Equality Index ? | 27 / 100 | 30 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 23 / 100 | 24 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 31 / 100 | 37 / 100 |
Homosexual activity | Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment) Since 1860 | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 1885 |
Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1860 | Banned Since 1885 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, no restrictions Since 2013 | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis Since 2016 |
Gender-affirming care | Restricted Since 1969 | Legal Since 1997 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Recognized Since 2013 | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | No protections | No protections Since 2014 |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Illegal | Illegal |
Intersex infant surgery | Unknown | Unknown |
Serving openly in military | Illegal | Illegal |
Blood donations by MSMs | Ambiguous | Banned (indefinite deferral) |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | N/A | N/A |
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