Compare LGBT Rights in Cameroon & Panama

Equality Index ?
9 / 100
38 / 100
Legal Index ?
5 / 100
46 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
12 / 100
30 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1967
Legal
Since 2008
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1967
Banned
Since 1994
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforced
Since 2016
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires surgery
Since 1972
Gender-affirming careBannedUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1972
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2002
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1972
No protections
Since 2018
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1972
No protections
Since 2018
Same-sex adoptionIllegalIllegal
Since 2021
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryIllegalN/A
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownBanned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
Since 2008
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