- Homosexuality
- ⚢Ambiguous
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✖ Imprisonment as punishment
- 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
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Suggest Public Opinion Data
Public Opinion
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors ?
Ranked #74 out of 79 regions surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)
(84%) Mentioned homosexuals
Did not mention homosexuals (16%)
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013) ?
Ranked #33 out of 39 regions surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June, 2013)
(95%) No
Yes (3%)
History
Homosexual activity in Egypt is ambiguous.
Current status
Since 2000
Since 2000
Ambiguous
While homosexuality itself is not technically illegal in Egypt, Equaldex characterizes it as illegal in practice. Courts have convicted people for homosexual acts using "breaching laws on public decency" and "debauchery" and "abnormal sexual relations."
Same-sex marriage in Egypt is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Same-sex marriage has never been recognized in Egypt.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Egypt is imprisonment as punishment.
Current status
Imprisonment as punishment
Egypt: Mass Arrests Amid LGBT Media Blackout
Right to change legal gender in Egypt is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Legal, but requires surgery
Yes, gender reassignment surgery is allowed and can be underwent in the country after getting an approval from the Al-Azhar Mosque or the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Egypt is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Egypt has not recognized a category other than male and female for intersex nor non-binary people.
Any gender beyond the binary cisgender model is officially treated as an illness.
Any gender beyond the binary cisgender model is officially treated as an illness.
LGBT discrimination in Egypt is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 11, 1971
Since Sep 11, 1971
No protections
LGBT employment discrimination in Egypt is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 11, 1971
Since Sep 11, 1971
No protections
Since the founding of Egypt, there hasn't been any protections for LGBTQ+ community
LGBT housing discrimination in Egypt is no protections.
Current status
Since Sep 11, 1971
Since Sep 11, 1971
No protections
Since the founding of Egypt, there hasn't been any protection for LGBTQ+ community
Same-sex adoption in Egypt is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Single parent adoption is only available for women who were previously married. Fostering is only available for opposite sex married couples.
Serving openly in military in Egypt is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
As homosexuality is illegal, serving in the military is also illegal. Egypt uses invasive examinations which it claims can detect suspected homosexuals.
Blood donations by MSMs in Egypt is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Homosexual activity is illegal, therefore MSM blood donation is not accepted.
Conversion therapy in Egypt is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Conversation therapy is wildly (despite secretly) practiced in Egypt, at the hands of medical professionals at governmental and private medical establishments; as well as in religious institutions; in addition to nonprofessionals practicing it online.
Equal age of consent in Egypt is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Age of Consent is unequal/inapplicable in practice, same-gender sexual behavior is punished by governmental officals, meaning that both age and consent are irrelevant to the illegality of homosexuality in Egypt.
Top Contributors
- vviet93 5 contributions
- Ausyk 3 contributions
- Antinousosiris 1 contribution
- DuffdeNecker 1 contribution
- Mohamed_ElGohary 1 contribution
Egypt LGBT Organizations
There are no organizations listed in Egypt. Suggest one
Share Region
LGBT Egypt Flag
Compare Egypt
Alternative names: Misr (local name)