Equality Index ? | 60 / 100 | 58 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 63 / 100 | 63 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 56 / 100 | 52 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 2003 | Legal Since 1996 |
Same-sex marriage | Legal Since 2014 | Legal Since 2015 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | State-enforced Since 2022 | State-enforced Since 2023 |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal Since 2022 | Illegal Since 2023 |
Gender-Affirming Care | Unknown | Unknown |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2020 | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2020 |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Legal | Legal Since 2017 |
Serving openly in military | Legal Since 2011 | Legal Since 2011 |
Intersex infant surgery | Unknown | Unknown |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal Since 2023 | Legal Since 2023 |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal | Equal |
Public Opinion | ||
Support for same-sex marriage (US) (PRRI American Values Atlas, March 11–December 14, 2021) | 54% Favor 44% Oppose | 52% Favor 44% Oppose |
Support for same-sex marriage (US) (PRRI American Values Atlas, March 8–November 9, 2021) | 64% Favor 35% Oppose | 54% Favor 42% Oppose |
Support for same-sex marriage (US) (PRRI American Values Atlas, January 7–December 20, 2020) | 66% Favor 29% Oppose | 65% Favor 28% Oppose |
Support for LGBT protections by US state (PRRI, 2018) | 62% Favor 0% | 64% Favor 0% |
Opposition of religiously based refusals to serve gay and lesbian people (PRRI, 2018) | 48% Oppose 0% | 47% Oppose 0% |
Support for same-sex marriage (US) (PRRI American Values Atlas, January 4–December 30, 2017) | 53% Favor 36% Oppose | 46% Favor 45% Oppose |
Support for same-sex marriage (US) (PRRI American Values Atlas, January 6, 2016–January 10, 2017) | 52% Favor 40% Oppose | 46% Favor 43% Oppose |
Support for same-sex marriage (US) (PRRI American Values Atlas, January 7, 2015–January 7, 2016) | 44% Favor 48% Oppose | 37% Favor 56% Oppose |
Support for same-sex marriage (US) (PRRI American Values Atlas, January 2, 2014–January 4, 2015) | 47% Favor 48% Oppose | 39% Favor 55% Oppose |
Support of same-sex marriage by US state (Pew Research, 2014) | 44% Favor 49% Oppose | 35% Favor 58% Oppose |
Support of homosexuality by US state (Pew Research, 2014) | 53% Support 40% Oppose | 41% Support 53% Oppose |
Support for same-sex marriage (The Williams Institute, 2011-2012) | 34% Support 66% Oppose | 32% Support 68% Oppose |
Support for same-sex marriage (The Williams Institute, 2004) | 18% Support 82% Oppose | 18% Support 82% Oppose |
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