Compare LGBT Rights in Belarus & Samoa

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Homosexual activityLegal
Since 1994
Male illegal, female legal
Since 1961
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1996
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2020
State-enforced
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2010
Ambiguous
Gender-affirming careUnknownUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2007
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2013
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Ambiguous
Same-sex adoptionIllegalSingle only
Since 2017
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryDon't Ask, Don't TellN/A
Since 1962
Blood donations by MSMsLegalBanned (1-year deferral)
Conversion therapyNot bannedSexual orientation only
Since 2007
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 1994
Equal
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