Compare LGBT Rights in Belarus & Costa Rica

Equality Index ?
27 / 100
66 / 100
Legal Index ?
38 / 100
83 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
16 / 100
49 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 1994
Legal
Since 1971
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1996
Legal
Since 2020
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2020
No censorship
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2010
Legal, no restrictions
Since 2018
Gender-affirming careUnknownUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedRecognized
Since 2018
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2015
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation only
Since 2016
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
No protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegalLegal
Since 2020
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryDon't Ask, Don't TellN/A
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Since 2007
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 1994
Equal
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