Compare LGBT Rights in Belarus & North Korea

Equality Index ?
27 / 100
38 / 100
Legal Index ?
38 / 100
38 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
16 / 100
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Homosexual activityLegal
Since 1994
Legal
Since 1948
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1996
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2020
State-enforced
Since 1948
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2010
Illegal
Gender-affirming careUnknownUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
No protections
Since 1948
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Unknown
Same-sex adoptionIllegalIllegal
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryDon't Ask, Don't TellAmbiguous
Since 1948
Blood donations by MSMsLegalUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedUnknown
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 1994
Equal
Since 2009
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