Compare LGBT Rights in Jamaica & Mauritania

Equality Index ?
21 / 100
11 / 100
Legal Index ?
24 / 100
3 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
18 / 100
Homosexual activityMale illegal, female legal
Since 1864
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2011
Banned
Since 1983
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipImprisonment as punishment
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careUnknownBanned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2008
No protections
Since 1991
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1991
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionSingle only
Since 2017
Illegal
Since 1983
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryLegalIllegal
Since 1983
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AN/A
Since 1983
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