Compare LGBT Rights in Mauritania & Suriname

Equality Index ?
11 / 100
40 / 100
Legal Index ?
3 / 100
58 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
18 / 100
23 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Legal
Since 1910
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1983
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishmentNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires surgery
Since 2017
Gender-affirming careBannedUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2015
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2015
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation only
Since 2015
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1983
Single only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegal
Since 1983
Legal
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
Ambiguous
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 1983
Equal
Since 2015
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