LGBT Rights in Sughd Region

Sughd is governed by federal Tajikistan law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✖ State-enforced
    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
    ✖ Illegal
    Military
    ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Sughd

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Homosexual activity in Sughd is legal.

Current status
Since Sep 1, 1998
Legal
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Same-sex marriage in Sughd

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Same-sex marriage in Sughd is banned.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2008
Banned
Same-sex marriage is banned in Tajikistan
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Sughd

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Sughd is state-enforced.

Current status
State-enforced
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan began to register gays and lesbians who are out
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Right to change legal gender in Sughd

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

Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
Missing non binary options on documents.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Sughd

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
Non-binary gender not recognized
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LGBT discrimination in Sughd

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LGBT discrimination in Sughd is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
No protections
No protection provision exist within neither the Penal code nor the Constitution
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Dec 1, 1994–Sep 7, 2018
No protections
None exist.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Sughd

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LGBT employment discrimination in Sughd is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
No protections
Do to homophobia in the country. Only protections for gender identity and expression.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Sughd

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LGBT housing discrimination in Sughd is no protections.

Current status
Since Dec 1, 1994
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Sughd

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Same-sex adoption in Sughd is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
LGBT people are not allowed to adopt in Tajikistan.
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Serving openly in military in Sughd

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

Current status
Since Jan 1, 1992
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
No other laws in place.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Sughd

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Blood donations by MSMs in Sughd is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
MSMs are not allowed to donate blood in Tajikistan.
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2013061…//www.eidhr.eu/
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Conversion therapy in Sughd

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Conversion therapy in Sughd is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
It is not uncommon to be offered.
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Equal age of consent in Sughd

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Equal age of consent in Sughd is equal.

Current status
Since Sep 1, 1998
Equal
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