Compare LGBT Rights in Azerbaijan & Botswana

Equality Index ?
26 / 100
49 / 100
Legal Index ?
46 / 100
59 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
6 / 100
39 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 2000
Legal
Since 2019
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedUnrecognized
Since 1964
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires surgery
Since 1972
Legal, no restrictions
Since 2017
Gender-affirming careAmbiguousRestricted
Since 1985
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal
Since 2019
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation only
Since 2010
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1999
No protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1999
Single only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryDon't Ask, Don't TellLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Since 2010
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Since 2016
Equal age of consentEqualEqual
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