Equality Index ? | 52 / 100 | 3 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 54 / 100 | 2 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 50 / 100 | 4 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 2021 | Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) Since 2014 |
Same-sex marriage | Unrecognized | Banned Since 2005 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | No censorship | Imprisonment as punishment Since 2013 |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis Since 2019 | Illegal |
Gender-affirming care | Restricted | Unknown |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | Protected in some contexts Since 2015 | Unknown |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts Since 2018 | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Unknown | Unknown |
Intersex infant surgery | Unknown | Not banned |
Serving openly in military | Unknown | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal | Banned (indefinite deferral) |
Conversion therapy | Unknown | Unknown |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 2021 | N/A |
Public Opinion | ||
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2016–2018) | Region not surveyed | 3% Tolerate 96% Not tolerate |
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