Equality Index ? | 44 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 48 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 40 / 100 |
Public Opinion | |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, June 21, 2023) | 47% Good Place 0% |
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 19% Approve 81% Disapprove |
Acceptance of gay people in public office (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 34% Approve 66% Disapprove |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | 34% Yes 62% No |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 44% Good place 50% Not a good place |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 1995-1999) | 7% Justifiable 83% Not justifiable |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 1995-1999) | 22% Did not mention homosexuals 78% Mentioned homosexuals |
Law | |
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1974 |
Same-sex marriage | Unrecognized, same-sex marriage and civil unions banned |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal Since 2017 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts Since 2015 |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Illegal |
Serving openly in military | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
Blood donations by MSMs | Banned (indefinite deferral) |
Conversion therapy | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 1974 |
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