Compare LGBT Rights in Afghanistan & Bhutan

Equality Index ?
1 / 100
52 / 100
Legal Index ?
0 / 100
54 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
2 / 100
50 / 100
Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 2021
Legal
Since 2021
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1949
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2021
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2019
Gender-affirming careBanned
Since 2022
Restricted
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
Hate crime protectionsNo protectionsProtected in some contexts
Since 2015
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2018
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionN/AUnknown
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryUnknownUnknown
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedUnknown
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
Since 2021
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
Region not surveyed
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