Equality Index ? | 17 / 100 | 15 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 28 / 100 | 16 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 5 / 100 | 14 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 2000 | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 1988 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned | Banned Since 1988 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced Since 2017 | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal Since 1991 | Illegal |
Gender-affirming care | Restricted | Restricted |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | No protections | Unknown |
LGBT discrimination | No protections | Illegal in some contexts Since 2016 |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Illegal Since 1999 | Unknown |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Not banned |
Serving openly in military | Unknown | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Banned (indefinite deferral) |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal | N/A |
Public Opinion | ||
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 11% Did not mention homosexuals 86% Mentioned homosexuals | Region not surveyed |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 0% Justifiable 89% Not justifiable | Region not surveyed |
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 2% Agree 76% Disagree | Region not surveyed |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2014–2016) | Region not surveyed | 4% Tolerate 95% Not tolerate |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2016–2018) | Region not surveyed | 7% Tolerate 93% Not tolerate |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | 0% Justifiable 97% Not justifiable | Region not surveyed |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 3% Good place 70% Not a good place | 6% Good place 89% Not a good place |
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