Compare LGBT Rights in Saudi Arabia & Zambia

Equality Index ?
12 / 100
6 / 100
Legal Index ?
3 / 100
5 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
22 / 100
6 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (death penalty as punishment)Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment)
Since 2005
Same-sex marriageBannedBanned
Since 2007
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishmentImprisonment as punishment
Since 1930
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBanned
Since 2014
Banned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionN/ASingle only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegalIllegal
Since 1964
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 1932
N/A
Since 2005
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