Equality Index ? | 42 / 100 | 63 / 100 |
Public Opinion | ||
Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | 63% Support 19% Against | Region not surveyed |
Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | 66% Agree 30% Disagree | Region not surveyed |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 28% Did not mention homosexuals 71% Mentioned homosexuals | 58% Did not mention homosexuals 42% Mentioned homosexuals |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 8% Justifiable 80% Not justifiable | 22% Justifiable 41% Not justifiable |
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 12% Agree 60% Disagree | 51% Agree 35% Disagree |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013) (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | 21% Yes 57% No | Region not surveyed |
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People (Gallup, 2013) | 14% Good place 53% Not a good place | 39% Good place 42% Not a good place |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1997 | Legal Since 1947 |
Same-sex marriage | Other type of partnership Since 2017 | Legal Since 2019 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | Other punishment | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, but requires surgery Since 2013 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Unknown | Unknown |
LGBT discrimination | No protections | Illegal in some contexts Since 2007 |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | Sexual orientation only Since 2007 |
LGBT housing discrimination | Varies by Region | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Illegal Since 1982 | Step-child adoption only |
Serving openly in military | Legal Since 1949 | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned Since 2002 |
Blood donations by MSMs | Banned (indefinite deferral) Since 2012 | Banned (indefinite deferral) Since 2001 |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Banned Since 2018 |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 1949 | Equal Since 1947 |
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