- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Male illegal, female legal
- 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
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- Female equal, male N/A
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Homosexual activity in Kuwait is male illegal, female legal.
Same-sex marriage in Kuwait is banned.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Kuwait is state-enforced.
However, there's still censorship of LGBT issues under Article 21 of the Press and Publications Law (Law No. 3) (2006), which prohibits the publication of anything that would insult public morals.
This law was extended to include online publications under the Law Regulating Electronic Media (Law No. 8) (2016).
In August 2023, Kuwait and Lebanon banned the 'Barbie' movie, claiming it "promoted homosexuality."
LGBT cinema also censored publicly.
Right to change legal gender in Kuwait is illegal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kuwait is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Kuwait is no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Kuwait is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Kuwait is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Kuwait is illegal.
Serving openly in military in Kuwait is don't ask, don't tell.
Blood donations by MSMs in Kuwait is legal.
Conversion therapy in Kuwait is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Kuwait is female equal, male n/a.
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