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    Homosexuality
    ⚢
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ⚭
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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Homosexual activity in Ma’ĭkel

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Homosexual activity in Ma’ĭkel is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Simple Imprisonment: 10 days to 3 years.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/…
loc.gov/law/help/criminal-l…
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Same-sex marriage in Ma’ĭkel

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Same-sex marriage in Ma’ĭkel is banned.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Banned
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ma’ĭkel

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ma’ĭkel is state-enforced.

Current status
State-enforced
Eritrea is well known to be a very high censored country in Africa. In 2004, three hotel workers from a number of western Countries were expelled from Eritrea for reportedly having same sexual activity. While there is no written rules against LGBT related contents , morality laws can apply in Eritrea of those suspected of speeading " LGBT Propaganda ".
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
"Lgbt rights in Eritrea -Wiki "
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Right to change legal gender in Ma’ĭkel

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Right to change legal gender in Ma’ĭkel is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No laws in place.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No source as no law exists
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ma’ĭkel

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ma’ĭkel is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not legally recognized
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
No source exists showing non-binary recognition
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LGBT discrimination in Ma’ĭkel

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LGBT discrimination in Ma’ĭkel is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
As homosexuality is illegal, no legal protection exists for either gender identity or sexual orientations
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobi…
refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/…
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LGBT employment discrimination in Ma’ĭkel

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LGBT employment discrimination in Ma’ĭkel is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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LGBT housing discrimination in Ma’ĭkel

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LGBT housing discrimination in Ma’ĭkel is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Same-sex adoption in Ma’ĭkel

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Same-sex adoption in Ma’ĭkel is single only.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2010
Single only
Only single people.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
adoption.com/eritrea
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Serving openly in military in Ma’ĭkel

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Serving openly in military in Ma’ĭkel is illegal.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Illegal
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Blood donations by MSMs in Ma’ĭkel

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Blood donations by MSMs in Ma’ĭkel is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Banned (indefinite deferral)
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Conversion therapy in Ma’ĭkel

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Conversion therapy in Ma’ĭkel is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized in Eritrea or in Ethiopia.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
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Equal age of consent in Ma’ĭkel

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Equal age of consent in Ma’ĭkel is n/a.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
N/A
Homosexual activity is outlawed in Eritrea.
Details  ·  Accurate? Yes No
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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