Compare LGBT Rights in Belarus & Latvia

Equality Index ?
27 / 100
48 / 100
Legal Index ?
38 / 100
61 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
16 / 100
35 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 1994
Legal
Since 1992
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1996
Civil unions (limited rights)
Since 2024
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2020
No censorship
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2010
Legal, but requires surgery
Since 2012
Gender-affirming careUnknownUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2006
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation only
Since 2006
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
No protections
Since 2006
Same-sex adoptionIllegalSingle only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryDon't Ask, Don't TellLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Since 2017
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 1994
Equal
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