Compare LGBT Rights in Somalia & South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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Public Opinion Index ?Not enough dataNot enough data
Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 2012
Legal
Since 2001
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1975
Legal
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 1964
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2005
Gender-affirming careBannedN/A
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
Hate crime protectionsNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionAmbiguousLegal
Since 2003
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedN/A
Serving openly in militaryIllegalN/A
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousN/A
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
Since 2001
Public Opinion
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