Compare LGBT Rights in Afghanistan & Austria

Equality Index ?
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75 / 100
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91 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
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59 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 1976
Legal
Since 1971
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1971
Legal
Since 2019
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2021
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2009
Gender-affirming careBannedLegal
Since 2002
Legal recognition of non-binary genderUnknownIntersex only
Since 2018
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1919
Illegal
Since 2004
LGBT employment discriminationUnknownSexual orientation only
Since 2004
LGBT housing discriminationUnknownSexual orientation and gender identity
Same-sex adoptionIllegalLegal
Since 2015
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownFull ban
Since 2018
Serving openly in militaryUnknownLegal
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)Legal
Since 2022
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
Since 2002
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