Equality Index ? | 64 / 100 | 57 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 88 / 100 | 76 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 40 / 100 | 38 / 100 |
Public Opinion | ||
Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | Region not surveyed | 68% Support 18% Against |
Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | Region not surveyed | 41% Agree 52% Disagree |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 69% Did not mention homosexuals 32% Mentioned homosexuals | 64% Did not mention homosexuals 35% Mentioned homosexuals |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 18% Justifiable 53% Not justifiable | 9% Justifiable 65% Not justifiable |
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 28% Agree 44% Disagree | 17% Agree 52% Disagree |
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 33% Approve 67% Disapprove | 28% Approve 72% Disapprove |
Acceptance of Gay People in Public Office (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 41% Approve 59% Disapprove | 39% Approve 61% Disapprove |
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People (Gallup, 2013) | 52% Good place 40% Not a good place | 35% Good place 55% Not a good place |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1997 | Legal Since 1991 |
Same-sex marriage | Legal Since 2019 | Unrecognized, same-sex marriage and civil unions banned Since 2006 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, surgery not required Since 2016 | Legal, surgery not required Since 2016 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal Since 1998 | Illegal Since 2017 |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation only Since 2015 | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2016 |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 1998 | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2016 |
Same-sex adoption | Single only Since 2008 | Single only |
Serving openly in military | Legal | Legal Since 2009 |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal | Legal |
Conversion therapy | Banned Since 2014 | Not banned Since 2015 |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 1997 | Equal Since 1836 |
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