Compare LGBT Rights in Mauritania & Poland

Equality Index ?
11 / 100
50 / 100
Legal Index ?
3 / 100
55 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
45 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Legal
Since 1970
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1983
Unregistered cohabitation
Since 2012
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishmentState-enforced
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 1995
Gender-affirming careBannedLegal
Since 1996
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2018
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2022
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1983
Illegal
Since 2021
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegal
Since 1983
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Since 1991
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
Legal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 1983
Equal
Since 1932
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