Equality Index ? | 1 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 0 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 2 / 100 |
Law | |
Homosexual activity | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) Since 2021 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1949 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | Imprisonment as punishment Since 2021 |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal |
Gender-affirming care | Banned Since 2022 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | No protections |
LGBT discrimination | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | N/A |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned |
Serving openly in military | Unknown |
Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown |
Conversion therapy | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | N/A |
Public Opinion | |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 2% Good place 89% Not a good place |
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