Compare LGBT Rights in Afghanistan & Sint Maarten

Equality Index ?
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79 / 100
Legal Index ?
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79 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
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Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 2021
Legal
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1949
Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only
Since 2007
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2021
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalUnknown
Gender-affirming careBanned
Since 2022
Unknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedUnknown
Hate crime protectionsNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2007
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionN/AUnknown
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryUnknownN/A
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedUnknown
Equal age of consentN/AUnknown
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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