What is LGBT rights by country or territory?
{{original research|date=November 2019}} {{LGBTQ sidebar}} '''[[human rights|Rights]]''' affecting '''[[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexual]], and [[transgender]]''' (LGBT) people vary greatly in different countries and places. In some places [[same-sex marriage]] is legal, but in others [[Homosexuality|homosexuals]] may be punished by death. As of 2019 same-sex marriage is legal in 28 countries: [[Argentina]], [[Australia]], [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Brazil]], [[Canada]], [[Colombia]], [[Denmark]], [[Ecuador]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Greenland]], [[Iceland]], [[Ireland]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Malta]], [[Mexico]], the [[Netherlands]], [[New Zealand]], [[Norway]], [[Portugal]], [[South Africa]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]], [[Taiwan]], the [[United Kingdom]], the [[United States]] and [[Uruguay]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perper |first1=Rosie |title=The 28 countries around the world where same-sex marriage is legal |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/where-is-same-sex-marriage-legal-world-2017-11 |access-date=15 August 2019 |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=12 June 2019}}</ref> However six countries have the death penalty for same-sex sexual acts: [[Iran]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], [[Nigeria|Nigeria (the northern states)]], [[Sudan]] and [[Somalia|Somalia (Jubaland region]]. The death penalty is a possible punishment in six other countries: [[Afghanistan]], [[Brunei]], [[Mauritania]], [[Pakistan]], [[Qatar]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]]. In 2011, the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]] recognized the rights of LGBT people. The [[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] issued a report documenting violations of the rights of LGBT people. This included [[hate crime|hate crimes]], criminalization of homosexual activity, and [[discrimination]]. The United Nations asked all countries to make laws protecting [[LGBT rights at the United Nations|basic LGBT rights]].<ref>{{cite web|title=U.N. council passes gay rights resolution|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/06/17/