Equality Index ? | 35 / 100 | 13 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 47 / 100 | 19 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 23 / 100 | 6 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1972 | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 2018 |
Same-sex marriage | Unrecognized | Banned Since 2010 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Ambiguous |
Gender-Affirming Care | Unknown | Unknown |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts | No protections Since 1931 |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | Ambiguous Since 1931 |
Same-sex adoption | Single only | Illegal |
Intersex infant surgery | Unknown | Unknown |
Serving openly in military | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal | N/A |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Unequal | N/A Since 2005 |
Public Opinion | ||
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, June 21, 2023) | 27% Good Place 0% | 6% Good Place 0% |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2014–2016) | 12% Tolerate 88% Not tolerate | 6% Tolerate 92% Not tolerate |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2016–2018) | 11% Tolerate 89% Not tolerate | 4% Tolerate 95% Not tolerate |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 9% Good place 86% Not a good place | 10% Good place 87% Not a good place |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2005-2009) | Region not surveyed | 7% Justifiable 72% Not justifiable |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2005-2009) | Region not surveyed | 27% Did not mention homosexuals 73% Mentioned homosexuals |
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