Rights & Law
Track the global landscape of LGBTQ+ legal rights, from marriage equality and decriminalization to anti-discrimination protections. All data is drawn live from Wikidata, following the WikiProject LGBT data models.
Rights by Topic
Key legal milestones for LGBTQ+ people, modelled in Wikidata as classes under Q17898 (LGBT rights by country or territory). Each topic counts how many regions have a Wikidata entry. Click Show regions to see the full list.
Global Rights Overview
A tabular overview of LGBTQ+ legal rights worldwide, based on Wikidata coverage. Select a topic to filter countries and compare documented entries by right.
Rights by Country & Territory
Every country and territory that has an "LGBT rights by country" article on Wikidata. Click any entry to read the full Wikipedia article or Wikidata page.
Discrimination & Violence
Wikidata documents patterns of discrimination (Q130297530) and violence (Q130297534) against LGBT people by geographic region. These entries help surface the human cost of legal inequality.