{"chart":{"title":"Public morality laws on non-traditional sexual relations","subtitle":"Policies banning \"propaganda for non-traditional sexual relations\" to discriminate against LGBT+ people in the name of protecting \"public morality, particularly pertaining to children\".","citation":"Velasco (2026)","originalChartUrl":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/public-morality-laws-on-non-traditional-sexual-relations","selection":["Sweden","San Marino","North Macedonia","Czechia"]},"columns":{"Anti-LGBTI \"propaganda\" or morality laws":{"titleShort":"Anti-LGBTI \"propaganda\" or morality laws","titleLong":"Anti-LGBTI \"propaganda\" or morality laws","descriptionShort":"Whether national law restricts the public expression of LGBTI identities (so-called \"gay propaganda\" or morality provisions).","descriptionKey":"- This data comes from the LGBTI National Policy Dataset, compiled by Kristopher Velasco at Princeton University. It tracks the adoption, scope, and enforcement of 27 LGBTI-related policies across 195 countries, with annual data starting in 1991.\n- The indicator is coded as follows: **_No restrictions_** (no national law restricts the public expression of LGBTI identities), **_Laws vary by region_** (restrictions differ between subnational jurisdictions) and **_Restrictions exist_** (national law restricts the public expression of LGBTI identities, e.g. so-called \"gay propaganda\" or morality provisions).\n- The dataset counts policies established by binding legal instruments — statutes, constitutional provisions, decrees and regulations with the force of law, and binding court rulings. Where no law governs a policy, a written rule that does can count too, such as a health-authority guideline, a blood service's donor questionnaire or a religious ruling. Bills, ministerial statements and non-binding declarations are not counted.","descriptionProcessing":"From the original dataset's single-direction proportion (0 = no policy, 1 = fully implemented, intermediate values = partial subnational adoption), we coded countries into three categories: the substantive direction in effect, partial subnational implementation (\"Varies by region\"), or no policy in effect.","shortUnit":"","unit":"","timespan":"1991-2025","type":"Ordinal","owidVariableId":1354611,"shortName":"morality_propaganda","lastUpdated":"2026-07-15","nextUpdate":"2027-07-15","citationShort":"Velasco (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data","citationLong":"Velasco (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Anti-LGBTI \"propaganda\" or morality laws – Velasco” [dataset]. Velasco, “LGBTI National Policy Dataset 3.0” [original data].","fullMetadata":"https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/1354611.metadata.json"}},"dateDownloaded":"2026-10-31"}