Compare LGBT Rights in Equatorial Guinea & South Africa

Equality Index ?
39 / 100
71 / 100
Legal Index ?
39 / 100
84 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?Not enough data
59 / 100
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 1968
Legal
Since 1998
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedLegal
Since 2006
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2004
Gender-affirming careRestrictedLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1968
Illegal
Since 1996
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1968
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 1996
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1968
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 1996
Same-sex adoptionSingle only
Since 2021
Legal
Since 2010
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegal
Since 1945
Legal
Since 1996
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousLegal
Since 2014
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentEqual
Since 1931
Equal
Since 2007
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