Equality Index ? | 60 / 100 | 16 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 69 / 100 | 20 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 51 / 100 | 12 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 2019 | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 2017 |
Same-sex marriage | Unrecognized Since 2019 | Not legal Since 2017 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Ambiguous | Illegal |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal Since 2021 | Illegal in some contexts Since 2017 |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2021 | No protections Since 2018 |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity | No protections Since 1958 |
Same-sex adoption | Single only | Single only |
Serving openly in military | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal | Legal |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal | N/A Since 2017 |
Public Opinion | ||
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, June 21, 2023) | Region not surveyed | 13% Good Place 0% |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 17% Good place 66% Not a good place | 3% Good place 94% Not a good place |
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