Muslim Countries and LGBTQ Rights

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
1	Country	Region	Status of Islam & State	OIC Member?	Same-Sex Activity Legal?	Gender Change Legal?	Position on UN Charter	Notes

2	Cameroon	Africa - Central	Unknown	Yes	No	No	Oppose
3	Chad	Africa - Central	Secular	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Oppose	Never had anti-LGBTQ rights
4	Gabon	Africa - Central	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Support	Never had anti-LGBTQ rights
5	Djibouti	Africa - Horn	No Declaration	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Oppose	Never had anti-LGBTQ rights
6	Somalia	Africa - Horn	Islam is State Religion	Yes	No	No	Oppose
7	Comoros	Africa - Indian Ocean	Unknown	Yes	No	No	Oppose
8	Algeria	Africa - North	Islam is State Religion	Yes	No	No	Oppose
9	Egypt	Africa - North	Islam is State Religion	Yes	No	No	Oppose	Rules for women uncertain
10	Libya	Africa - North	Islam is State Religion	Yes	No	No	Oppose
11	Morocco	Africa - North	Islam is State Religion	Yes	No	No	Oppose
12	Sudan	Africa - North	No Declaration	Yes	No	No	Oppose	Death penalty
13	Tunisia	Africa - North	Secular	Yes	No	No	Oppose
14	Mozambique	Africa - South	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown
15	Uganda	Africa - Southeast	Unknown	Yes	No	No	Oppose
16	Benin	Africa - West	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Oppose	Never had anti-LGBTQ rights
17	Burkina Faso	Africa - West	Secular	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Never had anti-LGBTQ rights
18	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa - West	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Oppose	Never had anti-LGBTQ rights
19	Guinea	Africa - West	Secular	Yes	No	No	Oppose
20	Guinea-Bissau	Africa - West	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Support
21	Mali	Africa - West	Secular	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Oppose	Never had anti-LGBTQ rights
22	Mauritania	Africa - West	Islamic State	Yes	No	No	Oppose	Death penalty
23	Niger	Africa - West	No Declaration	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Oppose	Never had anti-LGBTQ rights
24	Nigeria	Africa - West	Secular	Yes	No	No	Oppose	Death penalty for men, imprisonment for women
25	Senegal	Africa - West	Secular	Yes	No	No	Oppose
26	Sierra Leone	Africa - West	No Declaration	Yes	Women Only	No	Support
27	The Gambia	Africa - West	Secular	Yes	No	No	Oppose
28	Togo	Africa - West	Unknown	Yes	No	No	Oppose
29	Guyana	Americas - South	Unknown	Yes	No	No	Unknown
30	Suriname	Americas - South	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No	Unknown
31	Kazakhstan	Asia - Central	Secular	Yes	Yes	No	Oppose
32	Kyrgyzstan	Asia - Central	Secular	Yes	Yes	No	Unknown
33	Tajikistan	Asia - Central	Secular	Yes	Yes	No	Oppose
34	Turkmenistan	Asia - Central	Secular	Yes	Women Only	No	Oppose
35	Uzbekistan	Asia - Central	Secular	Yes	Women Only	No	Unknown
36	Azerbaijan	Asia - North	Secular	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	GC requires sterilization
37	Northern Cyprus	Asia - North	Secular	Observer	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Forbids hate speech based on gender identity
38	Turkey	Asia - North	Secular	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	GC requires sterilization
39	Afghanistan	Asia - South	Islamic State	Yes	No	No	Oppose	Death penalty, but hasn't been enforced since end of Taliban
40	Bangladesh	Asia - South	Secular	Yes	No	Yes	Oppose	Recognizes third gender
41	Maldives	Asia - South	Islam is State Religion	Yes	No	No	Oppose
42	Pakistan	Asia - South	Islamic State	Yes	No	Yes	Oppose	Recognizes third gender
43	Brunei Darussalam	Asia - Southeast	Islam is State Religion	Yes	No	No	Oppose	Death penalty
44	Indonesia	Asia - Southeast	No Declaration	Yes	Yes	Yes	Oppose	Some states in Indonesia outlaw SSA for Muslims
45	Malaysia	Asia - Southeast	Islam is State Religion	Yes	Women Only	No	Oppose
46	Bahrain	Asia - West	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No	Oppose
47	Iran	Asia - West	Islamic State	Yes	No	Yes	Oppose	SSA: Death penalty GC recognized if with SRS
48	Iraq	Asia - West	Islam is State Religion	Yes	Yes	No	Oppose
49	Jordan	Asia - West	Islam is State Religion	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Oppose
50	Kuwait	Asia - West	Islam is State Religion	Yes	Women Only	No	Oppose
51	Lebanon	Asia - West	Islam is State Religion / Secular	Yes	Yes	No	Unknown	Lebanon recognizes 18 other religions as State religions
52	Oman	Asia - West	Unknown	Yes	No	No	Oppose
53	Palestine	Asia - West	Islam is State Religion / Secular	Yes	Yes	No	Unknown	SSA legal for all in West Bank, women only in Gaza
54	Qatar	Asia - West	Unknown	Yes	No	No	Oppose	Death penalty (men)
55	Saudi Arabia	Asia - West	Islamic State	Yes	No	No	Oppose	Death penalty
56	Syria	Asia - West	Secular	Yes	No	Yes	Oppose
57	United Arab Emirates	Asia - West	Islam is State Religion	Yes	No	No	Oppose
58	Yemen	Asia - West	Islamic State	Yes	No	No	Oppose	Death penalty (men)
59	Albania	Europe - South	Secular	Yes	Yes	No	Support	Forbids discrimination based on gender identity
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe - South	Secular	Observer	Yes	No	Support
61	Kosovo	Europe - South	Secular	No	Yes	Yes	Unknown
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65	Definitions
66	Islamic State	Adopted Islam as the ideological foundation of state and constitution
67	Islam is State Religion	Muslim-majority nation-states, endorsed Islam as state religion, has secular law
68	No Declaration	Neutral states without any constitutional or official announcement regarding status of religion or secularism
69	Secular	Declared separation between civil/government affairs and religion
70	OIC	Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; represents interests of Muslim countries in United Nations
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72	Sources
73	Countries in Muslim World	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_world#Religion_and_state
74	LGBTQ Rights by Country	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_territory
75	OIC	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation
76	OIC Official Site	http://www.oic-oci.org/oicv2/states/
77	LGBTQ Rights at UN	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_at_the_United_Nations
78	UN Charter	http://geneva.usmission.gov/2011/03/22/lgbtrights/
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