Compare LGBT Rights in Kenya & Ethiopia

Equality Index ?
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Legal Index ?
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Public Opinion Index ?
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Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1930
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1958
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2010
Banned
Since 2009
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforced
Since 2012
State-enforced
Since 2005
Right to change legal genderAmbiguous
Since 2022
Illegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedRestricted
Legal recognition of non-binary genderIntersex only
Since 2022
Not legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2009
No protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 2002
Illegal
Since 2018
Intersex infant surgeryFull ban
Since 2022
Not banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegal
Since 1941
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguous
Since 2022
Legal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AN/A
Since 1958
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