Compare LGBT Rights in Mauritania & Senegal

Equality Index ?
11 / 100
4 / 100
Legal Index ?
3 / 100
4 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
4 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1966
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1983
Banned
Since 1989
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishmentImprisonment as punishment
Since 1965
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 1966
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
No protections
Since 1966
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 1966
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1983
Single only
Since 2017
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegal
Since 1983
Illegal
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 1983
N/A
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