Compare LGBT Rights in Libya & Mauritania

Equality Index ?
14 / 100
10 / 100
Legal Index ?
9 / 100
3 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
19 / 100
16 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1953
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Same-sex marriageBannedBanned
Since 1983
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 1953
Imprisonment as punishment
Since 1983
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedBanned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionN/AIllegal
Since 1983
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryDon't Ask, Don't TellIllegal
Since 1983
Blood donations by MSMsLegal with restrictionsBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 1951
N/A
Since 1983
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