Compare LGBT Rights in Vatican City & Western Sahara

Equality Index ?
33 / 100
24 / 100
Legal Index ?
33 / 100
24 / 100
Public Opinion Index ?Not enough dataNot enough data
Homosexual activityLegal
Since 1890
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Since 1975
Same-sex marriageBannedUnrecognized
Censorship of LGBT issuesOther punishmentNo censorship
Right to change legal genderIllegalIllegal
Gender-affirming careN/ALegal
Since 2016
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsUnknown
LGBT housing discriminationN/AUnknown
Same-sex adoptionN/AUnknown
Intersex infant surgeryN/AUnknown
Serving openly in militaryN/AIllegal
Blood donations by MSMsN/AUnknown
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentUnknownN/A
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