Compare LGBT Rights in Mauritania & Turks and Caicos Islands

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Homosexual activityIllegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1987
Legal
Since 2001
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1983
Foreign same-sex marriages recognized only
Since 2011
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishmentNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalAmbiguous
Gender-affirming careBannedUnknown
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedUnknown
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Illegal
Since 2011
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 1991
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2011
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsSexual orientation and gender identity
Since 2011
Same-sex adoptionIllegal
Since 1983
Single only
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
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 2000
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