Compare LGBT Rights in Madagascar & Eswatini

Equality Index ?
29 / 100
30 / 100
Legal Index ?
40 / 100
28 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
19 / 100
32 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalMale illegal, female legal
Since 1907
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2007
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipState-enforced
Since 1907
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 1984
Gender-affirming careBannedLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2005
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2017
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationUnknownNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 2005
Single only
Since 1952
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people bannedAmbiguous
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentUnequal
Since 1972
Female equal, male N/A
Since 1907
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