Compare LGBT Rights in Eswatini & Tanzania

Equality Index ?
29 / 100
11 / 100
Legal Index ?
26 / 100
8 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
32 / 100
14 / 100
Homosexual activityMale illegal, female legal
Since 1907
Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment)
Since 1998
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedBanned
Since 1971
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforced
Since 1907
State-enforced
Since 1981
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 1983
Illegal
Gender-affirming careLegal
Since 2016
Restricted
Since 1994
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2017
Illegal in some contexts
Since 2018
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionSingle only
Since 1968
Illegal
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryN/AIllegal
Since 1998
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousBanned (indefinite deferral)
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentFemale equal, male N/A
Since 1907
N/A
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