- Homosexuality⚢✔ Legal
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✖ Single only
- Discrimination✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination✖ No protections
- Military✔ Legal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Conversion TherapyAmbiguous
History
Current status
(since Jan 30, 1940)
(since Jan 30, 1940)
Legal
Homosexuality is technically legal. However public display of homosexual affections can be persecuted due to some other obscure laws.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Missing non binary options on documents.
Current status
(since Sep 18, 2017)
(since Sep 18, 2017)
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples.
Current status
(since Jun 30, 1960)
(since Jun 30, 1960)
No protections
Current status
(since Jun 30, 1960)
(since Jun 30, 1960)
No protections
No
Current status
(since Jun 30, 1960)
(since Jun 30, 1960)
No protections
No
Current status
Legal
Missing discrimination protections.
Current status
(since Jan 1, 2006)
(since Jan 1, 2006)
Equal
No
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