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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Asia are limited in comparison to many other areas of the world. Same-sex sexual activity is outlawed in at least twenty Asian countries. While at least nine countries allow same-sex people to serve in the military, only Israel provides a wider range of LGBT rights - including same-sex relationship recognition. In the Islamic regimes of Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, homosexual activity is punished with the death penalty.〔(Asia from a Lesbian and Gay Human Rights Perspective (2013) ).〕 The legal punishment for sodomy has varied among juristic schools: some prescribe capital punishment; while other prescribe a milder discretionary punishment such as imprisonment. In some relatively secular Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia, Jordan and Turkey this is not the case. Egalitarian relationships modeled on the Western pattern have become more frequent, though they remain rare. Same-sex intercourse officially carries the death penalty in several Muslim nations: Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Iran, and Yemen.〔 Israel, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, and Cyprus (excluding Northern Cyprus) are the most open to the LGBT community in Asia, with the Philippines ranked 9th as the friendliest country in the world to gay people despite having no legislation to recognize same-sex marriage or unions due to the predominant Catholic population. Japan, Israel, Taiwan and Nepal are the major players in legislation.〔LGBT rights by country or territory〕〔http://www.therichest.com/expensive-lifestyle/lifestyle/e-free-and-be-gay-the-top-10-gay-friendly-countries-in-the-world/2/〕 In a UN General Assemby declarationr for LGBT rights and/or sponsored the Human Rights Council's 2011 resolution on LGBT rights, state parties were given a chance to express their support or opposition on the topic. Only Armenia, Georgia, Cyprus, Israel, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Nepal, Thailand, and East Timor have expressed their support. State parties who expressed opposition are Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Maldives, North Korea, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Syria, Afghanistan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan. Other Asian parties did not show support or opposition.〔LGBT rights by country or territory#/media/File:LGBT rights at the UN.svg〕 The first and only LGBT political party in the world, Ladlad, was established in the Philippines in 2003. So far, no LGBT bills supported by the party have been passed in Philippine Congress due to the opposition of Catholic figures in the country, despite support from the majority educated population.〔Ladlad〕 ==See also== *LGBT rights by country or territory *Human rights in Asia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT rights in Asia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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