Compare LGBT Rights in Turkmenistan & Western Sahara

Equality Index ?
21 / 100
24 / 100
Legal Index ?
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24 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?Not enough dataNot enough data
Homosexual activityMale illegal, female legal
Since 1999
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1975
Same-sex marriageUnrecognized
Since 1992
Unrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesNo censorship
Since 2022
No censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careRestrictedLegal
Since 2016
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protections
Since 1992
No protections
Same-sex adoptionSingle only
Since 2020
Single only
Intersex infant surgeryUnknownUnknown
Serving openly in militaryAmbiguousIllegal
Blood donations by MSMsAmbiguousLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentFemale equal, male N/A
Since 2014
Equal
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