Equality Index ? | 54 / 100 | 28 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 42 / 100 | 28 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 66 / 100 | 28 / 100 |
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1997 | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 2025 |
Same-sex marriage | Other type of partnership Since 2017 | Unrecognized |
Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced Since 2016 | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires surgery Since 1986 | Illegal |
Gender-affirming care | Restricted | Legal |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | No protections | Illegal in some contexts Since 2004 |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections |
Same-sex adoption | Single only | Single only Since 1947 |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Not banned |
Serving openly in military | Ambiguous Since 1949 | Legal Since 1962 |
Blood donations by MSMs | Banned (indefinite deferral) Since 2012 | Banned (less than 6-month deferral) Since 2023 |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 1997 | Equal Since 2018 |
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