Compare LGBT Rights in Mauritania & Panama

Equality Index ?
11 / 100
38 / 100
Legal Index ?
3 / 100
46 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
30 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Legal
Since 2008
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1983
Banned
Since 1994
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishmentNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires surgery
Since 1972
Gender-affirming careBannedUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2002
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
No protections
Since 2018
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 2018
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1983
Illegal
Since 2021
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryIllegal
Since 1983
N/A
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 1983
Equal
Since 2008
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