Compare LGBT Rights in Eswatini & Western Sahara

Equality Index ?
29 / 100
24 / 100
Legal Index ?
26 / 100
24 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?
32 / 100
Not enough data
Homosexual activityMale illegal, female legal
Since 1907
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1975
Same-sex marriageUnrecognizedUnrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesState-enforced
Since 1907
No censorship
Right to change legal genderLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 1983
Illegal
Gender-affirming careLegal
Since 2016
Legal
Since 2016
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationIllegal in some contexts
Since 2017
Unknown
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
Same-sex adoptionSingle only
Since 1968
Unknown
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryN/AIllegal
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentFemale equal, male N/A
Since 1907
N/A
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