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 "label": "Same-Sex Activity",
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   "label": "Legal",
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   "label": "Illegal",
   "color": "#f97316"
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   "id": "varies",
   "label": "Varies by region",
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  "ABW": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "AFG": {
   "status": "death_penalty",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.",
   "notes": "No Illegal Penalty: Death penalty",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "AGO": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 9 February 2021",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "AIA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2001 Age of consent discrepancy + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ALB": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1995 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "AND": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1990 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ARE": {
   "status": "death_penalty",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.",
   "notes": "No Illegal Penalty: Maximum: Capital punishment Minimum: Lashings, imprisonment and fines",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ARG": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1887 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ARM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 2003 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ASM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1980",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ATG": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2022",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "AUT": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1971; equal age of consent since 2002 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "AZE": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 2000",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BDI": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 22 April 2009 Penalty: 3 months to 2 years imprisonment and fines. (repeal disputed)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BEL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal nationwide since 1795; equal age of consent since 1985 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BEN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country); Equal age of consent since 2018.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BES": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the municipalities) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BFA": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 1 September 2025 Penalty: 2 to 5 years imprisonment.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BGD": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Illegal since 1862 Penalty: 10 years to life imprisonment (Occasionally enforced).",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BGR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1968; equal age of consent since 2002 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BHR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1976",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BHS": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1991; Age of consent discrepancy + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BIH": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1996 in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina , in Republika Srpska since 1998, and in Brčko District since 2003 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BLM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BLR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1994",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BLZ": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2016",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BMU": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1994; equal age of consent since 2019 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BOL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1832 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BRA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1830 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BRB": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2022.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BRN": {
   "status": "death_penalty",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.",
   "notes": "No Illegal since 1908 Penalty: Death by stoning (in abeyance, de jure), 7 year imprisonment and 100 lashes for men (de facto). Caning and 10 years prison for women.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BTN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal until 2004, again since 2021",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "BWA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 11 June 2019",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CAF": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CAN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1969; equal age of consent since 1987 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CHE": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal nationwide since 1942 Legal in the cantons of Geneva (as part of France ), Ticino , Valais , and Vaud since 1798; equal age of consent since 1990 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CHL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1999; equal age of consent since 2022 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CHN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1997",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CIV": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country); Age of consent discrepancy",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CMR": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 28 September 1972 Penalty: Up to 5 years imprisonment and fines. (repeal proposed)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "COD": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "COG": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country); Age of consent discrepancy",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "COK": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2023 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "COL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1981 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "COM": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 31 October 1982 Penalty: 5 years imprisonment and fines. (not enforced)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CPV": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1 March 2004 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CRI": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1971 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CUB": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1979 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CUW": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CYM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2001; Age of consent discrepancy + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CYP": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1998 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "CZE": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1962 (As part of Czechoslovakia ); equal age of consent since 1990 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "DEU": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal in East Germany since 1968 Legal in West Germany since 1969; equal age of consent since 1988 in East Germany and since 1994 in unified Germany + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "DJI": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "DMA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2024 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "DNK": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1933; equal age of consent since 1973 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "DOM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1822 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "DZA": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 11 June 1966 Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment with fines up to 10,000 dinars.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ECU": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1997 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "EGY": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "De Jure Legal De facto illegal Penalty: Up to 17 years imprisonment.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ERI": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 23 July 1957 (as the British Military Administration of Eritrea ) Penalty: Up to 7 years imprisonment. (rarely enforced)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ESP": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1979 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "EST": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1992, legal 1935-1940, never criminalised between women; equal age of consent since 2002 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ETH": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 5 May 1958 (as the Occupied Enemy Territory Administration in Ethiopia ) Penalty: Up to 15 years. (repeal disputed)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "FIN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1971; equal age of consent since 1999 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "FJI": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2010 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "FLK": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1989; equal age of consent since 2006 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "FRA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal nationwide since 1791 Legal in Savoy since 1792; equal age of consent since 1982 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "FRO": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1933; equal age of consent since 1977 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "FSM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GAB": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 17 August 1960-4 July 2019, again since 29 June 2020 ; Age of consent discrepancy, + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GBR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Female always legal. Male legal in England and Wales since 1967, in Scotland since 1981, and in Northern Ireland since 1982; equal age of consent since 2001 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GEO": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 2000 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GGY": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1983; equal age of consent since 2012 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GHA": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1 January 1893 (as the Gold Coast ) Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment (repeal proposed) Female legal, Criminalization pending 2024",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GIB": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1993; equal age of consent since 2012 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GIN": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 6 August 1988 Penalty: 6 months to 10 years imprisonment. (rarely enforced)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GLP": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GMB": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 1 January 1889 (as the Gambia Colony and Protectorate ) Penalty: Up to life imprisonment.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GNB": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1 March 1993 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GNQ": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 12 October 1968",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GRC": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1951; equal age of consent since 2015 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GRD": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1987 Penalty: 10-year prison sentence (not enforced). Legalization proposed Female always legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GRL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1933; equal age of consent since 1977 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GTM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1871 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GUF": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GUM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1978",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "GUY": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1893 Penalty: Up to life imprisonment (Not enforced). Legalization proposed Female always legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "HKG": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1991",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "HND": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1899 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "HRV": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1977 (As part of Yugoslavia ); equal age of consent since 1998 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "HTI": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1791 (as Saint-Domingue )",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "HUN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1962; equal age of consent since 2002 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "IDN": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Ambiguous Not criminalized in private relationship. Illegal under morality laws and Aceh Penalty: Up to 1.5 years imprisonment",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "IND": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 2009–2013, again since 2018",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "IOT": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 2001 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "IRL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Male legal since 1993 Female always legal + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "IRN": {
   "status": "death_penalty",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.",
   "notes": "No Illegal Penalty: 74 lashes for immature men and death penalty for mature men (although there are documented cases of minors executed because of their sexual orientation) . For women, 100 lashes fo…",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "IRQ": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex activity is a criminal offense with prison sentences of 10 to 15 years.",
   "notes": null,
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": 2024,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "medium",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "llm"
  },
  "ISL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1940; equal age of consent since 1992 (As part of Denmark ) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ISR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1963 (de facto), 1988 (de jure) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ITA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1890 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "JAM": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1864 Penalty: 10 years and/or hard labor (Not enforced). Legalization proposed Female always legal.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "JOR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "JPN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1882 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "KAZ": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1998",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "KEN": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 1 August 1897 (as the East Africa Protectorate ) Penalty: up to 14 years imprisonment. (repeal proposed)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "KGZ": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1998",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "KHM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "KIR": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1943 Penalty: 5-14 years imprisonment (Not enforced, Legalization proposed). Female legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "KNA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2022",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "KOR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "KWT": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Male illegal Penalty: Fines or up to 6-year prison sentence. Yes Female always legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "LAO": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "LBN": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Ambiguous Ambiguous. Illegal under Article 534 of the Penal Code. Some judges have ruled not to prosecute individuals based on the law, however, this has not been settled by the Supreme Court and thu…",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "LBR": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 3 April 1978 Penalty: 1 year imprisonment. (repeal proposed)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "LBY": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 2 March 1954 (as Kingdom of Libya ) Penalty: Up to 5 years in jail.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "LCA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2025",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "LIE": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1989; equal age of consent since 2001 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "LKA": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Illegal since 1885 Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment with fines. (Ruled unenforceable by the Supreme Court) Legalization proposed",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "LSO": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Male legal since 1 February 2012 Female always legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "LTU": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1993 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "LUX": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1795; equal age of consent since 1992 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "LVA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1992 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MAC": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1996",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MAF": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MAR": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 17 June 1963 Penalty: Up to 3 to 6 years imprisonment with hard labour.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MCO": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1793 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MDA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1995 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MDG": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country); Age of consent discrepancy",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MDV": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Illegal (codified in 2014) Penalty: Up to 8 years imprisonment, house arrest, lashings and fines. (unenforced) LGBTQ welcomed in tourist islands.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MEX": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1871 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MHL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2005 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MKD": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1996 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MLI": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 13 December 2024 Penalty: 7 years imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 francs.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MLT": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1973 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MMR": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Illegal since 1886 Penalty: Up to 10 years in prison (unenforced).",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MNE": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1977 (As part of Yugoslavia ) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MNG": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1993 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MNP": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1983",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MOZ": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 29 June 2015",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MRT": {
   "status": "death_penalty",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 9 July 1983 Penalty ( de jure ): Execution for men, (not enforced, under moratorium ), up to 2 years in prison and fines for women ( de facto ): up to 2 years in prison and a fine.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MSR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2001 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MTQ": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MUS": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 4 October 2023 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MWI": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 1 July 1891 (as British Central Africa Protectorate ) Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment, with or without corporal punishment for men. Up to 5 years imprisonment for women (rarely enf…",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MYS": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Federal criminal law: Illegal since 1871, up to 20 years imprisonment and caning for anal sex (male/male or male/female); ? Uncertain for lesbian sex. No State shariah law: Gay sex or lesbian sex,…",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "MYT": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the region)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NAM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 21 June 2024",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NCL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the collectivity) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NER": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 26 March 2025, codified since 11 June 2026 Penalty: 5 to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to 100,000,000 francs.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NFK": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Always legal for women. Male legal since 1993. + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NGA": {
   "status": "death_penalty",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 1 June 1904 ( Northern Region only) Illegal since 1 June 1916 ( Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria ) Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment. Death in the states of Bauchi , Borno , Gombe …",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NIC": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2008 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NIU": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2024 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NLD": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1811; equal age of consent since 1971 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NOR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1972 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NPL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 2007 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NRU": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2016 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "NZL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1986 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "OMN": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Illegal Penalty: Fines and prison sentence up to 3 years (only enforced when dealing with \"public scandal\").",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PAK": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Illegal since 1862 Penalty: 2 years to life sentence (Occasionally enforced).",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PAN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2008 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PER": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1924; equal age of consent since 2012 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PHL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PLW": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2014 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PNG": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1899 Penalty: 3 to 14 years imprisonment (Rarely enforced, Legalization proposed). Female always legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "POL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Always legal in Polish legislation (Russian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia and Austria-Hungary Empire laws criminalizing same-sex intercourse were in force to 1932; German laws criminalizing same-sex int…",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PRI": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2003",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PRK": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PRT": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1983; equal age of consent since 2007 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PRY": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1880; Age of consent discrepancy + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PSE": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "West Bank: Yes Legal Gaza: No consensus on legal applicability of British 1936 Sexual offences provisions to homosexual conduct",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "PYF": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the collectivity) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "QAT": {
   "status": "death_penalty",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.",
   "notes": "No Illegal Penalty: Fines, up to 7 years imprisonment Death penalty for Muslims.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "REU": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 6 October 1791",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ROU": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1996; equal age of consent since 2002 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "RUS": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Yes Fully legal nationwide since 1993 (de-facto illegal and punishment up to death in Chechnya )",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "RWA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SAU": {
   "status": "death_penalty",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is illegal and can carry the death penalty under Sharia law.",
   "notes": "No Illegal Penalty: Capital punishment , prison terms (indeterminate length, max. term unknown), flogging , fines, deportation",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "manual"
  },
  "SDN": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 31 January 1991 (as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ) Penalty: Life imprisonment for a third offense of anal sex.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SEN": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 1 March 1966 Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SGP": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 2007 (de facto), 2022 (de jure)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SGS": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2001 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SHN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1 January 2001 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SLB": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 1963 Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment (Not enforced, Legalization proposed).",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SLE": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1 November 1861 (as the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate ) Penalty: Up to life imprisonment (not enforced, repeal disputed). Female always legal + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SLV": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1822 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SMR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1865 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SOM": {
   "status": "death_penalty",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 3 April 1964 Penalty: Up to 3 years prison. Jubaland Illegal. Penalty: Up to death in Jubaland.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SPM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1791 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SRB": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal from 1858, when nominally a vassal of the Ottoman Empire to 1860, and again since 1994 (As part of Yugoslavia ); equal age of consent since 2006 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SSD": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 31 January 1991 (as Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment. (not enforced)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "STP": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 29 November 2012 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SUR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1869 (as Dutch Guiana )",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SVK": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1962 (As part of Czechoslovakia ); equal age of consent since 1990 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SVN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1977 (As part of Yugoslavia ); equal age of consent since 1990 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SWE": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1944; equal age of consent since 1972 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SWZ": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 22 February 1907 (as the Swaziland Protectorate ; not enforced, repeal proposed) Penalty: Unknown Female always legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SXM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the country) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SYC": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1 June 2016 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "SYR": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Illegal since 1949 Penalty: Up to 3 years imprisonment.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TCA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2001 Age of consent discrepancy + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TCD": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 1 August 2017 Penalty: 3 months to 2 years in prison, with fines of 50,000 to 500,000 FCFA. (Penal Code, Chapter 2, Article 354)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TGO": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 13 August 1980 Penalty: 1 to 3 years imprisonment and fines. (rarely enforced, repeal proposed)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "THA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1956 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TJK": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1998",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TKL": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2007 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TKM": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Male illegal since 1927 Penalty: up to 2 years imprisonment. Yes Female always legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TLS": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1975 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TON": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1988 Penalty: Up to 10 years imprisonment (Not enforced, Legalization proposed). Female always legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TTO": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 2025 Penalty: Up to 5-year prison sentence (not enforced, Court of Appeal ruling that reinstated buggery and gross indecency laws; previously struck down by lower court in 2018; ap…",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TUN": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 1 January 1914 (as the Regency of Tunis ) Penalty: 3 years imprisonment.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TUR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal since 1858",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TUV": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1965 Penalty: Up to 14 years imprisonment (Not enforced, Legalization proposed) Female legal + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TWN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "TZA": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 1 June 1899 (as part of German East Africa ) Illegal since 1 January 1900 (as part of the Sultanate of Zanzibar ) Penalty: 30 years to life imprisonment. (repeal disputed)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "UGA": {
   "status": "death_penalty",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence that can carry the death penalty.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1 April 1902 (as the Protectorate of Uganda ) Female illegal since 8 December 2000 Penalty: Up to Capital punishment for \"aggravated homosexuality\"",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "UKR": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1991 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "UMI": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "URY": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1934 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "USA": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal in some states since 1962, nationwide since 2003 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "UZB": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Male illegal since 1926 Penalty: up to 3 years imprisonment. Yes Female always legal",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "VAT": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1890 (As part of Italy )",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "VCT": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 1989 Penalty: Fine and/or 10-year prison sentence (Not enforced). Legalization proposed",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "VEN": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 1997 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "VGB": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal since 2001 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "VNM": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Yes Legal + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "VUT": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed since independence ) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "WLF": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Legal (No laws against same-sex sexual activity have ever existed in the collectivity) + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "WSM": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1961 Penalty: 5-7 years imprisonment (Not enforced, Legalization proposed) Female always legal + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "YEM": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "No Illegal (codified in 1994) Penalty: Unmarried men punished with 100 lashes of the whip or a maximum of one year of imprisonment, stoning for adultery is not enforced. Women punished up to three ye…",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ZAF": {
   "status": "legal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is legal.",
   "notes": "Male legal since 8 May 1998 Female always legal; equal age of consent since 2007 + UN decl. sign.",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ZMB": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Illegal since 17 August 1911 (as part of the British South Africa Company rule of Rhodesia ) Penalty: 14 years to life imprisonment. (repeal proposed)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  },
  "ZWE": {
   "status": "illegal",
   "summary": "Same-sex sexual activity is a criminal offence.",
   "notes": "Male illegal since 1891 (as Rhodesia ) Female illegal since 2006 Penalty: Up to 1 year imprisonment with fines (repeal proposed)",
   "sources": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory"
   ],
   "lastUpdated": null,
   "hasSubnational": false,
   "confidence": "high",
   "needsReview": false,
   "method": "deterministic"
  }
 }
}