in 2010
• January 15
  Minas Gerais, Brazil

  LGBT discrimination becomes illegal.

  Under Nationwide housing discrimination protections in 2018.
• Minas Gerais, Brazil

  LGBT discrimination becomes illegal in some contexts.

  Law 14170 of January 15, 2002. Determines the imposition of penalties for companies who practice discriminatory act against a person because of their sexual orientation.
• January 6
  Estonia

  Equal age of consent becomes equal.

  Age of consent is equal and is set at 14.

LGBT Organizations Founded in 2002

• MassEquality
  Massachusetts, United States

  MassEquality is the leading Massachusetts grassroots advocacy organization working to ensure that everyone across Massachusetts can thrive from cradle to grave without…
• Boys of Bangladesh
  Bangladesh

  Boys of Bangladesh (BoB), is the largest network of self-identified Bangladeshi gay men. It is a non-registered, non-funded and non-formal group run by a pull of dedicated…
• Zagreb Pride Organization
  Croatia

  Zagreb Pride Organization is the organization that runs Zagreb Pride, the LGBT pride march in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
• Equality Alabama
  Alabama, United States

  Equality Alabama's mission is to advance equality for LGBTQ Alabamians where they live, work, learn and play through education and advocacy.
• National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
  United States

  The National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is the business voice of the LGBT community and is the largest global not-for-profit advocacy organization specifically dedicated…
• Rede Ex Aequo
  Portugal

  A rede ex aequo é uma rede de apoio, quebra de isolamento e activismo para jovens lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, trans, intersexo e apoiantes entre os 16 e os 30 anos
• SC Equality
  South Carolina, United States

  SC Equality is the statewide LGBTQ rights organization in South Carolina.