Compare LGBT Rights in Djibouti & Mauritania

Equality Index ?
35 / 100
11 / 100
Legal Index ?
35 / 100
3 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?Not enough data
18 / 100
Homosexual activityLegalIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedBanned
Since 1983
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforcedImprisonment as punishment
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBannedBanned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2016
No protections
Since 1991
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1991
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 2017
Illegal
Since 1983
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownNot banned
Serving openly in militaryUnknownIllegal
Since 1983
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguous
Since 2011
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqualN/A
Since 1983
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