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Promoting a respectful environment for LGBTQ people

Gay-friendly orLGBTQ-friendly places, policies, people, or institutions are those that are open and welcoming togay orLGBTQ people. They typically aim to create an environment that is supportive, respectful, and non-judgmental towards theLGBTQ community. The term "gay-friendly" originated in the late 20th century in North America, as a byproduct of a gradual implementation ofgay rights, greater acceptance of LGBTQ people in society, and the recognition of LGBTQ people as a distinct consumer group for businesses.

Businesses

A shop in Amsterdam selling LGBTQ+ merchandise and goods

Many businesses now identify as gay-friendly, allowing for a more diversified employee and customer base. TheHuman Rights Campaign works to achieve equality for gays, lesbians, and other marginalized minorities, and publishes a list of companies in relation to issues concerning LGBT people. Companies that are noted for gay-friendly work environments includeDell andCoca-Cola. Companies such asR Family Vacations, Manspray,Volkswagen, Ginch Gonch, and numerous others offer niche products and services for gay customers. Others, such asLOT Polish Airlines sends the message of gay-friendliness by offering travel to major gay destinations with a rainbow flag.[1] Studies have shown that LGBT communities tend to favor gay-friendly businesses, even if the cost of a particular product or service is higher.[2]

Religious groups

Main article:LGBT-affirming religious groups
Portal of the Church of Pilgrims, in Washington, DC, USA, with an LGBT banner

Some Christian and Jewishreligious denominations, as well as Christianchurches and affirming Jewishsynagogues, have LGBT-friendly programs.[3]

World

Main article:LGBTQ rights by country or territory
See also:Equaldex § Equaldex Equality Index (2023)

The Pew Research Center conducted a survey in 2019 to measure levels of acceptance of LGBTQ people around the globe.[4]

Country-specific percentage of people who say homosexuality should be accepted by society
RankCountryPercent
1Sweden94%
2Netherlands92%
3Spain89%
4Germany86%
4France86%
4UK86%
7Canada85%
8Australia81%
9Argentina76%
10Italy75%

Researchers at theWilliams Institute atUCLA released a report in 2021 after analyzing findings from different surveys to develop their own LGBTQ Global Acceptance Index (GAI).[5]

Most gay-friendly countries
RankCountryGAI
1Iceland9.78
2Netherlands9.46
3Norway9.38
4Sweden9.18
5Canada9.02
6Spain8.77
7Denmark8.69
8Ireland8.41
9Great Britain8.34
10New Zealand8.23

TheSpartacus International Gay Guide publishes the Gay Travel Index, a ranking of gay-friendly countries. Points are added to countries for anti-discrimination legislation,equal marriage,partnership andadoption laws, andLGBT marketing. Meanwhile, points are subtracted for anti-LGBT laws, HIV travel restrictions, religious influence; and prosecution, murders, and death sentences.

In 2024, theSpartacus Gay Travel Index featured a majority of Western European countries in the top 12 spots (Denmark,Germany,Iceland,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Spain andSwitzerland), rounded out byAustralia,Canada,New Zealand andUruguay. The bottom 4 places went toAfghanistan,Chechnya,Iran andSaudi Arabia.[6]

List of countries and regions by their Gay Travel Index (2024)[7]
RankCountryTotalAnti-Discrimination LegislationMarriage/Civil PartnershipAdoption AllowedTransgender RightsIntersex/3rd OptionEqual Age of Consent"Conversion Therapy"LGBT MarketingReligious InfluenceHIV Travel RestrictionsAnti-Gay LawsHomosexuality IllegalPride BannedCensorshipLocals HostileProsecutionMurdersDeath Sentences
1Canada[note 1]12322210100000001000
1Malta1222232011000000–1000
1New Zealand12222310100000001000
1Portugal12322310100000000000
1Spain122223201100000–10000
6Australia11222210110–100001000
6  Switzerland113223–10110000000000
8Denmark10222310–100000001000
8Germany[note 2]1022212011000000−1000
8Iceland10222310−100000001000
8Norway102223–10100000001000
8Uruguay102223101000000000–10
13Austria9222210–110000000000
13Chile922231010–10000000–10
13Colombia9222310−1000000010−10
13Finland93223–10–110000000000
13Ireland[note 3]92223–10–110000001000
13Luxembourg93223−10–110000000000
13Sweden93222–10−110000001000
13Taiwan93221−10110000000000
21Andorra83223–10−100000000000
21Argentina812231010−10000000−10
21Belgium82223−10–110000000000
21France82222−10100000000000
21Greenland8122310−100000000000
21Netherlands8222210−100000000000
21Réunion82222−10100000000000
21United Kingdom[note 4]83222−10000000000000
29Costa Rica7222310−10−100000−1000
29French Polynesia72222−1010−1000000000
29New Caledonia72222−1010000000−1000
32Brazil622230010−100000−10−20
32Cuba63222−10−100−100000000
32Estonia62222−10−100000000000
32Guadeloupe62222–1010−100000–1000
32Martinique62222−1010−100000–1000
32Slovenia63222−10−10–1000000000
38Greece521021010−10000000–10
38Israel[note 5]52112–1010–1000000000
38South Africa53221−10−1000000000–10
41Mexico432120000–100000–10–20
41Puerto Rico412220010−100000–10–20
41United States412200001–10000000–10
44Ecuador33202–1010−10000–1−10–10
44Gibraltar3222–1−10−100000000000
44Guam31221−10−10–1000000000
44India321011000–100000–1000
48Croatia22121−10−10−100000−1000
49Czech Republic12101−10−10−1000000000
49Liechtenstein1112−1−10−10−1000001000
49   Nepal1300110–10−10−1000−1000
49San Marino13110−10−10–100000−1000
49US Virgin Islands[note 6]12220−10−10−100000−10−10
54Aruba01100−10−110−100000000
54Bermuda0122−1−1−1−10000000−1000
54Bolivia02111−10−10−100000−10−10
54Thailand0200−1−10−110000000000
58Bosnia and Herzegovina[note 7]-12−101−10−10000000−1000
58Cyprus-11100−1010–10−1000–1000
58Italy-11101−10−10–100000–1000
58Latvia-11101−10−1000−1000−1000
58Montenegro-12101−10−10−10−1000−1000
58Vietnam-10−100−10100000000000
64Albania-22−10−1−1010−100000−1000
64Bhutan-20−10000−100000000000
64Singapore-21−101−10100−1−100−10000
64Slovakia-22000−10−1000–1000−1000
64South Korea-20001−10−10000000−1000
64Ukraine-21−102−10−10–10–10000000
70Angola-31−100−10−10−1000000000
70Antigua and Barbuda-3100–1−10−1000–10000000
70Belize-33−10–1−10−10–10–10000000
70Curaçao-31000−10−11–10–1000−1000
70Fiji-33–10–1−1000–10–1000–1000
70Japan-30–101−10−1000–10000000
70Laos-30−101−10–10000000−1000
70Marshall Islands-32−10–1−10−100–100000000
70Monaco-3010–1−10−10–1000000000
70Mongolia-31−101–10–1000–1000−1000
70North Macedonia-32−101−10−10–10–1000−1000
70Romania-32–101−10−10–10–1000–1000
70Serbia-32−102−10−10−10−1000–1–100
70Sint Maarten[note 8]-31000−10−10−10−10000000
84Barbados-4100−1−10−10−10−10000000
84Botswana[note 9]-41−100−10−10−100000−1000
84Cabo Verde-41−10−1−10−10–1000000000
84Cambodia-4000−1−10−1000−10000000
84Kosovo-43−10−1−10−10–200000–1000
84Lithuania-42−1−12−10−10–10−100−1−1000
84Macao-41−10–1−10−10000000−1000
84Micronesia-42−10–1−10−10−100000–1000
84Saint Lucia-41−10−1−10−1010−1−1000000
93British Virgin Islands-53−10−1−10−10–20−1000−1000
93Bulgaria-52−10−1−10−10–10−1000−1000
93China (incl.Hong Kong)-500−11−10−100000−1−10−100
93El Salvador-52–100−10−10−10000−1−10−10
93Hungary-521−1−1−10−1000–100−1−1−100
93Kazakhstan-50−101−10−1000000−1−2000
93Lesotho-50−1−10−10−1000−10000000
93Mauritius[note 10]-51−10–1−10−10−10−10000000
93Moldova-52−100−10−10−10–100−1−1000
93Mozambique-51−1−1−1−10−1000000−10000
93Niger-50−10−1−1−1−100000000000
93Panama-50−1–11−10−1000–100−10000
93Peru[note 11]-51−102−10−10−10−1000–10−20
93Samoa-51−10–10010−20−1−100−1000
93Seychelles[note 12]-51−10−1−10−10–100000–1000
93Suriname-51−100−1−1−10−100000−1000
109Armenia[note 13]-60−100−10−10−10−1000−1000
109Benin-60−10−1−1–1−10000000−1000
109Cook Islands-61−100−10−10−1−1−1000−1000
109Georgia-62−101−10−10−20−100−1−10−10
109Guinea-Bissau-60−10–1−10−10−100000−1000
109Mali-60−10−1−10−1000000−1−1000
109São Tomé and Príncipe-60−10−1−10−10−100000–1000
109Sri Lanka[note 14]-61−1−11−10−10−10−1−100−1000
109Vanuatu-60−10−1−10−10−100000−1000
118Honduras[note 15]-72−10−1−10−10−10–1000−20−10
118Kiribati-71−10−1−10−10−10−1−100−1000
118Kyrgyzstan-70−101−10−10−10−100−1−2000
118Pakistan-71−10210−10−20−1−10−1−1−1–1−1
118Palau-70−10−1−10−100−1−1000−1000
118Philippines[note 16]-70−10−1−10−10−10000−100−10
118Poland-71−100–10−10−10−1000−2−100
118Saint Kitts and Nevis-7000–1−10−10−1−1−1000−1000
118Trinidad and Tobago-70−10–1−10−10−100000−10–10
127Burkina Faso-80−100−10−10−20−1000−2000
127Gabon-80−10−1−1−1−10−100000−2000
127Grenada-80−10−1−10−10−10−1−100−1000
127Lebanon[note 17]-80−101−10−10−10–1–1−1−1−1000
127Namibia-80−10–1−10−10−10−1−100−1000
127Nicaragua-81−10−1−10−10−10−1000−20−10
127Paraguay-80−10–1−1−110−10−100−1−10−10
127Tuvalu-81−10–1−10−10−1−1−1–100−1000
127Vatican City[note 18]-80−10–1−10−10−20−10000−100
127Venezuela-81−100−10−10−1−10000−20−20
137Bahrain[note 19]-90−101−10−10−2−1000−1−2–100
137Bangladesh-90−10110−10−20−1−10−1–2–1–10
137Guatemala-90−10−1−10−10−100000−20−20
137Guinea-90−10−1–10−10−10−1−100−1−100
137Tajikistan-90−101–10−10−20−100−1−2−100
137Tonga-90−10−1−10−10−20−1−100−1000
143Azerbaijan-100−10–1−10−10−10−10−10−1−200
143Bahamas-100−10−1−1−1−10−10–1000−20−10
143Burundi-100−10−1−10−10−10−1−100−2−100
143Central African Republic-100−10−1−10−10−20−100−1−2000
143Comoros-100−10−1−10−10−20–1−100−2000
143Democratic Republic of the Congo-100−10−1−10−10−20–1000−2−100
143Equatorial Guinea-100−10−1−10−10−20000−1–2−100
143Guyana-100−10−1−10−10−20−1−100−10−10
143Haiti-100−10–1−10−10−20−1000−20−10
143Jordan-100−100−10−10–20000−1−2−1−10
143Kenya-100−1−1010−10−10−1−10−1−2−1−10
143Myanmar-100−10−1−10−1000–1–10−1−1−1−10
143Papua New Guinea-100−10–1–10−10−20−1−100−2000
143Republic of the Congo-100−10−1−1−1−10−20−1000−2000
143Rwanda-100−10–1−10−10−20−100−1−2000
143Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-100−10−1−10−10−1−1−1−100−10−10
143Sierra Leone-100−1–1−1−10−10−10−1–100−2000
143Togo-100−10−1−1000−10–1−10−1−2−100
143Turkey[note 20]-100−101−10−10−1000−1−2−2−1−10
162Belarus-110−100−10−10−10−10−1−1−2−200
162Chad-110−10−1−10−10−20–1−100−2−100
162Djibouti[note 21]-110−1−1−1−10−10−20000−1−2−100
162Dominica-110−10−1−10−10−20–1−100−2−100
162Dominican Republic-110−10−1−10−10−2−1−1000−10−20
162Gambia-110−10–1−10−10−20−1–100−2−100
162Liberia-110−10−1−10−10−20−1−100−2–100
162Madagascar-110−1−1−1−1−1−10−100000−20−20
162Maldives-110−10−1−10−10−20−1−100−2–100
162North Korea-110−1−1−1−10−10−20−100−2−1000
162Solomon Islands-110−10−1−10−10−2−1−1−100−2000
162Uzbekistan-110−101−10−10−20−1−10−2−2−100
174Algeria-120−10−1−10−10−20−1−10−2−1−100
174Eswatini-120−100−10−10−20−1−10−1−20−20
174Ghana[note 22]-120−10−1−10−10−20−1−10−1−2−100
174Ivory Coast-120−1–1−1−1−1−10−20−100−1−2000
174Jamaica-120−10−1−10−10−10−1−100−2−1−20
174Mauritania-120−10−1−10−10−20−1−10−1−200−1
174Oman-120−10−1–10−10−1−1−1–10−2−1–100
174Sudan-120−10−1−10−10−2−1–1–100−2−100
174Zambia-120−10−1−10−10−20−1−10−1−2−100
174Zimbabwe-120−10−1−10−10−10−1−100−2−1−20
184Cameroon-130−10−1−10−10−20−1−100−2−1−20
184Eritrea-130−10−1−10−10−20−1−10−2−2–100
184Indonesia-130−1−10−10−10−20−1−10−2−2–100
184Senegal-130−10−1−10−10−20−1−1−1−1−2–100
184Syria-130−10–1−10−10−1−1−1–100−2−1−1−1
189Brunei-140−10–1−10−10−2−1−1−1−1−2−100−1
189Egypt-140−1−10−10−10−20−1−10−1−2−2–10
189Ethiopia-140−1−1−1−10−10−20−1−10−2−2−100
189Aceh (Indonesia)-140−10−1−10−10−20−1−10−2−2−10−1
189Iraq[note 23]-140−10−1−10−10−2−1−100−2−2−1–10
189Malawi-140−10−1−10−10−20−1−10−1−2–1–20
189Morocco-140−10−1−10−10−10–1−10−2−2−2−10
189South Sudan-140−10−1−10−10−20–1−10−2−2−1−10
189Tunisia-140−1−1−1−10−10−10−1−10−1−2−2−10
189Turkmenistan-140−10−1−10−10−2−1−1−10−2−2−100
199Malaysia-150−10−1−10−10−2−1−1−1−1−2−1−1−10
199Tanzania-150−10−1−10−10−20−1−10−2−2−2–10
201Kuwait-160−1−1−1−10−10−2–1−1−10−2−2−200
201Libya-160−10−1−10−10−20−1−1−1−1−2−1−2−1
201Qatar-160−1−1−1−10−10−2–1−1−1−1−1−2−10−1
201United Arab Emirates-160−10−1–10−10−2−1−1–10−2−2–1−1−1
205Nigeria[note 24]-170−10−1−10−10−10−1−1−1−2−2−20–3
205Russia[note 25]-170−100−10−10−2–1−1−1−1−2−2−2−20
207Somalia[note 26]-180−10−1−10−10−20−1−100−2−1−2−5
207Uganda-180−10−1−10−10−20−1−1−1−2−2−1−1−3
209Yemen-190−1−1−1−10−10−2−1−1−10−2−2−2−2−1
210Afghanistan-210−10−1−10−10−20−1−10−2−2−2–2−5
210Chechnya (Russia)-210−10−1−1000−20−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−5
210Iran-210−1−10−10−10−20−1−10−2−2−2−2−5
210Saudi Arabia-210−1−1–1−10−10−2–1−1−10−2−2−1−1−5

Not Included in Data

United States

Main article:LGBT rights in the United States

Spartacus also publishes a Gay Travel Index for US states, listing the 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia with the same criteria as the country rankings. In 2024, the top spot went toNew York while the bottom ten states were mainly thesouthern and themountain states, withOklahoma being the overall worst-ranked state for LGBT people.[6]

List of U.S. states by their Gay Travel Index (2024)[7]
RankStateTotalAnti-Discrimination LegislationTransgender RightsIntersex/3rd OptionHate Crime LawCensorship"Conversion Therapy"LGBT MarketingQueer InfrastructureGay and Trans Panic DefenceLocals Hostile
1New York142312111201
2California132212111201
2Colorado132312111101
2Nevada132212111201
2Oregon132312111101
6Washington122312011101
6District of Columbia122212111101
8Illinois112212111100
8Massachusetts1123120111−11
8New Jersey112312011001
8New Mexico113312010100
12Connecticut102212010101
12Maryland102212010101
12Rhode Island102212110001
15Hawaii92212010100
15Maine92212010001
15Vermont923120100−11
15Virginia92212−111100
19Minnesota832120100−10
20Michigan722−120111–10
20New Hampshire721120100−11
20Pennsylvania722100011–11
23Delaware622−120100−11
23Utah620120101−10
25Ohio522100−101–11
26Arizona421−110011−10
27Wisconsin321−110000−11
28Georgia120−110−111−1−1
29Alaska012−100−100−10
29Arkansas010100−110−1−1
29Idaho010100−100−10
29Indiana01011−1−100−10
29Louisiana010–11−1−111−10
29Missouri010−120−101–1−1
29South Carolina012−100−100–10
36Iowa-120−11−1−100−10
36Kansas-12−1−110−100−10
36Kentucky-110−110−110−1−1
36Nebraska-110−110−100−10
36Texas-110−11−1−111−1−1
36Wyoming-111−100−100−10
42Florida[note 27]-21−101−2−111–1−1
42North Carolina-210−10−1000−10
42North Dakota-21−1−100000−10
42South Dakota-210−100−100−10
46West Virginia-310−100−100−1−1
47Alabama-410−10−1−100−1−1
47Mississippi-410−10−1−100−1−1
47Tennessee-41–1−10−1−101−1−1
50Montana-51−1−10−1−100−1−1
51Oklahoma-61−1−10−2−100−1−1

Notes

  1. ^InCanada the adoption laws vary per province. Same-sex-adoption is however possible countrywide.
  2. ^InGermany, due to federal government system, there are varying regulations regarding arrival/residence HIV. For example, in Bavaria someone who is HIV-positive can be denied entry. The Federal Constitutional Court has stipulated in several renditions of judgment that the politicians implement the same rights for gay men and lesbians which apply to heterosexuals.
  3. ^The Employment Equality Act allows religious-run workplaces exemption from its anti-discrimination provisions to protect their ethos.
  4. ^InNorthern Ireland the legal situation for same-sex adoption is unclear.
  5. ^InIsrael a civil marriage for both homosexual and heterosexual couples is not possible as marriage can only be performed by a Rabbi. This problem does not only apply to gays and lesbians but also heterosexuals belonging to different religious affiliations. There are limited anti-discrimination laws (exception: certain religious groups).
  6. ^TheUnited States Virgin Islands have the same legal status as Puerto Rico regarding the USA. There is also a ban on hate crimes. After the Supreme Court decided in favor of same-sex marriage in the US, there are plans to implement same-sex marriage in Puerto Rico as well.
  7. ^Bosnia and Herzegovina passed an unclear anti-discrimination law in 2009 in which a ban on discrimination against "sexual expression" is mentioned. There is a reference that "sexual identity" is not meant in this case. It is obvious that an attempt to adhere to the minimum requirements from the EU has been made, to be accepted into the EU.
  8. ^As an overseas territory of the NetherlandsSint Maarten recognizes same-sex marriages which are performed in the Netherlands. In St. Maarten itself gay marriage is still not possible, but changes can soon follow. There are no adoption laws.
  9. ^InBotswana homosexuality is practically illegally on the basis of the ban on "unnatural act", but in the labor law there is still an explicit prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation.
  10. ^InMauritius, the sodomy law tends to find application with the heterosexual population. The Equal Opportunities Act protects homosexuals against discrimination at work. It is therefore questionable whether homosexuality is classified as illegal or not.
  11. ^Consensual homosexual acts inPeru between adults are legal. An exception applies for members of the military and police, who can be prosecuted with a prison sentence ranging from 60 days to 20 years or suspension from duty.
  12. ^In May 2016 the Parliament ofSeychelles decided to make homosexuality legal.
  13. ^Armenia has received many reports of illegal violence from police against homosexuals.
  14. ^At the request of the UNHCRSri Lanka has announced that discrimination of homosexuals is constitutionally forbidden. It was further stressed that the anti-sodomy law is not aimed against homosexuals, but applies for all to protect public morals.
  15. ^InHonduras an anti-discrimination law has recently been passed, but in practice it is ignored.
  16. ^There are regional differences in the laws relating to homosexuals. In addition, the local religion is just as crucial, whether a law is implemented or not.
  17. ^There are reports of a different judicial interpretations of the law on "sex against nature".
  18. ^The Vatican City adheres to Italian law, but restrictions are possible if the ecclesiastical law contradicts Italian law. Therefore, there are conflicting opinions that homosexuality is not illegal or just not happily seen, but tolerated.
  19. ^InBahrain although the paragraph referring to sodomy was abolished in 1976 from the local legal code, gay men can still be punished with imprisonment according to the laws regarding "unmoral" behavior.
  20. ^Police stopped violently the Gay Pride on 29th June, 2015. This can be considered a de facto ban on the Pride.
  21. ^The Shariah-law inDjibouti is often superior to the constitutional laws, so it could be expected that homosexuality is punishable.
  22. ^InGhana there is a ban on unnatural sex. The government recognizes in this a clear ban on homosexuality.
  23. ^Homosexuality in Iraq is formally legal, but police and military track down homosexuals, and reports of murder and rape exist.
  24. ^InNigeria the death penalty only applies for homosexuals according to the Shariah laws and therefore relates only to Muslims in the north of Nigeria.
  25. ^The LGBT rights movement was declared an 'extremist organization' by authorities inRussia in 2023.
  26. ^Shariah laws applies inSomalia since 2012. There is however contradictory information, since, on the other hand the maximum penalty is up to 3 years in prison, nevertheless in 2013 a homosexual was stoned to death after a judgment.
  27. ^In 2015 Florida explicitly lifted the adoption ban for homosexuals after federal judgesruled it unconstitutional in 2010.

See also

References

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  3. ^ Adrian Thatcher,The Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality, and Gender, Oxford University Press, UK, 2015, p. 368
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