Compare LGBT Rights in Mauritania & Trinidad and Tobago

Equality Index ?
11 / 100
37 / 100
Legal Index ?
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46 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
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28 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Legal
Since 2018
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1983
Unrecognized
Since 1924
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishmentNo censorship
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 2001
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
No protections
Since 2001
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Since 2001
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1983
Single only
Since 1947
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryIllegal
Since 1983
Legal
Since 1962
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
Banned (less than 6-month deferral)
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 1983
Equal
Since 2018
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