Entry #4518: Homosexuals serving openly in military in Jordan

Original entry by Ausyk (Aug 10, 2016)

Region	Jordan
Issue	Homosexuals serving openly in military
Status	Legal
Start Date	past
End Date	now
Description	No discrimination protections in place. As well lgbt people are considered diseased.
Sources	No

6. Revision #13805 (Sep 13, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value (Current)	Old Value
Value	Legal	Don't Ask, Don't Tell

5. Revision #12430 (Aug 24, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Note	No discrimination protections in place. As well lgbt people are considered diseased.	No discrimination protections in place.

4. Revision #11418 (Aug 2, 2018 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value	Don't Ask, Don't Tell	Legal
Note	No discrimination protections in place.	No

3. Revision #4302 (Oct 15, 2017 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value	Legal	Illegal

2. Revision #3023 (Sep 1, 2017 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value
Value	Illegal	Legal

1. Revision #1188 (Oct 24, 2016 by Ausyk)

Field	New Value	Old Value (Original)
Value	Legal	Illegal

Status is not correct. "Although there is no law specifically banning homosexuals from serving in the military, they are informally informally restricted. "
May 20, 2018
Status is not correct.
May 22, 2018
Status is not correct. "Same-sex is very severely punished by society let alone military officers. LGBT individuals can not confess their identity otherwise they would be trialed for moral indecency."
Jul 29, 2018
Status is not correct. "LGBT People are NOT allowed to serve openly in the military, if their orientation has been disclosed or known, they will be punished under immoral and social deviance under Jordanian Constitution."
Oct 1, 2018
Status is not correct.
Jun 29, 2020
Status is not correct. "It's not correct you'll get kicked out or much worse if you opened up about your sexuality in the military "
Nov 1, 2020
Status is not correct. "For a fact, they test you if you have ever had gay sex when you join the military As crazy and weird as it sounds they literally put an egg at the end of your asshole and if it goes in, you're rejected "
Nov 12, 2020