Compare LGBT Rights in Afghanistan & Jamaica

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Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 2021
Male illegal, female legal
Since 1864
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1949
Banned
Since 2011
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2021
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBanned
Since 2022
Legal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
Hate crime protectionsNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2008
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionN/ASingle only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryUnknownDon't Ask, Don't Tell
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownAmbiguous
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AFemale equal, male N/A
Since 1864
Public Opinion
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America)
(AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017)
Region not surveyed
16% Approve
84% Disapprove
Acceptance of gay people in public office (North and South America)
(AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017)
Region not surveyed
22% Approve
78% Disapprove
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people
(Gallup, 2013)
2% Good place
89% Not a good place
10% Good place
70% Not a good place
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