Compare LGBT Rights in Lebanon & North Korea

Equality Index ?
18 / 100
34 / 100
Legal Index ?
18 / 100
34 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
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Homosexual activityMale illegal, female legal
Since 1943
Legal
Same-sex marriageBannedBanned
Since 1990
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 1943
State-enforced
Since 1948
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires surgery
Since 2016
Illegal
Gender-affirming careLegalUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlyIllegal
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownUnknown
Serving openly in militaryDon't Ask, Don't Tell
Since 2019
Ambiguous
Since 1948
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)Unknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedUnknown
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 2013
Equal
Since 2009
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