Equality Index ? | 50 / 100 | 20 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 55 / 100 | 13 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 45 / 100 | 27 / 100 |
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1970 | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 1949 |
Same-sex marriage | Unregistered cohabitation Since 2012 | Banned Since 1949 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced | State-enforced Since 1949 |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires medical diagnosis Since 1995 | Legal, but requires surgery Since 2004 |
Gender-affirming care | Legal Since 1996 | Unknown |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts Since 2018 | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2022 | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections | No protections Since 1964 |
Same-sex adoption | Illegal Since 2021 | Ambiguous |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Unknown |
Serving openly in military | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned Since 1991 | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal | Ambiguous |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 1932 | N/A |
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