Compare LGBT Rights in Burundi & Gabon

Equality Index ?
18 / 100
32 / 100
Legal Index ?
27 / 100
51 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
10 / 100
14 / 100
Public Opinion
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people
(Gallup, June 21, 2023)
Region not surveyed
13% Good Place
0%
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
(Afrobarometer, 2014–2016)
10% Tolerate
86% Not tolerate
17% Tolerate
83% Not tolerate
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
(Afrobarometer, 2016–2018)
Region not surveyed
20% Tolerate
79% Not tolerate
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people
(Gallup, 2013)
Region not surveyed
5% Good place
95% Not a good place
Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 2009
Legal
Since 2020
Same-sex marriageNot legal
Since 2005
Unrecognized
Since 1963
Censorship of LGBT IssuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderAmbiguousIllegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderUnknownUnknown
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2001
No protections
LGBT employment discriminationAmbiguous
Since 2001
No protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 2001
Ambiguous
Since 2016
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlySingle only
Serving openly in militaryIllegalLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Since 2020
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyAmbiguousNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AUnequal
Since 2020
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