Gay-friendly

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{pp-semi-indef|small=yes}} {{Short description|Promoting a respectful environment for LGBTQ people}}

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

==Businesses== thumb|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, and numerous others offer niche products and services for gay customers. Others, such as LOT Polish Airlines sends the message of gay-friendliness by offering travel to major gay destinations with a rainbow flag.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warszawa.gazeta.pl/warszawa/1,34862,15923350,LOT_zaprasza_do_podrozy_do_miejsc_tolerancyjnych_.html#LokKrajTxt|title=Wyborcza.pl|access-date=22 August 2015}}</ref> Studies have shown that LGBT communities tend to favor gay-friendly businesses, even if the cost of a particular product or service is higher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edgelosangeles.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=74392|title=Gay Consumers See Themselves as Tastemakers, Prefer Gay-Friendly Companies, Says Study|work=EDGE Media Network|access-date=22 August 2015|archive-date=10 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510204929/http://www.edgelosangeles.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=74392|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Religious groups == {{Main article|LGBT-affirming religious groups}} thumb|250px|Portal of the Church of Pilgrims, in Washington, DC, USA, with an LGBT banner Some Christian and Jewish religious denominations, as well as Christian churches and affirming Jewish synagogues, have LGBT-friendly programs.<ref> Adrian Thatcher, ''The Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality, and Gender'', Oxford University Press, UK, 2015, p. 368</ref>

== World == {{Main|LGBTQ rights by country or territory}} {{See also|Equaldex#Equaldex Equality Index (2023)}}

The Pew Research Center conducted a survey in 2019 to measure levels of acceptance of LGBTQ people around the globe.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/06/25/global-divide-on-homosexuality-persists/ | title=The Global Divide on Homosexuality Persists (with a table of the 'LGBTI Acceptance Index' 2017-2020) | date=November 2021 | author=Andrew R. Flores | website=Williams Institute - UCLA School of Law | access-date=12 January 2023 | archive-date=1 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701105248/https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/06/25/global-divide-on-homosexuality-persists/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |+ Country-specific percentage of people who say homosexuality should be accepted by society ! Rank ! Country ! Percent |- |1 |align="left"|{{Flag|Sweden}} |94% |- |2 |align="left"|{{Flag|Netherlands}} |92% |- |3 |align="left"|{{Flag|Spain}} |89% |- |4 |align="left"|{{Flag|Germany}} |86% |- |4 |align="left"|{{Flag|France}} |86% |- |4 |align="left"|{{Flag|UK}} |86% |- |7 |align="left"|{{Flag|Canada}} |85% |- |8 |align="left"|{{Flag|Australia}} |81% |- |9 |align="left"|{{Flag|Argentina}} |76% |- |10 |align="left"|{{Flag|Italy}} |75% |}

Researchers at the Williams Institute at UCLA released a report in 2021 after analyzing findings from different surveys to develop their own LGBTQ Global Acceptance Index (GAI).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/global-acceptance-index-lgbt/ | title=Social Acceptance of LGBTI People in 175 Countries and Locations | date=November 2021 | access-date=5 November 2022 | archive-date=13 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913091254/https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/global-acceptance-index-lgbt/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;" |+ Most gay-friendly countries ! Rank ! Country ! GAI |- |1 |align="left"|{{Flag|Iceland}} |9.78 |- |2 |align="left"|{{Flag|Netherlands}} |9.46 |- |3 |align="left"|{{Flag|Norway}} |9.38 |- |4 |align="left"|{{Flag|Sweden}} |9.18 |- |5 |align="left"|{{Flag|Canada}} |9.02 |- |6 |align="left"|{{Flag|Spain}} |8.77 |- |7 |align="left"|{{Flag|Denmark}} |8.69 |- |8 |align="left"|{{Flag|Ireland}} |8.41 |- |9 |align="left"|{{Flag|Great Britain}} |8.34 |- |10 |align="left"|{{Flag|New Zealand}} |8.23 |}

=== Spartacus Gay Travel Index ===

The ''Spartacus International Gay Guide'' publishes the Gay Travel Index, a ranking of gay-friendly countries.<ref name="Spartacus">{{Cite web |title=Spartacus Gay Travel Index (GTI) |url=https://spartacus.gayguide.travel/blog/spartacus-gay-travel-index/ |access-date=2026-04-19 |website=Spartacus International Gay Guide |language=en-US}}</ref> 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; with prosecution, murders, and death sentences resulting in the largest deductions.

In 2026, the ''Spartacus Gay Travel Index'' featured mostly Western European countries in the top 10 spots, with Iceland claiming the top spot. The last place went to Yemen.<ref name="recent">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=27 February 2026 |title=SPARTACUS Gay Travel Index 2026 – Between Progress and Backlash |url=https://spartacus.gayguide.travel/blog/spartacus-gay-travel-index-2026/ |access-date=19 April 2026 |website=Spartacus International Gay Guide}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+List of countries and regions by ''Gay Travel Index'' (2026)<ref name="GTI">{{cite web |title=Spartacus Gay Travel Index 2026 |url=https://spartacus.gayguide.travel/gaytravelindex.pdf |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=19 April 2026 |website=Spartacus International Gay Guide|date=February 26, 2026}}</ref> ! Rank ! Country/Region ! Score ! Change from last year |- |1 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Iceland}} |'''14''' |{{Increase}} 1 |- | rowspan=2 | 2 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Malta}} | rowspan=2 | '''13''' |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Spain}} |{{Steady}} |- | rowspan=4 | 4 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Belgium}} | rowspan=4 | '''12''' |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Canada}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Germany}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Portugal}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | rowspan=3 | 8 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|New Zealand}} | rowspan=3 | '''11''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Norway}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Switzerland}} |{{Steady}} |- | rowspan=4 | 11 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Australia}} | rowspan=4 | '''10''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Chile}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|France}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Uruguay}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | rowspan=13 | 15 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Austria}} | rowspan=13 | '''9''' |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Colombia}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Cuba}} |{{Increase}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Denmark}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Faroe Islands}} |''New entry'' |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Finland}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|French Polynesia}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Greece}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Greenland}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Luxembourg}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Netherlands}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|New Caledonia}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Sweden}} |{{Steady}} |- | rowspan=3 | 28 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Ireland}} | rowspan=3 | '''8''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Réunion}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Taiwan}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- |31 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|India}} |'''7''' |{{Increase}} 4 |- | rowspan=9 | 32 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Andorra}} | rowspan=9 | '''6''' |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Argentina}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Brazil}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Gibraltar}} |{{Increase}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Guadeloupe}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Martinique}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Mexico}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Nepal}} |{{Increase}} 5 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|United Kingdom}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | rowspan=6 | 41 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Costa Rica}} | rowspan=6 | '''5''' |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Ecuador}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Estonia}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Israel}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Puerto Rico}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Slovenia}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | rowspan=5 | 47 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Aruba}} | rowspan=5 | '''4''' |{{Increase}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Bolivia}} |{{Increase}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|South Africa}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|United States}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|US Virgin Islands}} |{{Increase}} 3 |- | rowspan=4 | 52 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Cyprus}} | rowspan=4 | '''3''' |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Czech Republic}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Guam}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Thailand}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | rowspan=3 | 56 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Croatia}} | rowspan=3 | '''2''' |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Liechtenstein}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|San Marino}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | rowspan=8 | 59 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Curaçao}} | rowspan=8 | '''-1''' |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Italy}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Japan}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Latvia}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Lithuania}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Montenegro}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Poland}} |{{Increase}} 6 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Vietnam}} |{{Steady}} |- | rowspan=7 | 67 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Bermuda}} | rowspan=7 | '''-2''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|South Korea}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Northern Cyprus}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Romania}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Sint Maarten}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Suriname}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | rowspan=13 | 74 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Albania}} | rowspan=13 | '''-3''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Barbados}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Bhutan}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Botswana}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|British Virgin Islands}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Fiji}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Lesotho}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Monaco}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Namibia}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Serbia}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Singapore}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Ukraine}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | rowspan=10 | 87 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Belize}} | rowspan=10 | '''-4''' |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Cape Verde}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Cambodia}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Micronesia}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Moldova}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Mongolia}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|North Macedonia}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Peru}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Seychelles}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Slovakia}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | rowspan=7 | 97 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|China}} (incl. Hong Kong) | rowspan=7 | '''-5''' |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Timor-Leste}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Kosovo}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Macau}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Marshall Islands}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Mauritius}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Samoa}} |{{Steady}} |- | rowspan=6 | 104 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Armenia}} | rowspan=6 | '''-6''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Bulgaria}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Cook Islands}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Panama}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}} |{{Steady}} |- | rowspan=9 | 110 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Angola}} | rowspan=9 | '''-7''' |{{Decrease}} 4 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|El Salvador}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Honduras}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Laos}} |{{Decrease}} 4 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Mozambique}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Saint Lucia}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Venezuela}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | rowspan=4 | 119 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Benin}} | rowspan=4 | '''-8''' |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Kiribati}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Palau}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Philippines}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | rowspan=9 | 123 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Dominican Republic}} | rowspan=9 | '''-9''' |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{flag|Ethiopia}} |{{Increase}} 5 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Gabon}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Guinea}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Hungary}} |{{Decrease}} 4 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Nicaragua}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Pakistan}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Tuvalu}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Vanuatu}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | rowspan=20 | 132 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Bahamas}} | rowspan=20 | '''-10''' |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Bahrain}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Bangladesh}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Belarus}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Central African Republic}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Eswatini}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Grenada}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Guatemala}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Haiti}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Ivory Coast}} |{{Increase}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Kazakhstan}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|North Korea}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Lebanon}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Paraguay}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Rwanda}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Solomon Islands}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Tonga}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Trinidad & Tobago}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Vatican City}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | rowspan=16 | 152 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Chad}} | rowspan=16 | '''-11''' |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Comoros}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Dominica}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Gambia}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Guyana}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Jamaica}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Madagascar}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Niger}} |{{Decrease}} 6 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Sierra Leone}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Tajikistan}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Togo}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Turkey}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Uzbekistan}} |{{Steady}} |- | rowspan=8 | 168 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Georgia}} | rowspan=8 | '''-12''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Ghana}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Indonesia}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Kenya}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}} |{{Decrease}} 5 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Liberia}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Maldives}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Myanmar}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | rowspan=7 | 176 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Azerbaijan}} | rowspan=7 | '''-13''' |{{Decrease}} 6 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Burundi}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Djibouti}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Malawi}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Mauritania}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Papua New Guinea}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Zambia}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | rowspan=7 | 183 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Algeria}} | rowspan=7 | '''-14''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}} |{{Decrease}} 6 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Cameroon}} |{{Increase}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Eritrea}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Mali}} |{{Decrease}} 6 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Morocco}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Tunisia}} |{{Steady}} |- | rowspan=5 | 190 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Brunei}} | rowspan=5 | '''-15''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Aceh}} (Indonesia) |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Jordan}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Oman}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Syria}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | rowspan=7 | 195 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Egypt}} | rowspan=7 | '''-16''' |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Kuwait}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Libya}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Malaysia}} |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Senegal}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Sudan}} |{{Decrease}} 4 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | rowspan=6 | 202 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Nigeria}} | rowspan=6 | '''-17''' |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Qatar}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Russia}} |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|South Sudan}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Tanzania}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Turkmenistan}} |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | rowspan=2 | 208 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Iraq}} | rowspan=2 | '''-18''' |{{Decrease}} 3 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}} |{{Decrease}} 2 |- |210 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Uganda}} |'''-19''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |- |211 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Somalia}} |'''-21''' |{{Decrease}} 2 |- | rowspan=3 | 212 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Afghanistan}} | rowspan=3 | '''-22''' |{{Steady}} |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Chechnya}} (Russia) |{{Decrease}} 1 |- | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} |{{Steady}} |- |215 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Iran}} |'''-23''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |- |216 | style="text-align:left"|{{Flag|Yemen}} |'''-24''' |{{Decrease}} 1 |}

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== United States ==

''Spartacus'' also publishes a Gay Travel Index for U.S. states, listing the 50 states plus the District of Columbia with the same criteria as the country rankings.<ref name="Spartacus"/>

In 2026, the top spot went to New York while Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee were the worst-ranked states for LGBT people.<ref name="recent"/>

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==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Wiktionary}} * [http://www.hrc.org/ Human Rights Campaign, lobby group for LGBTQ rights]

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