Do gay people have equal rights

An overview of the challenges faced by Gay people in various aspects of being, including health, people, employment, education, and sport, as adequately as from an international perspective. 

Health

• One in eight LGBT people (13%) have experienced some form of unequal treatment from healthcare staff because they’re LGBT.
• Almost one in four LGBT people (23%) acquire witnessed discriminatory or negative remarks against LGBT people by healthcare staff.
• One in seven LGBT people (14%) have avoided treatment for dread of discrimination because they’re LGBT.
• Seven in ten trans people (70%) report creature impacted by transphobia when accessing general health services.
• Nearly half of trans people (45%) said that their GP did not have a good understanding of their needs as a trans person, rising to over half of agender people (55%).
• 90% of trans people reported experiencing delays when seeking transition-related healthcare.
• Trans people of colour also experienced transphobia from trans-specific healthcare providers at more than double the rate of alabaster respondents (13% compared to 6%)

Taken from LGBT in Britain: Health (2018) and TransActual

LGBTQ Rights

Know your rights Back to Know Your Rights main page

The legal landscape for LGBTQ people is constantly evolving. If you think you have been discriminated against and would like our assistance, please visit our Report LGBTQ and HIV Discrimination Page and we can help you figure out whether you are protected under federal or articulate laws.

Can an employer discriminate against me because of my sexual orientation or gender identity?

Your rights

Employers with 15 or more employees are prohibited by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act from discriminating on the basis of sex, and the U.S. Supreme Court held in 2020 (Bostock v. Clayton County), that firing someone on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is sex discrimination. In addition, many states and cities contain laws banning this kind of discrimination, and some of those laws utilize to smaller employers.

If you believe that your rights include been violated

If you think that you have experienced discrimination at work, you can file a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), or with your state human rights enforcement agency where applicable. Try

LGBT Equality Index

Equality Index Methodology

Equaldex's Equality Index is a rating from 0 to 100 (with 100 organism the most equal) to help visualize the legal rights and public attitudes towards LGBTQ+ (lesbian, lgbtq+, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex...) people in each region. The Equality Index is an average of two indexes: the legal index and the common opinion Index.

Equality Index

Average of Legal Index and Public Opinion Index

Legal Index

The LGBT legal index measures the current legal status of 13 different issues ranging from the legal status of homosexuality, same-sex marriage, transgender rights, LGBT discrimination protections, LGBT censorship laws, and more. Each topic is weighted differently (for example, if same-sex marriage is illegal in a region, it would acquire a much bigger impact on the score than not allowing LGBT people to serve in the military). Each topic is assigned a "total doable score" and a "score" is assigned based the status of the commandment using a rating scale that ranges from 0% to 100% (for example, if homosexuality is legal, it would would obtain a score of 100, but if it's illegal, it would receve a score of 0.)

The human rights of homosexual woman, gay, bisexual, transgender, gay, 2-spirit and intersex persons

Canada stands up for the protection and promotion of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual , queer, 2-spirit and intersex (LGBTQ2I) people globally.

The human rights of all persons are universal and indivisible. Everyone should enjoy the same fundamental human rights, regardless of their sexual orientation and their gender identity and expression.

Article 1 of the Universal Assertion of Human Rights declares that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” Article 2 declares, “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration.” All people, including LGBTQ2I individuals, are entitled to enjoy the protection provided by international human rights law, which is based on equality and non-discrimination.

Nearly 30 countries, including Canada, recognize lgbtq+ marriage. By contrast, more than 70 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex manner. This includes 6 countries that effectively impose the death penalty on consensual same-sex sexual acts. In 6 other countries, the death penalt

LGBTQ+ Rights

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	Yes	No	No opinion
	%	%	%
2023 May 1-24	39	60	*
2021 May 3-18	31	69	*

 

	Should be legal	Should not be legal	No opinion
	%	%	%
2021 May 3-18 ^	79	18	2
2020 May 1-13	72	24	3
2019 May 1-12	73	26	2
2018 May 1-10	75	23	2
2017 May 3-7	72	23	5
2016 May 4-8	68	28	4
2015 Jul 8-12	68	28	4
2015 May 6-10	69	28	4
2014 May 8-11	66	30	4
2013 Jul 10-14	64	31	5
2013 May 2-7	65	31	5
2012 Nov 26-29	64	33	3
2012 May 3-6	63	31	6
2011 Dec 15-18	62	33	5
2011 May 5-8	64	32	4
2010 May 3-6	58	36	6
2009 May 7-10	56	40	4
2008 May 8-11 ^	55	40	5
2007 May 10-13	59	37	4
2006 May 8-11 †	56	40	4
2005 Aug 22-25	49	44	7
2005 May 2-5	52	43	5
2004 May 2-4	52	43	5
2004 Jan 9-11	46	49	5
2003 Jul 25-2