Compare LGBT Rights in Azerbaijan & China

Equality Index ?
22 / 100
54 / 100
Legal Index ?
39 / 100
42 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
6 / 100
66 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 2000
Legal
Since 1997
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedOther type of partnership
Since 2017
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforced
Since 2017
State-enforced
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires surgery
Since 1972
Legal, but requires surgery
Since 1986
Gender-affirming careAmbiguousRestricted
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1999
No protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1999
Single only
Since 2018
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryUnknownAmbiguous
Since 1949
Blood donations by MSMsLegalBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2012
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqualEqual
Since 1949
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