| Equality Index ? | 22 / 100 | 28 / 100 |
| Legal Index ? | 35 / 100 | 45 / 100 |
| Public Opinion Index ? | 8 / 100 | 11 / 100 |
| Law | ||
| Homosexual activity | Legal | Legal Since 1791 |
| Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 2006 | Unrecognized |
| Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced Since 1940 | No censorship |
| Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Illegal |
| Gender-affirming care | Restricted | Restricted |
| Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
| Hate crime protections | No protections | No protections |
| LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts Since 2008 | Illegal in some contexts Since 2014 |
| LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | Sexual orientation only Since 2014 |
| LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
| Same-sex adoption | Illegal | Single only Since 2013 |
| Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Not banned |
| Serving openly in military | Legal | Legal Since 2017 |
| Blood donations by MSMs | Legal | Legal |
| Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
| Equal age of consent | Equal | Equal Since 1791 |
| Public Opinion | ||
| Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | Region not surveyed | 5% Approve 95% Disapprove |
| Acceptance of gay people in public office (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | Region not surveyed | 10% Approve 90% Disapprove |
| Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | Region not surveyed | 10% Justifiable 56% Not justifiable |
| Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | Region not surveyed | 15% Good place 69% Not a good place |
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