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LGBT Rights in Armenia

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Not legal
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

Public opinion in Armenia has shown a widespread rejection of LGBTQ+ rights, reflecting a critical situation for LGBTQ+ individuals.

Armenia Surveys

Orthodox Christian Support for Church's Position of Refusing to Perform Same-Sex Marriage

91%
Support
4%
Oppose

History

Homosexual activity in Armenia

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Homosexual activity in Armenia is legal.

Current status
Since Apr 18, 2003
Legal
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Same-sex marriage in Armenia

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Same-sex marriage in Armenia is not legal.

Current status
Since Nov 9, 2004
Not legal
Marriage is recognized by law only between a man and a woman
Sources:
Armenian source of the law arlis.am/documentview.aspx?…
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Armenia

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Armenia is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Armenia, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Armenia

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Right to change legal gender in Armenia is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Since Apr 5, 1972
Legal, but requires surgery
the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Armenia

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Armenia is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
There are no laws to change one’s gender in place.
Sources:
(Legal gender change entry)
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LGBT discrimination in Armenia

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LGBT discrimination in Armenia is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 5, 1995
No protections
The constitution does not prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
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LGBT employment discrimination in Armenia

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LGBT employment discrimination in Armenia is no protections.

Current status
No protections
There is no regulation that prohibits employment discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
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LGBT housing discrimination in Armenia

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LGBT housing discrimination in Armenia is no protections.

Current status
No protections
There is no regulation that prohibits housing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
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Same-sex adoption in Armenia

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Same-sex adoption in Armenia is single only.

Current status
Single only
Single person is allowed to adopt. There is nothing mentioned about LGBT individuals in the laws regulating adoption
Sources:
Civil Status Act Law on Family regulated adoption status parliament.am/legislation.p…
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Jan 1, 1995–Sep 9, 2018
Single only
Single people are allowed to adopt. No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Serving openly in military in Armenia

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Serving openly in military in Armenia is don't ask, don't tell.

Current status
Since 2004
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
According to the Helsinki Rights Committee in Armenia, in 2004, an internal defence ministry decree effectively bans gay men from serving in the armed forces. In practice, gays are marked as "mentally ill" and sent to a psychiatrist.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Armenia

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Blood donations by MSMs in Armenia is legal.

Current status
Legal
Blood donations is legal.
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2013071…//old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
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Conversion therapy in Armenia

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Conversion therapy in Armenia is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There are no laws in place banning conversion therapy.
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Equal age of consent in Armenia

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Equal age of consent in Armenia is equal.

Current status
Equal
Equal at the age of 16.
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LGBT Rights by Province

View the LGBT laws in each individual province of Armenia.