Compare LGBT Rights in Niger & Panama

Equality Index ?
27 / 100
41 / 100
Legal Index ?
42 / 100
48 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
12 / 100
34 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalLegal
Since 2008
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedBanned
Since 1972
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires surgery
Since 2006
Gender-affirming careRestricted
Since 1988
Legal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2015
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2002
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationUnknownNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegalSingle only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguous
Since 1960
N/A
Since 1989
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2001
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentUnequal
Since 2016
Equal
Since 2008
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