Compare LGBT Rights in Barbados & Botswana

Equality Index ?
63 / 100
49 / 100
Legal Index ?
55 / 100
59 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
71 / 100
39 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 2022
Legal
Since 2019
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedUnrecognized
Since 1964
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, no restrictions
Since 2017
Gender-affirming careLegal
Since 2000
Restricted
Since 1985
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contextsIllegal
Since 2019
LGBT employment discriminationSexual orientation only
Since 2020
Sexual orientation only
Since 2010
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlySingle only
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownNot banned
Serving openly in militaryLegalLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Since 2010
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Since 2016
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2022
Equal
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