Equality Index ? | 69 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 91 / 100 | 54 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 47 / 100 | 47 / 100 |
Public Opinion | ||
Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | 67% Support 17% Against | Region not surveyed |
Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | 48% Agree 44% Disagree | Region not surveyed |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 72% Did not mention homosexuals 28% Mentioned homosexuals | Region not surveyed |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 24% Justifiable 52% Not justifiable | Region not surveyed |
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 32% Agree 56% Disagree | Region not surveyed |
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 34% Approve 66% Disapprove | 39% Approve 61% Disapprove |
Acceptance of Gay People in Public Office (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 47% Approve 53% Disapprove | 49% Approve 51% Disapprove |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013) (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | Region not surveyed | 51% Yes 42% No |
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People (Gallup, 2013) | 50% Good place 43% Not a good place | 47% Good place 43% Not a good place |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 2000 | Legal Since 1997 |
Same-sex marriage | Legal Since 2016 | Unrecognized Since 1999 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, surgery not required Since 2015 | Illegal |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Recognized Since 2022 | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal Since 2011 | Illegal in some contexts Since 2012 |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation only Since 2011 | Sexual orientation only Since 2012 |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation only Since 2011 | Ambiguous |
Same-sex adoption | Legal Since 2015 | Single only |
Serving openly in military | Legal Since 1999 | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal Since 2012 | Legal Since 2017 |
Conversion therapy | Not banned Since 2015 | Not banned Since 2018 |
Equal age of consent | Equal | Equal Since 1998 |
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