Compare LGBT Rights in Malawi & Yemen

Equality Index ?
12 / 100
10 / 100
Legal Index ?
17 / 100
3 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
6 / 100
17 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 2011
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 2014
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 2015
Banned
Since 1994
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorship
Since 2011
State-enforced
Right to change legal genderIllegal
Since 2015
Illegal
Gender-affirming careBannedBanned
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2019
No protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionUnknownIllegal
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegalIllegal
Blood donations by MSMsLegalAmbiguous
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AN/A
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