Compare LGBT Rights in Cameroon & Jamaica

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Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1972
Male illegal, female legal
Since 1864
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 careBannedLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal in some contexts
Since 2008
LGBT employment discriminationUnknownNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationUnknownNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegalUnknown
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegalUnknown
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownAmbiguous
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AFemale equal, male N/A
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