Equality Index ? | 18 / 100 | 32 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 8 / 100 | 32 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 27 / 100 | Not enough data |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 1949 | Legal Since 1998 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1949 | Banned Since 2008 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | Varies by Region Since 1949 | State-enforced Since 2017 |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery Since 1972 |
Gender-affirming care | Restricted | Restricted |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
Hate crime protections | Unknown | 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 | Single only | Illegal |
Intersex infant surgery | Unknown | Unknown |
Serving openly in military | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Don't Ask, Don't Tell Since 1992 |
Blood donations by MSMs | Banned (indefinite deferral) | Banned (indefinite deferral) |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | N/A | Unknown |
Public Opinion | ||
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people (Gallup, 2013) | 36% Good place 51% Not a good place | Region not surveyed |
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