Compare LGBT Rights in Cameroon & Timor-Leste

Equality Index ?
8 / 100
54 / 100
Legal Index ?
3 / 100
49 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
12 / 100
60 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1972
Legal
Since 1975
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1967
Banned
Since 2011
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2010
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBannedRestricted
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2009
LGBT employment discriminationUnknownSexual orientation only
Since 2017
LGBT housing discriminationUnknownNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegalSingle only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegalLegal
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownLegal
Since 2022
Conversion therapyNot bannedAmbiguous
Since 2022
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
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