Equality Index ? | 1 / 100 | 20 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 0 / 100 | 21 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 2 / 100 | 18 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) Since 2021 | Male illegal, female legal Since 1994 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1949 | Banned |
Censorship of LGBT issues | Imprisonment as punishment Since 2021 | State-enforced |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis Since 1998 |
Gender-affirming care | Banned Since 2022 | Legal |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | No protections | No protections |
LGBT discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | N/A | Illegal |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Unknown |
Serving openly in military | Unknown | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Legal |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | N/A | Female equal, male N/A |
Public Opinion | ||
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | Region not surveyed | 1% Justifiable 89% Not justifiable |
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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