Compare LGBT Rights in Mauritania & Tunisia

Equality Index ?
11 / 100
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Legal Index ?
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11 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
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15 / 100
Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1913
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1983
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 1983
Imprisonment as punishment
Since 2004
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires surgery
Since 2018
Gender-affirming careBannedRestricted
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1983
Unknown
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryIllegal
Since 1983
Ambiguous
Since 1957
Blood donations by MSMsBanned (indefinite deferral)
Since 2016
N/A
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/A
Since 1983
N/A
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