Equality Index ? | 23 / 100 | 22 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 41 / 100 | 18 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 6 / 100 | 27 / 100 |
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1951 | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 1949 |
Same-sex marriage | Unrecognized | Banned Since 1949 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | Imprisonment as punishment | State-enforced Since 1949 |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, but requires surgery Since 2004 |
Gender-affirming care | Legal Since 2008 | Legal Since 1998 |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | No protections Since 1952 | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections Since 1952 | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections Since 1952 | No protections Since 1964 |
Same-sex adoption | Illegal | Single only |
Intersex infant surgery | Unknown | Unknown |
Serving openly in military | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal | Banned (indefinite deferral) |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal | N/A |
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