Equality Index ? | 22 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 33 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 11 / 100 |
Law | |
Homosexual activity | Varies by Region Since 2002 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1974 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | Imprisonment as punishment Since 2008 |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires surgery Since 1973 |
Gender-affirming care | Restricted Since 2023 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | Unknown |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts Since 2012 |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Single only |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned |
Serving openly in military | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Ambiguous |
Conversion therapy | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Varies by Region Since 2002 |
Public Opinion | |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 26% Did not mention homosexuals 74% Mentioned homosexuals |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 2% Justifiable 91% Not justifiable |
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 9% Agree 86% Disagree |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, May–October, 2019) | 9% Yes 80% No |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | 3% Yes 93% No |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 2% Good place 82% Not a good place |
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