Compare LGBT Rights in Antigua and Barbuda & Costa Rica

Equality Index ?
38 / 100
69 / 100
Legal Index ?
60 / 100
85 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
17 / 100
54 / 100
Law
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 2022
Legal
Since 1971
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedLegal
Since 2020
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, no restrictions
Since 2018
Gender-affirming careRestrictedLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedRecognized
Since 2022
Hate crime protectionsSexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2021
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2022
LGBT discriminationIllegal
Since 2022
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2015
LGBT employment discriminationSexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2022
Sexual orientation only
Since 2016
LGBT housing discriminationSexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2022
No protections
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlyLegal
Since 2020
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryDon't Ask, Don't TellN/A
Since 1948
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Since 2007
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2022
Equal
Since 1971
Public Opinion
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America)
(AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017)
12% Approve
88% Disapprove
35% Approve
65% Disapprove
Acceptance of gay people in public office (North and South America)
(AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017)
22% Approve
79% Disapprove
57% Approve
44% Disapprove
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people
(Gallup, 2013)
Region not surveyed
61% Good place
33% Not a good place
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