Equality Index ? | 66 / 100 | 20 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 62 / 100 | 13 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 71 / 100 | 27 / 100 |
Homosexual activity | Legal Since 1865 | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 1949 |
Same-sex marriage | Civil unions (marriage rights) Since 2018 | Banned Since 1949 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | No censorship | State-enforced Since 1949 |
Right to change legal gender | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery Since 2004 |
Gender-affirming care | Unknown | Unknown |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | Illegal in some contexts Since 2019 | No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination | Sexual orientation only Since 2019 | No protections |
LGBT housing discrimination | Sexual orientation only Since 2019 | No protections Since 1964 |
Same-sex adoption | Second parent adoption only Since 2018 | Ambiguous |
Intersex infant surgery | Not banned | Unknown |
Serving openly in military | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned | Don't Ask, Don't Tell |
Blood donations by MSMs | Legal Since 1958 | Ambiguous |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | Equal Since 1865 | N/A |
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