Compare LGBT Rights in Madagascar & Sri Lanka

Equality Index ?
31 / 100
29 / 100
Legal Index ?
40 / 100
24 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
22 / 100
34 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1995
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2007
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2016
Gender-affirming careBannedRestricted
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2005
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2022
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegalIllegal
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryLegalUnknown
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownBanned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentUnequal
Since 1972
N/A
Since 1995
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