Compare LGBT Rights in Belarus & Madagascar

Equality Index ?
27 / 100
30 / 100
Legal Index ?
38 / 100
41 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
16 / 100
19 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 1994
Legal
Since 1972
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1996
Banned
Since 2007
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2020
No censorship
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2010
Illegal
Gender-affirming careUnknownBanned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2005
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
No protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegalIllegal
Since 2005
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryDon't Ask, Don't TellLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Blood donations by MSMsLegalLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 1994
Unequal
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