Compare LGBT Rights in Cameroon & Suriname

Equality Index ?
9 / 100
40 / 100
Legal Index ?
5 / 100
58 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
12 / 100
23 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1967
Legal
Since 1910
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1967
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforced
Since 2016
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires surgery
Since 2017
Gender-affirming careBannedUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1972
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2015
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1972
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2015
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1972
Sexual orientation only
Since 2015
Same-sex adoptionIllegalSingle only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegalLegal
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownAmbiguous
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AEqual
Since 2015
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