Equality Index ? | 19 / 100 | 15 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 11 / 100 | 0 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 27 / 100 | 29 / 100 |
Public Opinion | ||
Support for same-sex marriage (ILGA / RIWI, April-June 2014) | 21% Yes 56% No | 24% Yes 55% No |
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 |
Law | ||
Homosexual activity | Ambiguous Since 1949 | Illegal (death penalty as punishment) |
Same-sex marriage | Not legal Since 1949 | Not legal Since 1987 |
Censorship of LGBT Issues | State-enforced Since 1949 | Imprisonment as punishment |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires surgery Since 2004 | Illegal Since 2019 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | No protections | No protections Since 2018 |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections Since 1971 |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections Since 1964 | No protections Since 1971 |
Same-sex adoption | Ambiguous | Illegal |
Serving openly in military | Ambiguous | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Banned (indefinite deferral) | Banned (indefinite deferral) |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | N/A | Unequal |
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