Equality Index ? | 18 / 100 | 25 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 30 / 100 | 45 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 6 / 100 | 5 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1951 | Legal Since 2003 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned | Banned Since 2004 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | Imprisonment as punishment Since 1960 | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery Since 1972 |
Gender-affirming care | Banned Since 2018 | Restricted Since 2006 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | Unknown | Ambiguous Since 2022 |
LGBT discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Illegal | Single only |
Intersex infant surgery | Unknown | Not banned |
Serving openly in military | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Don't Ask, Don't Tell Since 2004 |
Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Legal |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal | Equal |
Public Opinion | ||
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 6% Did not mention homosexuals 94% Mentioned homosexuals | 17% Did not mention homosexuals 82% Mentioned homosexuals |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 1% Justifiable 95% Not justifiable | 2% Justifiable 93% Not justifiable |
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | Region not surveyed | 6% Agree 80% Disagree |
Acceptance of homosexuality (Arab countries) (BBC News Arabic / Arab Barometer, 2018-2019) | 7% Yes 93% No / Unsure / Did Not Answer | Region not surveyed |
Support for same-sex marriage in Central and Eastern Europe (Pew Research Center, June 2015-July 2016) | Region not surveyed | 3% Favor 96% Oppose |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (Eastern/Central Europe) (Pew Research Center, June 2015-July 2016) | Region not surveyed | 1% Yes 97% No |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | 0% Justifiable 94% Not justifiable | 1% Justifiable 97% Not justifiable |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | 3% Yes 97% No | Region not surveyed |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | Region not surveyed | 4% Good place 81% Not a good place |
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