Compare LGBT Rights in Tonga & Western Sahara

Equality Index ?
10 / 100
20 / 100
Legal Index ?
10 / 100
20 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?Not enough dataNot enough data
Homosexual activityMale illegal, female legal
Since 1988
Illegal (other penalty)
Since 1975
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1998
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 1978
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedN/A
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
Hate crime protectionsNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2010
Unknown
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationUnknownUnknown
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 2013
Unknown
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownUnknown
Serving openly in militaryUnknownUnknown
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentUnknownN/A
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