Equality Index ? | 42 / 100 | 9 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 67 / 100 | 1 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 17 / 100 | 18 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 2002 | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) Since 2023 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1992 | Banned Since 2023 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | No censorship | Imprisonment as punishment Since 2023 |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires surgery Since 2009 | Ambiguous Since 2015 |
Gender-affirming care | Legal Since 1994 | Banned Since 2023 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2017 | Unknown |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal Since 2017 | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2022 | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2017 | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Unknown | Illegal |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Unknown |
Serving openly in military | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Unknown |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 1992 | N/A Since 1902 |
Public Opinion | ||
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 54% Did not mention homosexuals 46% Mentioned homosexuals | Region not surveyed |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2022) | 5% Justifiable 45% Not justifiable | Region not surveyed |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2014–2016) | Region not surveyed | 5% Tolerate 95% Not tolerate |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2016–2018) | Region not surveyed | 3% Tolerate 96% Not tolerate |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | Region not surveyed | 4% Yes 96% No |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 6% Good place 48% Not a good place | 2% Good place 95% Not a good place |
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