Compare LGBT Rights in Kuwait & South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Equality Index ?
6 / 100
83 / 100
Legal Index ?
5 / 100
83 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
6 / 100
Not enough data
Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1960
Legal
Since 2001
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1984
Legal
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforced
Since 2022
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2005
Gender-affirming careBanned
Since 2020
N/A
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
Hate crime protectionsNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionN/ALegal
Since 2003
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownN/A
Serving openly in militaryIllegalN/A
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)N/A
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
Since 2001
Public Opinion
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