Equality Index ? | 54 / 100 | 66 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 69 / 100 | 86 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 38 / 100 | 47 / 100 |
Public Opinion | ||
Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | 54% Support 26% Against | Region not surveyed |
Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt (Ipsos, April–May, 2021) | 46% Agree 45% Disagree | Region not surveyed |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 20% Did not mention homosexuals 80% Mentioned homosexuals | 58% Did not mention homosexuals 42% Mentioned homosexuals |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 8% Justifiable 61% Not justifiable | 22% Justifiable 41% Not justifiable |
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents (World Values Survey, 2017-2020) | 23% Agree 40% Disagree | 51% Agree 35% Disagree |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2019) (Pew Research Center, May–October, 2019) | 44% Yes 53% No | Region not surveyed |
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013) (Pew Research Center, June, 2013) | 39% Yes 59% No | Region not surveyed |
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People (Gallup, 2013) | 18% Good place 57% Not a good place | 39% Good place 42% Not a good place |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Legal | Legal Since 1947 |
Same-sex marriage | Not legal Since 1948 | Legal Since 2019 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | No censorship Since 2003 | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, surgery not required Since 2013 | Ambiguous Since 2021 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Unknown | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts Since 1948 | Illegal Since 2007 |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2016 | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2007 |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity | Sexual orientation and gender identity |
Same-sex adoption | Illegal | Ambiguous Since 2022 |
Serving openly in military | Ambiguous | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned Since 2002 |
Blood donations by MSMs | Banned (1-year deferral) | Banned (5-year deferral) Since 2018 |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Banned Since 2018 |
Equal age of consent | Equal | Equal Since 1947 |
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