Compare LGBT Rights in Timor-Leste & Guinea-Bissau

Equality Index ?
32 / 100
35 / 100
Legal Index ?
50 / 100
46 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
14 / 100
24 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 1975
Legal
Since 1993
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedUnrecognized
Since 1993
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2009
No protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationAmbiguousNo protections
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlySingle only
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownNot banned
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousLesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Blood donations by MSMsLegal
Since 2022
Legal
Conversion therapyAmbiguous
Since 2022
Not banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 1975
Equal
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