Compare LGBT Rights in Mauritania & Saint Helena

Equality Index ?
11 / 100
86 / 100
Legal Index ?
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86 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
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Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Legal
Since 2000
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1983
Legal
Since 2017
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 1983
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 2005
Gender-affirming careBannedN/A
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsIllegal
Since 2009
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1983
Legal
Since 2017
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryIllegal
Since 1983
N/A
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
Unknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedUnknown
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 1983
Unknown
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