Safest countries in the world for lgbtq
The safest countries to visit if you are a LGBTQ+ traveller
Sweden named the safest country in the world for Diverse travellers in a unused report, which warns of ill-treatment in some countries favoured by tourists.
Depending on where you are planning your next getaway, creature a LGBTQ+ traveller comes with many risks. In Jamaica, the colonial-era “buggery law” means that organism gay allows for a 10-year prison sentence; in April 2019, Brunei made headlines for enacting an Islamic law making it legal to flog or stone LGBTQ+ people to death; and according to Equaldex, a range of gay activities are illegal in 71 countries and 101 have no legal protections against LGBT discrimination – and these are just a few examples of many.
“There are some places on the celestial body where it’s perfectly usual to kiss or contain hands with a homosexual partner in public, but in other places, that action could result in fines, imprisonment, hard labour, whipping or, in some cases, death,” says news writer Lyric Fergusson, who runs a blog with her husband Asher that is focused on travel security. In an attempt to help determine the worst and best places for LGBTQ+ travellers, the duo produced a new Gay Dange
10 Most LGBTQ Approachable Countries: 2025 Guide
What are the most LGBTQ-friendly countries in 2025?
2025, the most LGBTQ-friendly countries contain Malta, Iceland, Canada, Spain, and New Zealand. These nations consistently rank at the top for LGBTQ rights, protections, and social acceptance.
Other highly inclusive destinations are the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, and Australia.
Which country is the lgbtq+ capital of the nature in 2025?
2025, Amsterdam in the Netherlands is often called the gay capital of the world, acknowledged for its vibrant LGBTQ culture, historic activism, and iconic Pride celebrations.
Which countries have banned conversion therapy?
2025, 25 countries have enacted nation-wide bans on so-called “conversion therapy” while others have done so more on a state or provincial level.
Where can gender nonconforming people legally change their gender?
Transgender individuals can legally change their gender in many LGBTQ-friendly countries, often through self-determination processes without invasive requirements. Notable examples include Malta, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Argentina, Canada, and New Zealand, which allow legal gender recognition
Young Pioneer Tours
Guest article by Hannelore Oberbauer, student at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Instead of relying on hearsay and anecdotes from other travelers, we took a deep look at LGBTQ+ rights, country by country. We’ve gathered facts from a variety of trusted international sources to create a“LGBTQ+ Danger Index” that will help you find the worst (and safest) countries for Diverse travel.
Being born this way can be rough, but one thing should not give you anxiety when you’re trans, bi, sapphic, queer, or gay: tour. Europe, North America, Oceania, Africa, Asia, and South America all have LGBTQ-safe countries where it’s OK to just be you. These are some of the best places for LGBTQ+ travel enthusiasts to go, where queer and trans individuals have significant basic rights and protections like marriage equality, constitutional protections, and hate-crime punishments for targeted violence. By looking at the legal rights of each state, we found these highest 25 LGBTQ-friendly countries, which often serve as the top gay vacation destinations for travelers the society over:
- Sweden
- Canada
- Norway
- Portugal
- Belgium
- United Kingdom
- Finland
- France
- Iceland
- Spain
- M
Rainbow Map
2025 rainbow map
These are the main findings for the 2025 edition of the rainbow map
The Rainbow Map ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people, from 0-100%.
The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Guide, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls tracking anti-LGBTI legislation. The data highlights how rollbacks on LGBTI human rights are part of a broader erosion of democratic protections across Europe. Read more in our push release.
“Moves in the UK, Hungary, Georgia and beyond signal not just isolated regressions, but a coordinated global backlash aimed at erasing LGBTI rights, cynically framed as the defence of tradition or public stability, but in existence designed to entrench discrimination and suppress dissent.”
- Katrin Hugendubel, Lobbying Director, ILGA-Europe
Malta has sat on highest of the ranking for the last 10 years.With 85 points, Belgium jumped to second place after adopting policies tackling hatred based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics.
Iceland now comes third place on the ranking with a score of 84.
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LGBT Equality Index
Equality Index Methodology
Equaldex's Equality Index is a rating from 0 to 100 (with 100 being the most equal) to serve visualize the legal rights and widespread attitudes towards Homosexual (lesbian, gay, pansexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex...) people in each region. The Equality Index is an average of two indexes: the legal index and the public view Index.
Equality Index
Average of Legal Index and Public Opinion IndexLegal Index
The LGBT legal index measures the current legal status of 13 unlike issues ranging from the legal status of homosexuality, lgbtq+ 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 have a much bigger impact on the score than not allowing LGBT people to serve in the military). Each topic is assigned a "total possible score" and a "score" is assigned based the status of the law using a rating scale that ranges from 0% to 100% (for example, if homosexuality is legal, it would would receive a score of 100, but if it's illegal, it would receve a score of 0.)