Equality Index ? | 17 / 100 | 55 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 28 / 100 | 56 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 5 / 100 | 53 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 2000 | Legal Since 2018 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned | Unregistered cohabitation Since 2023 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced Since 2017 | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal Since 1991 | Legal, but requires surgery Since 2019 |
Gender-affirming care | Restricted | Legal Since 2019 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Recognized Since 2014 |
Hate crime protections | No protections | No protections |
LGBT discrimination | No protections | Illegal in some contexts |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | Gender identity only Since 2020 |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | Gender identity only Since 2020 |
Same-sex adoption | Illegal Since 1999 | Single only |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Varies by Region Since 2019 |
Serving openly in military | Unknown | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Banned (indefinite deferral) Since 2017 |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Varies by Region Since 2022 |
Equal age of consent | Equal | Equal Since 2018 |
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 |
Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | Region not surveyed | 58% Support 18% Against |
Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | Region not surveyed | 66% Agree 21% Disagree |
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 2% Agree 76% Disagree | Region not surveyed |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, May–October, 2019) | Region not surveyed | 37% Yes 37% No |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | 0% Justifiable 97% Not justifiable | 2% Justifiable 80% Not justifiable |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 3% Good place 70% Not a good place | 26% Good place 43% Not a good place |
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