Compare LGBT Rights in Kuwait & Yemen

Equality Index ?
7 / 100
8 / 100
Legal Index ?
7 / 100
0 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
6 / 100
17 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1960
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 2014
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedBanned
Since 1994
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforced
Since 2022
Imprisonment as punishment
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBanned
Since 2007
Banned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1994
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1994
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1994
Same-sex adoptionN/AIllegal
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegalIllegal
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)Ambiguous
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AN/A
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