Compare LGBT Rights in Burundi & South Sudan

Equality Index ?
18 / 100
19 / 100
Legal Index ?
27 / 100
19 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
10 / 100
Not enough data
Public Opinion
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
(Afrobarometer, 2014–2016)
10% Tolerate
86% Not tolerate
Region not surveyed
Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 2009
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 2011
Same-sex marriageNot legal
Since 2005
Not legal
Since 2011
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
Since 2011
LGBT employment discriminationAmbiguous
Since 2001
No protections
Since 2011
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 2001
No protections
Since 2011
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlySingle only
Serving openly in militaryIllegalIllegal
Since 2011
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyAmbiguousNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AN/A
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