Compare LGBT Rights in Barbados & Maldives

Equality Index ?
63 / 100
11 / 100
Legal Index ?
55 / 100
15 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
71 / 100
8 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 2022
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedBanned
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipUnknown
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careLegal
Since 2000
Legal
Since 2000
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contextsNo protections
Since 2017
LGBT employment discriminationSexual orientation only
Since 2020
No protections
Since 2017
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 2017
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlySingle only
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownUnknown
Serving openly in militaryLegalDon't Ask, Don't Tell
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 2022
N/A
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