Compare LGBT Rights in Mauritania & Paraguay

Equality Index ?
11 / 100
32 / 100
Legal Index ?
3 / 100
39 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
26 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Legal
Since 1997
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1983
Banned
Since 1992
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishmentState-enforced
Since 2017
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careBannedLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2016
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
No protections
Since 1992
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1992
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1983
Illegal
Since 2020
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegal
Since 1983
Ambiguous
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
Legal
Conversion therapyNot bannedBanned
Since 2022
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 1983
Unequal
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