Equality Index ? | 34 / 100 | 10 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 51 / 100 | 4 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 17 / 100 | 17 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 2025 | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) Since 2014 |
Same-sex marriage | Unrecognized | Banned Since 1994 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | No censorship | State-enforced |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Illegal |
Gender-affirming care | Unknown | Restricted |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2021 | Unknown |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts Since 2006 | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation only Since 2006 | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Single only | Illegal |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Not banned |
Serving openly in military | N/A | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Ambiguous |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 2025 | N/A |
Public Opinion | ||
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 11% Approve 89% Disapprove | Region not surveyed |
Acceptance of gay people in public office (North and South America) (AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017) | 23% Approve 78% Disapprove | Region not surveyed |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | Region not surveyed | 2% Justifiable 60% Not justifiable |
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