Compare LGBT Rights in Mauritania & North Korea

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Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Legal
Since 1948
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1983
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishmentState-enforced
Since 1948
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBannedUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
No protections
Since 1948
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
No protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1983
Illegal
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryIllegal
Since 1983
Ambiguous
Since 1948
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
Unknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedUnknown
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 1983
Equal
Since 2009
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