Equality Index ? | 77 / 100 | 57 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 77 / 100 | 76 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | Not enough data | 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) | Region not surveyed | 64% Did not mention homosexuals 35% Mentioned homosexuals |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | Region not surveyed | 9% Justifiable 65% Not justifiable |
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | Region not surveyed | 17% Agree 52% Disagree |
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | Region not surveyed | 28% Approve 72% Disapprove |
Acceptance of Gay People in Public Office (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | Region not surveyed | 39% Approve 61% Disapprove |
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People (Gallup, 2013) | Region not surveyed | 35% Good place 55% Not a good place |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1989 | Legal Since 1991 |
Same-sex marriage | Legal Since 2017 | Unrecognized, same-sex marriage and civil unions banned Since 2006 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal Since 2014 | Legal, surgery not required Since 2016 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal Since 2008 | Illegal Since 2017 |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2008 | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2016 |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2008 | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2016 |
Same-sex adoption | Legal Since 2017 | Single only |
Serving openly in military | Legal Since 2000 | Legal Since 2009 |
Blood donations by MSMs | Banned (3-month deferral) Since 2011 | Legal |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned Since 2015 |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 2005 | Equal Since 1836 |
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