| Equality Index ? | 21 / 100 | 10 / 100 |
| Legal Index ? | 24 / 100 | 4 / 100 |
| Public Opinion Index ? | 18 / 100 | 17 / 100 |
| Law | ||
| Homosexual activity | Male illegal, female legal Since 1864 | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) Since 2014 |
| Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 2011 | Banned Since 1994 |
| Censorship of LGBT issues | No censorship | State-enforced |
| Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Illegal |
| Gender-affirming care | Legal | Restricted |
| Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
| Hate crime protections | No protections | Unknown |
| LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts Since 2008 | No protections |
| LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
| LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
| Same-sex adoption | Single only | Illegal |
| Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Not banned |
| Serving openly in military | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Illegal |
| Blood donations by MSMs | Ambiguous | Ambiguous |
| Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
| Equal age of consent | Female equal, male N/A Since 1864 | N/A |
| Public Opinion | ||
| Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 16% Approve 84% Disapprove | Region not surveyed |
| Acceptance of gay people in public office (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 22% Approve 78% Disapprove | Region not surveyed |
| Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | Region not surveyed | 2% Justifiable 60% Not justifiable |
| Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 10% Good place 70% Not a good place | Region not surveyed |
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