Equality Index ? | 93 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 93 / 100 | 54 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | Not enough data | 47 / 100 |
Public Opinion | ||
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | Region not surveyed | 39% Approve 61% Disapprove |
Acceptance of Gay People in Public Office (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | Region not surveyed | 49% Approve 51% Disapprove |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013) (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | Region not surveyed | 51% Yes 42% No |
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People (Gallup, 2013) | Region not surveyed | 47% Good place 43% Not a good place |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1791 | Legal Since 1997 |
Same-sex marriage | Legal Since 2013 | Unrecognized Since 1999 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, surgery not required | Illegal |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized Since 2016 | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal Since 2004 | Illegal in some contexts Since 2012 |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity | Sexual orientation only Since 2012 |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity | Ambiguous |
Same-sex adoption | Legal | Single only |
Serving openly in military | Legal | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal | Legal Since 2017 |
Conversion therapy | Banned Since 2022 | Not banned Since 2018 |
Equal age of consent | Equal | Equal Since 1998 |
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