Compare LGBT Rights in Jamaica & Saint Helena

Equality Index ?
21 / 100
86 / 100
Legal Index ?
25 / 100
86 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
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Homosexual activityMale illegal, female legal
Since 1864
Legal
Since 2000
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2011
Legal
Since 2017
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2005
Gender-affirming careLegalN/A
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2008
Illegal
Since 2009
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionUnknownLegal
Since 2017
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryUnknownN/A
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedUnknown
Equal age of consentFemale equal, male N/AUnknown
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