While homosexuality itself is not technically illegal in Egypt, Equaldex characterizes it as illegal in practice. Courts have convicted people for homosexual acts using "breaching laws on public decency" and "debauchery" and "abnormal sexual relations."

Sources: hrw.org/reports/2004/egypt0… bbc.com/news/world-middle-e… gov.uk/foreign-travel-advic…

In June of 2018, the Ukraine justice ministry said that there is no legal grounds in Ukraine currently for same-sex marriage. Deputy Justice Minister Natalia Bernatska has said, "To date, no draft laws or government decisions regarding the legalization of same-sex partnerships in civilian or other forms have been developed." In August 2022, the country’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine’s government may allow civil partnerships for same-sex couples in the future.

Sources: kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi… nytimes.com/2022/08/02/worl…

Same-sex sexual activity has been legal in Ukraine since 1991.

Sources: legislationline.org/documen…

The Icelandic parliament decriminalizes homosexuality, removes the provision of the law that made homosexuality illegal.

Sources: gaypride.is/Index/English/A… coe.int/t/Commissioner/Sour… althingi.is/lagas/135a/1940…