Sexual orientation was added as a protected category from discrimination in the constitution of the Netherlands after votes in Senate and House Of Representatives were successful. Previously the Equal Rights Act of 1993 protected sexual orientation and had been interpreted to protect gender identity, expression and sex characteristics as well.

Sources: reuters.com/world/europe/du… wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0006…

Indian LGBTQ couples are able to obtain some limited rights as a live-in couple. The August 2022 Supreme Court decision Deepika Singh v. Central Administrative Tribunal widened the definition of family. Familial relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships or queer relationships. A household may be a single parent household for any number of reasons, including the death of a spouse, separation, or divorce. Similarly, the guardians and caretakers (who traditionally occupy the roles of the “mother” and the “father”) of children may change with remarriage, adoption, or fostering. These manifestations of love and of families may not be typical but they are as real as their traditional counterparts. Previously in 2020,the Uttarakhand High Court ruled same-sex couples have a right to unregistered cohabitation, although the ruling did not spread nationally. There was also limited minimal recognition in some jurisdictions of the nation.

Sources: nytimes.com/2022/08/30/worl… main.sci.gov.in/supremecour… theprint.in/judiciary/cant-…

Since October 1st, 2017, a system that is in use for same-sex couples was enacted called "legal guardianship" or "guardianship agreement". The system grants same-sex couples some limited rights such as medical care, property management and other additional rights that can expressed through different documents the couple may sign. Additionally, Beijing provides dependent residency status to foreign same-sex couples since the 1st of July 2013. In Hong Kong, several court decisions and most notably court case Leung Chun Kwong v Secretary for the Civil Service granted same-sex couples limited rights and benefits in the realm of immigration, tax rights and inheritance.

Sources: theconversation.com/how-chi… sixthtone.com/news/1004427/… hongkongfp.com/2019/06/06/b…

No protections are afforded to LGBT people in housing in Saint Lucia.

Sources: govt.lc/media.govt.lc/www/r…

Article 131 of the Labour Code protects the category of sexual orientation from discrimination in employment since 2006.

Sources: govt.lc/media.govt.lc/www/r…

Article 131 of the Labour Code protects sexual orientation discrimination in Employment Since 2006. In 2022, A Domestic Violence Act was passed protecting LGBT couples.

Sources: govt.lc/media.govt.lc/www/r… outrightinternational.org/i…

Per Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ruling

Sources: eccourts.org/orden-david-et… hrw.org/news/2022/07/11/ant…

Per Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court ruling

Sources: eccourts.org/orden-david-et… hrw.org/news/2022/07/11/ant…

As a result of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court's ruling that decriminalized sodomy, references to sex in the constitution were interpreted to include sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories against discrimination. "In giving a liberal and purposive interpretation to section 14(3) of the Constitution the reference to “sex” ought not to merely reference a physical gender. Such an approach would be too linear and restrictive. The reference to “sex” would necessarily encompass concepts such as gender identity, sexual character, and sexual orientation. It would be self-defeating to the constitutional provision if the notion of sex were to be separated from matters of sexual orientation and sexual identification since the concept of sex as a physical gender carries with it a perception of how people identify and are oriented even in those instances when the identification and orientation are stereotypical or traditional in nature."

Sources: eccourts.org/orden-david-et… hrw.org/news/2022/07/11/ant…