Compare LGBT Rights in Burundi & South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Equality Index ?
10 / 100
83 / 100
Legal Index ?
9 / 100
83 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
10 / 100
Not enough data
Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 2009
Legal
Since 2001
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2005
Legal
Censorship of LGBT issuesFine as punishment
Since 2009
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2005
Gender-affirming careRestrictedN/A
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
Hate crime protectionsNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionIllegalLegal
Since 2003
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedN/A
Serving openly in militaryDon't Ask, Don't Tell
Since 2009
N/A
Blood donations by MSMsLegalN/A
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 2009
Equal
Since 2001
Public Opinion
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
(Afrobarometer, 2014–2016)
10% Tolerate
86% Not tolerate
Region not surveyed
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