Equality Index ? | 34 / 100 | 34 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 38 / 100 | 51 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 31 / 100 | 17 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1990 | Legal Since 2025 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1992 | Unrecognized |
Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced Since 2017 | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Illegal |
Gender-affirming care | Legal | Unknown |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | No protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2021 |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts Since 2017 | Illegal in some contexts Since 2006 |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | Sexual orientation only Since 2006 |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Illegal Since 2020 | Single only |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Not banned |
Serving openly in military | Legal Since 1990 | N/A |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal | Unknown |
Conversion therapy | Banned Since 2022 | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Unequal Since 1990 | Equal Since 2025 |
Public Opinion | ||
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 26% Approve 74% Disapprove | 11% Approve 89% Disapprove |
Acceptance of gay people in public office (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 35% Approve 65% Disapprove | 23% Approve 78% Disapprove |
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 44% Good place 48% Not a good place | Region not surveyed |
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