Compare LGBT Rights in Cameroon & Madagascar

Equality Index ?
9 / 100
30 / 100
Legal Index ?
5 / 100
41 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
12 / 100
19 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1967
Legal
Since 1972
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1967
Banned
Since 2007
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforced
Since 2016
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBannedBanned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1972
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2005
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1972
No protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1972
No protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegalIllegal
Since 2005
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryIllegalLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AUnequal
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