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LGBT Rights in Ethiopia

    Homosexuality
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Not legal
    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
    ✖ Illegal
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    Unknown
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A

Research in attittudes towards LGBTQ+ issues in Ethiopia have identified a strong opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, reflecting underlying homophobic sentiments.

History

Homosexual activity in Ethiopia

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Homosexual activity in Ethiopia is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Homosexuality is illegal in Ethiopia and penalties can range from 10 days to three years, according to the UN Refugee Agency. There is a maximum sentence of 10 years that can be imposed if an offender "uses violence, intimidation or coercion, trickery or fraud, or takes unfair advantage of the victim’s inability to offer resistance."

This status may change soon as anti-gay organizations are pushing for the death penalty.
Added by grey-tundra  ·  1 accurate vote  ·  Report Error  ·  Log

May 19, 2016–Sep 19, 2018
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
10-15 years in prison. not enforced.
Added by Ausyk  ·  1 accurate vote  ·  Report Error  ·  Log

Same-sex marriage in Ethiopia

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Same-sex marriage in Ethiopia is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
LGBTQ relationships in Ethiopia are not legal.
Added by grey-tundra  ·  1 accurate vote  ·  Report Error  ·  Log

May 16, 2016–Sep 9, 2018
Unrecognized
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
Added by Ausyk  ·  1 accurate vote  ·  Report Error  ·  Log

Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ethiopia

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ethiopia is state-enforced.

Current status
State-enforced
Article 640 of the Penal Code (2004) criminalises the possession or dissemination of “grossly indecent material”, including providing information on how to procure them.

A wide range of websites is reported to be blocked in Ethiopia, including the websites of LGBTI groups and organisations.
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Right to change legal gender in Ethiopia

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Right to change legal gender in Ethiopia is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Unsafe to be LGBT
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ethiopia

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary identities are not legally recognized.
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Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary identities are not legally recognized.
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LGBT discrimination in Ethiopia

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LGBT discrimination in Ethiopia is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT employment discrimination in Ethiopia

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LGBT employment discrimination in Ethiopia is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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LGBT housing discrimination in Ethiopia

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LGBT housing discrimination in Ethiopia is no protections.

Current status
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Ethiopia

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Same-sex adoption in Ethiopia is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Ethiopian law prohibits same-sex couples from adopting a child.
Added by grey-tundra  ·  1 accurate vote  ·  Report Error  ·  Log

Jan 1, 2018–Jul 29, 2018
Single only
In one region it is single only as part of Eritrea.
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Serving openly in military in Ethiopia

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Serving openly in military in Ethiopia is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
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Blood donations by MSMs in Ethiopia

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Blood donations by MSMs in Ethiopia is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Conversion therapy in Ethiopia

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Conversion therapy in Ethiopia is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
LGBT people here are attacked by neighbors.
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Equal age of consent in Ethiopia

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Equal age of consent in Ethiopia is n/a.

Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal.
Added by christierroberts  ·  1 accurate vote  ·  Report Error  ·  Log


LGBT Rights by State

View the LGBT laws in each individual state of Ethiopia.