Compare LGBT Rights in Burundi & Eswatini

Equality Index ?
9 / 100
32 / 100
Legal Index ?
7 / 100
32 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
10 / 100
32 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 2009
Male illegal, female legal
Since 1907
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2005
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesFine as punishmentNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 1983
Gender-affirming careRestrictedLegal
Since 2016
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1907
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1907
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1907
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlySingle only
Since 1968
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownUnknown
Serving openly in militaryIllegalN/A
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousAmbiguous
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AFemale equal, male N/A
Since 1907
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