Equality Index ? | 48 / 100 | 28 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 56 / 100 | 20 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 40 / 100 | 37 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 2021 | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 1885 |
Same-sex marriage | Unrecognized Since 2004 | Banned Since 1885 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis Since 2016 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | No protections Since 2006 | No protections Since 2014 |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections Since 2018 | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections Since 2018 | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Single only | Illegal |
Serving openly in military | Legal | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal | Banned (indefinite deferral) |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal | N/A |
Public Opinion | ||
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, June 21, 2023) | Region not surveyed | 24% Good Place 0% |
Support of same-sex marriage (Pew Research Center, Feb. 21, 2023 – April 15, 2023) | Region not surveyed | 23% Favor 69% Oppose |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | Region not surveyed | 6% Good place 30% Not a good place |
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