Compare LGBT Rights in Papua New Guinea & Paraguay

Equality Index ?
26 / 100
32 / 100
Legal Index ?
26 / 100
39 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?Not enough data
26 / 100
Homosexual activityMale illegal, female legal
Since 2002
Legal
Since 1997
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedBanned
Since 1992
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorshipState-enforced
Since 2017
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careUnknownLegal
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protections
Since 2002
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2016
LGBT employment discriminationNo protections
Since 2002
No protections
Since 1992
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 2002
No protections
Since 1992
Same-sex adoptionSingle onlyIllegal
Since 2020
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryLegalAmbiguous
Blood donations by MSMsLegal
Since 2016
Legal
Conversion therapyNot bannedBanned
Since 2022
Equal age of consentFemale equal, male N/AUnequal
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