Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and other "high risk HIV" groups are banned from donating blood in Taiwan.

Sources: taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan…

Unsure of date. Date shown represents ratification of the Taiwanese Constitution. The age of consent in Taiwan is 16 (sixteen).

Sources: law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass…

Transgender citizens are permitted to change their legal gender in Taiwan provided they undergo gender re-assignment surgery.. In 2008 the Taiwanese Health Department announced it would recommend that female to male transexuals would no longer be required

Sources: topnews.in/health/taiwan-ac… groundreport.com/istscare-t…

Taiwan allows gay and lesbian soldiers provided they maintain military discipline standards.

Sources: palmcenter.org/press/dadt/r…

Taiwan banned workplace discrimination against LGBT citizens in 2007.

Sources: chinapost.com.tw/news/archi…

The same-sex marriage law (that passed the Legislative Yuan in May 2019) grants married same-sex couples the right to adopt children genetically related to one of the partners.

Sources: theadoptionguide.com/option… reuters.com/article/us-taiw… taiwantoday.tw/news.php?uni…

Taiwan was the firs country in the Asia-Pacific region to consider legalizing same-sex marriage but the legislation stalled in the legislature.

Sources: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pa…

Unsure of date which reflects the ratification of the current constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Taiwanese criminal code treats sexual acts between same-sex partners in private as equal to heterosexual sex acts performed in private.

Sources: law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass…

Date reflects British colonization of Burma (Myanmar). Homosexual relations are illegal in Myanmar and discrimination occurs regularly.

Sources: newsinfo.inquirer.net/break…

Date reflects British colonization of Burma (Myanmar). In 2014 a same-sex couple featured in the media after holding an unofficial wedding ceremony. Homosexual relations remain illegal.

Sources: newsinfo.inquirer.net/break…

Section 377 prescribes life in prison; or 2 to 10 years in prison and fine. Date represents British colonization of Burma (Myanmar).

Sources: internap.hrw.org/features/f…

Unsure of date

Sources: ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/…

Filipinos who undergo gender re-assignment surgery are not permitted to change their legal gender per a supreme court ruling in 2007. Individuals with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), a very rare gender disorder, are permitted to change their gender. Changing gender pending.

Sources: abs-cbnnews.com/views-and-a…

Sources: thedurian.org/2011/04/no-lo…

Unsure of date

Sources: thedurian.org/2011/04/no-lo…

Date reflects beginning of British colonization of Malaysia. Homosexuality is illegal in Malaysia.

Sources: ilga.org/ilga/en/countries/…

Homosexual activity in Malaysia is illegal.

Sources: malaysianbar.org.my/general…

Unsure of date. Date shown reflects the British colonial territory of the Straits Settlements. Malaysia's anti-sodomy laws are relics of the colonial era and rarely enforced. Under the federal law Male Homosexuality is Illegal in Malaysia ,punishable by 2-20 years in prison , however the status of female homosexuality is unclear under the federal law. However , Muslim citizens of Malaysia can be sentenced to fines , caning and imprisonment for conducting same sexual relations under some states which imposes sharia Law. The maximum sentence that sharia courts can impose for these acts is up to three years prison , fines of up to RM 5,000 (1,204 USD) and caning of up to six strokes or all three.

Sources: malaysianbar.org.my/general…

Homosexual activity is illegal in the Solomon Islands.

Homosexual activity is illegal in the Solomon Islands.

Homosexual activity is illegal in the Solomon Islands.

Sources: Homosexual activity is illegal in the Solomon Islands.

Anal sex between two consenting males will be sentenced to 14 years in prison. Attempted anal sex will reult in seven years in prison. Acts of "gross indecendy" will receive five years in prison. (decriminalization pending

Sources: old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…

Age of consent in Fiji is 16, regardless of sexual orientation.

Sources: paclii.org/fj/legis/Fiji%20…

Date unknown. Fiji does not allow LGBT foreigners to adopt. It is unclear if LGBT Fijians are permitted to adopt.

Sources: ag.gov.au/FamiliesAndMarria…

Fijian law states that marriage is specificaly between a man and a woman.

Sources: go-fiji.com/marriage.html

Unsure of the penalty. Fiji inherited its sodomy laws from its British colonizers. Laws invalidated as unconstitutional by Fiji courts.

Sources: yawningbread.org/arch_2005/…

Sources: fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=140812

Second country to ban LGBT discrimination in its constitution. The Constitution was abolished following a coup.

Sources: refworld.org/docid/469cd69b44.html

Sources: state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2…

Despite Cambodia not decriminalizing homosexuality,it has no protection laws either

Sources: cchrcambodia.org/admin/medi…