Conversion therapies banned
Therapies attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity included. They can entail counseling, drugging, electric shocks, castrations, or brainsurgery. "Limited" means partial implementation, such as laws differing across the country.
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- Age of consent for same-sex and different-sex partnersEqualdex
- Age of consent for same-sex and different-sex partners equalVelasco
- Age of consent for same-sex and different-sex partners unequalVelasco
- Blood donations by men who have sex with men
- Censorship of LGBT issues
- Civil union for same-sex partners
- Constitutional protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity
- Conversion therapiesEqualdex
- Countries in which same-sex sexual acts are legalVelasco
- Countries in which same-sex sexual acts are punished by deathVelasco
- Countries in which third gender is recognized
- Countries with equal age of consent for same-sex and different-sex partners
- Countries with joint adoptions by same-sex partners
- Countries with marriage bans for same-sex partners
- Countries with marriage for same-sex partnersVelasco
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity
- Employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity prohibitedEqualdex
- Employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity prohibitedVelasco
- Gender assignment surgeries on children banned
- Gender marker can be legally changedVelasco
- Gender marker changeEqualdex
- Hate crimes based on sexual orientation or gender identity are an aggravating circumstance
- Housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity prohibited
- Inciting crimes based on sexual orientation or gender identity is illegal
- Joint adoptions by same-sex partnersVelasco
- Joint adoptions by same-sex partnersEqualdex
- LGBT+ rights index
- Legal status of same-sex sexual actsEqualdex
- Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people allowed to openly serve in the militaryVelasco
- Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people banned from the militaryVelasco
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people serve openly in the militaryEqualdex
- Marriage for same-sex partnersEqualdex
- Marriage for same-sex partnersVelasco
- Marriage for same-sex partners bannedVelasco
- Number of countries protecting core LGBT+ rights
- Number of countries where same-sex marriage is legalPew Research Center
- Number of countries where same-sex sexual acts are legalKenny & Patel
- People living in countries in which a third gender is recognized
- People living in countries in which same-sex sexual acts are legalVelasco
- People living in countries in which same-sex sexual acts are punished by deathVelasco
- People living in countries with equal age of consent for same-sex and different-sex partners
- People living in countries with joint adoptions by same-sex partners
- People living in countries with marriage bans for same-sex partners
- People living in countries with marriage for same-sex partnersVelasco
- People living in countries with marriage for same-sex partnersPew Research Center
- Public morality laws on non-traditional sexual relations
- Same-sex sexual acts illegalVelasco
- Same-sex sexual acts legalVelasco
- Same-sex sexual acts punished by deathVelasco
- Third gender legally recognizedEqualdex
- Third gender legally recognizedVelasco
- Transgender people are allowed to openly serve in the militaryVelasco