Compare LGBT Rights in Cameroon & Gibraltar

Equality Index ?
8 / 100
73 / 100
Legal Index ?
4 / 100
82 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
11 / 100
63 / 100
Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1972
Legal
Since 2000
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1967
Legal
Since 2016
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2010
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedUnknown
Hate crime protectionsUnknownUnknown
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal
Since 2013
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2007
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 2009
Same-sex adoptionIllegalLegal
Since 2013
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryIllegalLegal
Since 2000
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
Since 2011
Public Opinion
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
(Afrobarometer, 2014–2016)
11% Tolerate
86% Not tolerate
Region not surveyed
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors
(Afrobarometer, 2016–2018)
8% Tolerate
91% Not tolerate
Region not surveyed
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people
(Gallup, 2013)
8% Good place
84% Not a good place
Region not surveyed
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