Gay-friendly

Gay-friendly or LGBT-friendly are the places, policies, people, or institutions that are open and welcoming to gay people (to include all members of the LGBT community) to create an environment that is supportive of gay people and their relationships, respectful of all people, treat all people equally, and are non-judgmental. This is typically a late 20th-century North American term that is the byproduct of both a gradual implementation of gay rights and acceptance of policies supportive of LGBT people in the workplace and in schools, as well as the recognition of gays and lesbians as a distinct consumer group for businesses etc.

Portal of the Church of Pilgrims, in Washington, DC, USA, with a LGBT banner

Businesses
A shop in Amsterdam selling LGBTQ+ merchandise and goods

Many businesses now identify as gay-friendly, allowing for a more diversified employee and customer base. The Human Rights Campaign works to achieve equality for gays, lesbians, and other marginalized minorities, and publishes a list of companies in relation to issues concerning LGBT people. Companies that are noted for gay-friendly work environments include Dell and Coca-Cola. Companies such as R Family Vacations, Manspray, Volkswagen, Ginch Gonch, Egotour, and numerous others offer niche products and services for gay customers.[1] Others, such as LOT Polish Airlines sends the message of gay-friendliness by offering travel to major gay destinations with a rainbow flag.[2] Studies have shown that LGBT communities tend to favor gay-friendly businesses, even if the cost of a particular product or service is higher.[3]

World
Main article: LGBT rights by country or territory

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

In 2020, the Spartacus Gay Travel Index features a majority of Western European countries in the top 11 (Germany, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Spain), plus Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Brazil.[4] The bottom 5 countries are Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Jordan and Jamaica.[5]

Spartacus also publishes a Gay Travel Index USA, listing the 50 states plus the District of Columbia with the same criteria as the countries ranking. In 2013, the top five states were from the Northeast, whereas the top ten also included California, Illinois, and Oregon. The bottom ten states were mainly from the Southeast and Mountain states (Utah, Idaho, and Montana).

List of Countries by their Gay Travel Index (2020)[6]
Rank Country Total Anti-Discrimination Legislation Marriage/Civil Partnership Adoption Allowed Transgender Rights Intersex/3rd Option Equal Age of Consent "Conversion Therapy" LGBT Marketing Religious Influence HIV Travel Restrictions Anti-Gay Laws Homosexuality Illegal Pride Banned Locals Hostile Prosecution Murders Death Sentences
1 Australia1432232200000000000
2 Canada1222221100020000000
2 Malta1222222011000000000
2 Sweden12322300120000-10000
5 Austria10222210-120000-10000
5 United Kingdom[note 1]93222-1102-10000-1000
7 Netherlands922221000000000000
7 Brazil9122311000000000-10
7 Spain92222-1002000000000
10 Denmark8222210-10000000000
10 Germany[note 2]82221100100000-1000
10 Iceland8222210-10000000000
10 New Zealand8222210-10000000000
10 Portugal83222-10-11000000000
15 Belgium73222-10-11000000000
15 Uruguay7122110100000000-10
15 Colombia7222110-110000000-10
15  Switzerland73112-1001000000000
19 Finland63221-10-10000000000
19 Luxembourg62222-10-10000000000
19 Norway62222-10-10000000000
19 Réunion62222-10-10000000000
23 France52222-10-1000000-1000
23 Gibraltar52221-10-10000000000
23 Greenland52221-10-10000000000
23 Ireland[note 3]52221-10-10000000000
23 Israel[note 4]52122-10-11-100000000
23 Puerto Rico52222-1011-10000-10-20
23 South Africa53221-100000000-10-10
23 Taiwan52201-10110-10000000
31 French Polynesia42221-10-10-100000000
31 New Caledonia42221-10-1000000-1000
31 United States4122-10002-1000000-10
34 Andorra3312-1-10-10000000000
34 Argentina3122210-1-2-1000000—10
34 Guadeloupe32221-10-10-10000-1000
34 Martinique32221-10-10-10000-1000
34 Slovenia33210-10-10-100000000
39 Czech Republic22110-10-10000000000
39 Estonia22110-10-10000000000
39 Guam21202-10-1000000-1000
42 Chile111021-1-10-100000-100
42 Ecuador13201-10-10-1-1000-1000
42 Italy11101-10-11-100000000
42 Liechtenstein12100-10-10000000000
42   Nepal13-10110-10-10000-1000
42 Slovakia12101-10-1000000-1000
42 Thailand1210-1-10-1200000-1000
49 India[note 5]01-10110-10-10001-1000
50 Bermuda-11100-10-1000000-1000
50 Bolivia-12-102-10-10-10000-1000
50 Croatia-12101-10-10-10-100-1000
50 Hungary-121-1-1-10-1100-100-1000
50 Mexico-11120-10-11-10000-10-20
50 Mozambique-11-101-10-10000000000
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina[note 6]-22-101-10-100000-1-1000
56 Botswana[note 7]-22-101-10-10-10000-1000
56 Costa Rica-22-101-10-10-10000-1000
56 Cuba-21-101-10-100-10000000
56 Cyprus-21100-10-10-10000-1000
56 Greece-21100-10-10-1000000-10
56 South Korea-21-100-11-1000000-1000
56 Macau-21-101-10-1000000-1000
56 Seychelles[note 8]-22-101-10-10-10000-1000
56 US Virgin Islands[note 9]-21200-10-10-10000-10-10
66 Angola-32-10-1-10-10-100000000
66 Cambodia-30-101-10-1000000-1000
66 China (incl.  Hong Kong)-30-100-100000000-1000
66 El Salvador-32-101-10-10-10000-10-10
66 Fiji-33-100-10-10-1-1000-1000
66 Japan-30-100-10-1100000-1000
66 Lesotho-30-100-10-10-10000-1000
66 Lithuania-32-101-10-10-10-100-1000
66 Mongolia-31-100-10-1000000-1000
66 Panama-31-101-10-100-1-1000000
66 San Marino-33-100-10-10-20000-1000
66 Serbia-32-101-10-10-10-100-1000
78 Albania-42-10-1-10-10-10000-1000
78 Aruba-40-10-1-10-10000000000
78 Benin-40-100-10-1000000-1000
78 Bulgaria-42-100-10-10-10-100-1000
78 Curaçao-40-100-10-1000000-1000
78 Kosovo-43-10-1-10-10-20001-2000
78 Laos-40-100-10-1000000-1000
78 Latvia-41-100-10-1000-100-1000
78 Mali-40-10-1-10-10000000000
78 Monaco-40-100-10-10-100000000
78 Montenegro-42-100-10-10-10-100-1000
78 Romania-42-100-10-10-10-100-1000
78 Sint Maarten[note 10]-42-100-10-10-10-100-1000
78 Turkey[note 11]-41-101-10-10-1000-1-1000
92 Armenia[note 12]-51-10-1-10-1000-100-1000
92 Vietnam-50-100-10-1000000-1000
92 British Virgin Islands-53-10-1-10-10-20-100-1000
92 Cabo Verde-51-100-10-10-10-100-1000
92 Guinea-Bissau-50-100-10-10-10000-1000
92 Kazakhstan-50-100-10-100-1000-1000
92 North Macedonia-50-101-10-10-10-100-1000
92 Moldova-51-101-10-10-10-10-1-1000
92 Nicaragua-51-10-1-10-10-10000-1000
92 Niger-50-10-1-1-1-10000000000
92 Philippines[note 13]-51-10-1-10-10-1000000-10
92 Singapore-50-101-1-1-1000-1-100000
104 Gabon-60-100-10-10-10000-2000
104 Belize-61-10-1-10-10-10-100-1000
104 Georgia-62-10-1-10-10-20000-10-10
104 Honduras[note 14]-62-10-1-10-10-10-100-10-10
104 Kyrgyzstan-60-101-10-10-1-1000-2000
104 Peru[note 15]-61-101-10-10-10-100-10-20
104 Poland-61-100-10-10-10-200-1000
104 Ukraine-61-101-10-10-10-10-1-2000
112 Burkina Faso-70-100-10-10-20000-2000
112 Myanmar-70-10-1-10-1000-1-10-1000
112 Sri Lanka[note 16]-71-100-10-10-1-1-1-10-1000
112 Vanuatu-70-10-1-10-10-1-1000-1000
112 Venezuela-71-10-1-10-10-10000-20-10
117 Bhutan-80-10-1-10-10-2-1000-1000
117 Democratic Republic of the Congo-80-100-10-10-20-100-2000
117 Indonesia-80-100-1-1-10-10000-2-100
117 Kenya-80-1001-1-10-10-1-10-2-100
117 Lebanon[note 17]-80-101-10-10-10-1-1-1-1-100
117 Mauritius[note 18]-81-10-1-10-10-10-1-10-1-100
117 Namibia-80-10-1-1-1-10-10-1-100000
117 Pakistan-81-1011-1-10-20-1-10-1-1-1-1
117 Republic of the Congo-80-100-10-10-20-100-2000
117 Rwanda-80-10-1-10-10-20000-2000
117 Samoa-80-101-1-1-10-20-1-10-1000
117 Suriname-80-10-1-1-1-10-1-1000-1000
117 Syria-80-101-1-1-10-1-1-1-10-1000
117 Tajikistan-80-101-10-10-20-100-2-100
131 Algeria-90-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-100000
131 Antigua and Barbuda-90-10-1-1-1-1000-1-10-1-100
131 Azerbaijan-90-100-10-10-10-10-1-1-200
131 Bahamas-90-101-1-1-10-10-100-20-20
131 Bahrain[note 19]-90-10-1-10-10-20000-2-100
131 Bangladesh-90-1011-1-10-20-1-10-2-1-10
131 Barbados-90-10-1-1-1-10-10-1-10-1000
131 Djibouti[note 20]-90-10-1-10-10-20000-2-100
131 Equatorial Guinea-90-10-1-10-10-2-1000-2000
131 Guatemala-90-10-1-10-10-10000-20-20
131 Jordan-90-10-1-10-10-2-1000-2000
131 North Korea-90-10-1-1-1-10-20-100-1000
131 Madagascar-90-100-1-1-10-10000-20-20
131 Trinidad and Tobago-90-10-1-1-1-10-1-1000-10-10
131 Tunisia-90-10-1-10-10-10-1-10-10-10
131  Vatican City[note 21]-90-10-1-1-1-10-20-1000-100
147 Belarus-100-101-10-10-1-1-10-1-2-200
147 Burundi-100-10-1-1-1-10-10-1-10-1-100
147 Dominican Republic-100-100-10-10-2-1-100-10-20
147 Grenada-100-10-1-1-1-10-10-1-10-1-100
147 Guyana-100-100-1-1-10-20-1-11-1-1-10
147 Ivory Coast-100-10-1-1-1-10-20-100-2000
147 Oman-100-10-1-10-10-1-1-1-10-1-100
147 Paraguay-100-10-1-1-1-10-10-100-10-20
147 Sierra Leone-100-10-1-1-1-10-10-1-10-2000
156 Central African Republic-110-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2000
156 Ghana[note 22]-110-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2000
156 Liberia-110-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2000
156 Togo-110-10-1-1-1-10-10-1-10-2-100
156 Tonga-110-10-1-1-1-10-2-1-1-10-1000
161 Brunei-120-10-1-1-1-10-2-1-1-10-100-1
161 Chad-120-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-100
161 Comoros-120-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-100
161 Cook Islands-12-1-100-1-1-10-2-1-1-10-2000
161 Dominica-120-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-100
161 Ethiopia-120-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-100
161 Gambia-120-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-100
161 Haiti-120-10-1-10-10-20-10-1-20-20
161 Iraq[note 23]-120-10-1-1-1-10-2-1000-2-1-10
161 Jamaica-120-10-1-1-1-10-10-1-11-2-1-20
161 Maldives-120-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-100
161 Mauritania-120-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-200-1
161 Morocco-120-10-1-1-1-10-10-1-10-2-1-10
161 Papua New Guinea-120-10-1-1-1-10-2-1-1-10-2000
161 Russia-120-101-10-10-2-1-10-1-2-1-20
161 Senegal-120-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-100
161 Solomon Islands-120-10-1-1-1-10-2-1-1-10-2000
161 Eswatini-120-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-11-20-20
161 Uzbekistan-120-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-100
161 Zambia-120-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-100
181 Egypt-130-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-200
181 Eritrea-130-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-1-10
181 Aceh (Indonesia)-130-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-10-1
181 Kuwait-130-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-200
181 Sudan-130-10-1-1-1-10-2-1-1-10-200-1
181 Tanzania-130-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-200
181 Turkmenistan-130-10-1-1-1-10-2-1-1-10-2-100
181 Uganda-130-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-1-1-2-100
181 Zimbabwe-130-10-1-1-1-10-10-1-10-2-1-20
190 Cameroon-140-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-1-20
190 Malawi-140-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-1-20
194 Malaysia-150-10-1-1-1-20-20-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
190 Nigeria[note 24]-140-10-1-1-1-10-10-1-10-2-10-3
190 Qatar-140-10-1-1-1-10-2-1-1-10-2-10-1
194 Afghanistan-150-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-1-2-1
194 Libya-150-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-1-2-1
194 United Arab Emirates-150-10-1-1-1-10-2-1-1-10-2-1-1-1
197 Yemen-160-10-1-1-1-10-2-1-1-10-2-1-2-1
198 Iran-180-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-1-1-2-5
198 Saudi Arabia-180-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-1-1-5
200 Somalia[note 25]-190-10-1-1-1-10-20-1-10-2-1-2-5
201 Chechnya (Russia)-200-100-1-1-10-20-1-1-1-2-2-2-5

United States
Main article: LGBT rights in the United States
List of U.S. states by their Gay Travel Index (2020)[7]
Rank State Total Anti-Discrimination Legislation Transgender Rights Intersex/3rd Option Hate Crime Law "Conversion Therapy" LGBT Marketing Queer Infrastructure Gay and Trans Panic Defence Locals Hostile
1 California11221212100
2 Nevada10221211100
2 New York1022121210-1
4 Colorado92212111-10
4 Connecticut9221210100
4 Illinois922-1212100
4 Massachusetts92212111-10
4 Oregon92212111-10
4 District of Columbia92212111-10
10 New Jersey8221210000
10 Washington82212111-1-1
12 Hawaii722-1210100
12 New Mexico72212100-10
12 Utah71112111-10
12 Vermont72212100-10
16 Maryland62212100-1-1
16 New Hampshire62112100-10
16 Rhode Island622-1210000
19 Delaware522-12100-10
19 Maine5201110000
21 Minnesota42112-100-10
22 Florida[note 26]202-11-121-1-1
23 Indiana10111-100-10
23 Iowa121-11-100-10
23 Pennsylvania122-10-101-1-1
26 Arizona000-11-111-10
26 Georgia020-10-111-1-1
26 Louisiana000-11-111-10
26 Virginia001-10-111-10
30 Alaska-102-10-100-10
30 Arkansas-10010-100-10
30 Idaho-102-10-100-10
30 Kansas-101-11-100-10
30 Michigan-120-11-100-1-1
30 Montana-102-10-100-10
30 Wisconsin-110-11-10-10
37 Kentucky-200-11-100-10
37 Mississippi-201-10-100-10
37 Missouri-200-12-100-1-1
37 Nebraska-200-11-100-10
37 South Dakota-201-10-100-10
37 Tennessee-20-1-12-101-1-1
37 Texas-201-11-101-1-2
37 West Virginia-201-10-100-10
45 Alabama-300-10-100-10
45 North Carolina-300-10000-1-1
45 North Dakota-300-10-100-10
45 Oklahoma-300-10-100-10
45 South Carolina-301-10-100-1-1
45 Wyoming-300-10-100-10
51 Ohio-40-1-10-101-1-1

Notes

  1. In Northern Ireland the legal situation for same-sex adoption is unclear.
  2. In Germany, due to federal government system, there are varying regulations regarding arrival/residence HIV. For example, in Bavaria someone who is HIV-positive can be denied entry. The Federal Constitutional Court has stipulated in several renditions of judgment that the politicians implement the same rights for gay men and lesbians which apply to heterosexuals.
  3. The Employment Equality Act allows religious-run workplaces exemption from its anti-discrimination provisions in order to protect their ethos.
  4. In Israel a civil marriage for both homosexual and heterosexual couples is not possible as marriage can only be performed by a Rabbi. This problem does not only apply to gays and lesbians but also heterosexuals belonging to different religious affiliations. There are limited anti-discrimination laws (exception: certain religious groups).
  5. In December 2013, the Supreme Court set aside a 2009 verdict by the Delhi High Court that had decriminalized homosexuality. This decision was once again overturned in September 2018.
  6. Bosnia and Herzegovina passed an unclear anti-discrimination law in 2009 in which a ban on discrimination against “sexual expression” is mentioned. There is a reference that “sexual identity” is not meant in this case. It is obvious that an attempt to adhere to the minimum requirements from the EU has been made, in order to be accepted into the EU.
  7. In Botswana homosexuality is practically illegally on the basis of the ban on “unnatural act”, but in the labor law there is still an explicit prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation.
  8. In May 2016 the Parliament of Seychelles decided to make homosexuality legal.
  9. The United States Virgin Islands have the same legal status as Puerto Rico regarding the USA. Here there is also a ban on hate crimes. After the Supreme Court decision pro same sex marriage in the US, there are plans to implement SSM in Puerto Rico too.
  10. As an overseas territory of the Netherlands Sint Maarten recognizes same-sex marriages which are performed in the Netherlands. In St. Maarten itself gay marriage is still not possible, but changes can soon follow. There are no adoption laws.
  11. Police stopped violently the Gay Pride on June 29 th, 2015. This can be considered a de facto ban on the Pride.
  12. Armenia has received many reports of illegal violence from police against homosexuals.
  13. There are regional differences in the laws relating to homosexuals. In addition, the local religion is just as crucial, whether a law is implemented or not.
  14. In Honduras an anti-discrimination law has recently been passed, but in practice it is ignored.
  15. Consensual homosexual acts in Peru between adults are legal. An exception applies for members of the military and police, who can be prosecuted with a prison sentence ranging from 60 days to 20 years or suspension from duty.
  16. At the request of the UNHCR Sri Lanka has announced that discrimination of homosexuals is constitutionally forbidden. It was further stressed that the anti-sodomy law is not aimed against homosexuals, but applies for all to protect public morals.
  17. There are reports of a different judicial interpretations of the law on “sex against nature”.
  18. In Mauritius, the sodomy law tends to find application with the heterosexual population. The Equal Opportunities Act protects homosexuals against discrimination at work. It is therefore questionable whether homosexuality is classified as illegal or not.
  19. In Bahrain although the paragraph referring to sodomy was abolished in 1976 from the local legal code, gay men can still be punished with imprisonment according to the laws regarding “unmoral” behavior.
  20. The Shariah-law in Djibouti is often superior to the constitutional laws, so it could be expected that homosexuality is punishable.
  21. The Vatican City adheres to Italian law, but restrictions are possible if the ecclesiastical law contradicts Italian law. Therefore, there are conflicting opinions that homosexuality is not illegal or just not happily seen, but tolerated.
  22. In Ghana there is a ban on unnatural sex. The government recognizes in this a clear ban on homosexuality.
  23. Homosexuality in Iraq is formally legal, but police and military track down homosexuals, and reports of murder and rape exist.
  24. In Nigeria the death penalty only applies for homosexuals according to the Shariah laws and therefore relates only to Muslims in the north of Nigeria.
  25. Shariah laws applies in Somalia since 2012. There is however contradictory information, since, on the other hand the maximum penalty is up to 3 years in prison, nevertheless in 2013 a homosexual was stoned to death after a judgment.
  26. In 2015 Florida explicitly lifted the adoption ban for homosexuals after federal judges ruled it unconstitutional in 2010.

See also

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