Equality Index ? | 20 / 100 | 53 / 100 |
Legal Index ? | 13 / 100 | 50 / 100 |
Public Opinion Index ? | 27 / 100 | 56 / 100 |
Homosexual activity | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) Since 1949 | Legal |
Same-sex marriage | Banned Since 1949 | Banned Since 1999 |
Censorship of LGBT issues | State-enforced Since 1949 | No censorship |
Right to change legal gender | Legal, but requires surgery Since 2004 | Illegal |
Gender-affirming care | Unknown | Unknown |
Legal recognition of non-binary gender | Not legally recognized | Not legally recognized |
LGBT discrimination | No protections | Illegal in some contexts Since 2012 |
LGBT employment discrimination | No protections | Sexual orientation only Since 2012 |
LGBT housing discrimination | No protections Since 1964 | Sexual orientation and gender identity Since 2011 |
Same-sex adoption | Ambiguous | Single only Since 2006 |
Intersex infant surgery | Unknown | Not banned |
Serving openly in military | Don't Ask, Don't Tell | Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned Since 2023 |
Blood donations by MSMs | Ambiguous | Banned (indefinite deferral) Since 2017 |
Conversion therapy | Not banned | Not banned |
Equal age of consent | N/A | Equal Since 1998 |
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