Equality Index ? | 64 / 100 | 39 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 88 / 100 | 42 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 40 / 100 | 35 / 100 |
Public Opinion | ||
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 69% Did not mention homosexuals 32% Mentioned homosexuals | Region not surveyed |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 18% Justifiable 53% Not justifiable | Region not surveyed |
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 28% Agree 44% Disagree | Region not surveyed |
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 33% Approve 67% Disapprove | 26% Approve 74% Disapprove |
Acceptance of Gay People in Public Office (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 41% Approve 59% Disapprove | 35% Approve 65% Disapprove |
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People (Gallup, 2013) | 52% Good place 40% Not a good place | 44% Good place 48% Not a good place |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1997 | Legal Since 1997 |
Same-sex marriage | Legal Since 2019 | Unrecognized, same-sex marriage and civil unions banned Since 1991 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship | State-enforced Since 2017 |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, surgery not required Since 2016 | Illegal Since 2017 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal Since 1998 | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation only Since 2015 | No protections Since 1992 |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 1998 | No protections Since 1992 |
Same-sex adoption | Single only Since 2008 | Illegal |
Serving openly in military | Legal | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal | Legal |
Conversion therapy | Banned Since 2014 | Banned Since 2022 |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 1997 | Unequal |
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