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LGBTQ rights in 2026: What to expect around the world
Map of the 65 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. YELLOW countries have sodomy laws that are currently being challenged before local courts. Sri Lanka, in PINK, currently has a bill before its parliament to repeal its sodomy law. Indonesia, in ORANGE, has laws that criminalize homosexuality only in some subnational jurisdictions. All states in RED have nationwide sodomy laws and no known legislative efforts or court challenges to remove them.
LGBTQ rights update: 2025 tally and 2026 preview
2025 LGBTQ rights update: Mixed results in Oceania
Pride marcher in New Zealand poses with the flag of the tiny island nation Niue. (Claire-Eastham-Farrelly photo courtesy of NZTV)
Niue: Tally of nations with anti-homosexuality laws drops to 65
Map of LGBT Rights in Oceania — BLUE: Same-sex marriage legal and sexual orientation/gender identity discrimination prohibited; PURPLE: Foreign same-sex marriages recognized, no discrimination protections;GREEN: Sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; YELLOW: Sodomy illegal; YELLOW with GREEN outline: Sodomy illegal, but some sexual orientation discrimination prohibited; RED: Constitution bans same-sex marriage, but homosexuality is legal, no discrimination protections; GREY: Sodomy legal, same-sex marriage not permitted, no discrimination protections
2024 LGBTQ rights global update: Progress and reversals in Oceania and Australia
Berlin Pride 2023. (Photo courtesy of Reuters)
2024 global forecast for LGBTQ+ rights
Anglicans derailed anti-gay vote, but 125 anti-gay bishops forge ahead
Global South churches seek vote against same-sex marriage at Anglican churches with 85 million members
Cook Islands again delays bill to decriminalize homosexuality
Pride march seeks repeal of Oceania’s anti-gay laws
U.N. campaigns against 76 countries' anti-gay laws
Same-sex urges lead pastors to say gays threaten humanity?
From New Zealand, a view of world’s LGBT rights struggle
New Zealand lesbian MPs fight Uganda ‘kill gays’ bill