Compare LGBT Rights in Afghanistan & North Korea

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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
Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 1976
N/A
Since 1948
Same-sex marriageNot legal
Since 1971
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT IssuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2021
State-enforced
Since 1948
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1919
No protections
Since 1948
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1919
No protections
Since 1948
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1919
No protections
Since 1948
Same-sex adoptionIllegalIllegal
Since 2020
Serving openly in militaryIllegalDon't Ask, Don't Tell
Since 1948
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)N/A
Conversion therapyNot bannedN/A
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
Since 2009
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