Compare LGBT Rights in Belarus & Timor-Leste

Equality Index ?
27 / 100
54 / 100
Legal Index ?
38 / 100
49 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
16 / 100
60 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 1994
Legal
Since 1975
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1996
Banned
Since 2011
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2020
No censorship
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2010
Illegal
Gender-affirming careRestricted
Since 1983
Restricted
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2009
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation only
Since 2017
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegalSingle only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryDon't Ask, Don't TellLegal
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Since 2022
Conversion therapyNot bannedAmbiguous
Since 2022
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 1994
Equal
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