Compare LGBT Rights in Afghanistan & Iran

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Legal Index ?
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Public Opinion Index ?
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Law
Homosexual activityIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 2021
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Since 1979
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1949
Banned
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2021
Death penalty as punishment
Since 1987
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires surgery
Since 1987
Gender-affirming careBanned
Since 2022
Restricted
Since 1987
Legal recognition of non-binary genderNot legally recognizedNot legally recognized
Hate crime protectionsNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT employment discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
LGBT housing discriminationNo protectionsNo protections
Same-sex adoptionN/AIllegal
Intersex infant surgeryNot bannedNot banned
Serving openly in militaryUnknownIllegal
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AN/A
Since 1979
Public Opinion
Justifiability of homosexuality
(World Values Survey, 2017-2022)
Region not surveyed
3% Justifiable
90% Not justifiable
Perceptions of local area as a "good place" for gay and lesbian people
(Gallup, 2013)
2% Good place
89% Not a good place
Region not surveyed
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