- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
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Homosexual activity in Guyana is illegal (up to life in prison as punishment).
Current status
Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment)
A slender majority of Guyanese support the "buggery law"
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Guyana is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Guyana, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Guyana is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Only place in south America that criminalizes this. currently being reviewed by the Caribbean court of Justice.
LGBT employment discrimination in Guyana is no protections.
Current status
Since Feb 20, 1980
Since Feb 20, 1980
No protections
LGBT housing discrimination in Guyana is no protections.
Current status
Since Feb 20, 1980
Since Feb 20, 1980
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Guyana is single only.
Current status
Since Oct 6, 2017
Since Oct 6, 2017
Single only
Homosexuality is currently illegal. Legalization pending.
Equal age of consent in Guyana is equal.
Current status
Equal
Set at 16
Blood donations by MSMs in Guyana is legal.
Current status
Legal
No restrictions that I know of.
Conversion therapy in Guyana is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
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