Compare LGBT Rights in Afghanistan & Eswatini

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Homosexual activityIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 1976
Male illegal, female legal
Since 1907
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1971
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2021
State-enforced
Since 1907
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 1983
Gender-affirming careBanned
Since 2022
Legal
Since 2016
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2017
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegalSingle only
Since 1968
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownNot banned
Serving openly in militaryUnknownN/A
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)Ambiguous
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AFemale equal, male N/A
Since 1907
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