Equality Index ? | 14 / 100 | 20 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 9 / 100 | 21 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 19 / 100 | 18 / 100 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) Since 2020 | Male illegal, female legal Since 1994 |
Same-sex marriage | Unrecognized | Banned |
Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced Since 1991 | State-enforced |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis Since 1998 |
Gender-affirming care | Restricted | Legal |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | No protections | No protections |
LGBT discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | N/A | Illegal |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Unknown |
Serving openly in military | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Unknown | Legal |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | N/A | Female equal, male N/A |
Public Opinion | ||
Acceptance of homosexuality (Arab countries) (BBC News Arabic / Arab Barometer, 2018-2019) | 17% Yes 83% No / Unsure / Did Not Answer | Region not surveyed |
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors (Afrobarometer, 2016–2018) | 14% Tolerate 82% Not tolerate | Region not surveyed |
Justifiability of homosexuality (World Values Survey, 2010-2014) | Region not surveyed | 1% Justifiable 89% Not justifiable |
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