Compare LGBT Rights in Timor-Leste & Gabon

Equality Index ?
32 / 100
30 / 100
Legal Index ?
50 / 100
44 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
14 / 100
16 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 1975
Legal
Since 2020
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedBanned
Since 2024
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedAmbiguous
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2009
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2023
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationAmbiguousAmbiguous
Since 2016
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlySingle only
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownUnknown
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Since 2020
Blood donations by MSMsLegal
Since 2022
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion therapyAmbiguous
Since 2022
Not banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 1975
Unequal
Since 2020
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