Equality Index ? | 48 / 100 | 51 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 62 / 100 | 63 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 33 / 100 | 39 / 100 |
Public Opinion | ||
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | Region not surveyed | 67% Did not mention homosexuals 33% Mentioned homosexuals |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | Region not surveyed | 16% Justifiable 61% Not justifiable |
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | Region not surveyed | 32% Agree 44% Disagree |
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 19% Approve 81% Disapprove | 25% Approve 76% Disapprove |
Acceptance of Gay People in Public Office (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 34% Approve 66% Disapprove | 42% Approve 59% Disapprove |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013) (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | 34% Yes 62% No | Region not surveyed |
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People (Gallup, 2013) | 44% Good place 50% Not a good place | 54% Good place 34% Not a good place |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1974 | Legal Since 2007 |
Same-sex marriage | Unrecognized, same-sex marriage and civil unions banned | Unrecognized Since 1987 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal Since 2017 | Illegal |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts | Illegal Since 2007 |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2007 |
Same-sex adoption | Illegal | Single only Since 2017 |
Serving openly in military | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Legal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal Since 2000 | Legal |
Conversion therapy | Ambiguous | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 1974 | Equal Since 2007 |
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