Compare LGBT Rights in Afghanistan & Mauritania

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Public Opinion
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people
(Gallup, June 21, 2023)
Region not surveyed
17% Good Place
0%
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people
(Gallup, 2013)
2% Good place
89% Not a good place
5% Good place
91% Not a good place
Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 1976
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 1983
Same-sex marriageNot legal
Since 1971
Not legal
Since 1983
Censorship of LGBT IssuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2021
Imprisonment as punishment
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1919
No protections
Since 1991
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1919
No protections
Since 1991
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1919
No protections
Since 1991
Same-sex adoptionIllegalIllegal
Since 1983
Serving openly in militaryIllegalIllegal
Since 1983
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)Banned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion therapyNot bannedAmbiguous
Equal age of consentUnequalN/A
Since 1983
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