- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- Ambiguous
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
Public opinion polls in particular regions of Mauritania have found that homophobic beliefs persist, however, this is based on a limited number of data points.
Mauritania is missing public opinion data.
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Suggest Public Opinion DataHistory
Homosexual activity in Mauritania is illegal (death penalty as punishment).
Since Jul 9, 1983
Same-sex marriage in Mauritania is not legal.
Since Jul 9, 1983
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Mauritania is imprisonment as punishment.
Right to change legal gender in Mauritania is illegal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Mauritania is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Mauritania is no protections.
Since Jul 12, 1991
LGBT employment discrimination in Mauritania is no protections.
Since Jul 12, 1991
LGBT housing discrimination in Mauritania is no protections.
Since Jul 12, 1991
Same-sex adoption in Mauritania is illegal.
Since Jul 9, 1983
Serving openly in military in Mauritania is illegal.
Since Jul 8, 1983
Blood donations by MSMs in Mauritania is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Mauritania is ambiguous.
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Mauritania.
- Hodh el Gharbi
- Inchiri
- Tagant
- Tiris Zemmour
- Trarza
- Nouakchott (district)