Compare LGBT Rights in Afghanistan & Uzbekistan

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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
Male illegal, female legal
Since 1994
Same-sex marriageBanned
Since 1949
Banned
Censorship of LGBT issuesImprisonment as punishment
Since 2021
State-enforced
Right to change legal genderIllegalLegal, but requires medical diagnosis
Since 1998
Gender-affirming careBanned
Since 2022
Legal
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 bannedUnknown
Serving openly in militaryUnknownIllegal
Blood donations by MSMsUnknownLegal
Conversion therapyNot bannedNot banned
Equal age of consentN/AFemale equal, male N/A
Public Opinion
Justifiability of homosexuality
(World Values Survey, 2010-2014)
Region not surveyed
1% Justifiable
89% 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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