美洲LGBT權益

女同性戀、男同性戀、雙性戀與跨性別者在美洲國家有不同的權益保障。英國、法國、西班牙、葡萄牙等歐洲國家曾長期殖民美洲，為自己的殖民地帶來不同的基督宗教教派和文化風俗，並持續對獨立後的前殖民地社會造成影響。在這些基督信仰中，羅馬天主教和耶穌基督後期聖徒教會相當反對同性戀權利運動，並持續對當地政府施壓、遊說。 在2005年，加拿大成為全球第四、美洲第一個承認同性婚姻的國家；之後包括阿根廷、烏拉圭、巴西、美國、哥倫比亞、厄瓜多、哥斯大黎加、智利和古巴先後通過同性婚姻法案。墨西哥也在2022年10月26日最後一州通過同性婚姻後成為全國性法律，荷蘭在美洲的自治國阿魯巴、庫拉索島、聖馬丁島與特別行政區聖尤斯特歇斯、波內赫、薩巴島也都承認同性婚姻，因為荷蘭是全球第一個承認同性婚姻的國家，而荷蘭法律適用於這些地區，丹麥屬地格陵蘭也於2015年開始承認同性婚姻。美國最高法院已于2015年6月28日裁定同性婚姻合法。 除了同性婚姻以外，美洲國家對同性結合、同性領養與同性戀是否能出櫃從軍等議題有不同的見解和法律規範，但就各大州來看，現今美洲社會對待同性戀已經越來越開明其友善程度僅次於歐洲，而在完全通過同性婚姻的39國之中，就有將近11國地理位置分佈在美洲。然而也有一些美洲國家(主要集中在加勒比海地區)，例如牙買加、蓋亞那、巴貝多和千里達及托巴哥等仍未將同性戀非刑事化，依舊視同性性行為為非法 (儘管這些反同法律並未執行，仍然讓當地的LGBT團體活在壓力之下)。 LGBT主题 人权主题 歐洲LGBT權益 亞洲LGBT權益 非洲LGBT權益 大洋洲LGBT權益 State-sponsored Homophobia: A world survey of laws prohibiting same sex activity between consenting adults The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, authored by Lucas Paoli Itaborahy, May 2014 [1] Johnson, Ayo. MPs approve historic Human Rights Act changes. 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