- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✖ No protections
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Bathroom Access
- ✔ No explicit protections
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Abkhazia is legal.
Current status
Since Mar 10, 1993
Legal
There are no legal prohibitions against homosexual activity in Abkhazia, as it removed the articles criminalizing same-sex relations shortly after the fall of the USSR.
Same-sex marriage in Abkhazia is banned.
Current status
Banned
Article 11, Paragraph 1 of the Family Code states that a valid marriage requires the mutual, voluntary consent of a man and a woman entering into the marriage
Censorship of LGBT issues in Abkhazia is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
There is no formal, sweeping state-level statutory ban on LGBT content in Abkhazia. Although LGBTQ is taboo in the region due to the highly conservative society.
Right to change legal gender in Abkhazia is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
In Abkhazia, it is impossible to change one's legal gender, as the legislation of the Republic of Abkhazia does not provide for such a legal procedure.
Gender-affirming care in Abkhazia is restricted.
Current status
Restricted
Gender-affirming medical care in Abkhazia is completely unavailable at the local level. There are no specialized doctors (endocrinologists, sexologists, surgeons) working with transgender people in the republic's medical institutions.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Abkhazia is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized under federal Georgia law
According to the ILGA Europe, there's no recognition of non-binary gender in Georgia.
Hate crime protections in Abkhazia is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no statutory laws or constitutional provisions that protect individuals based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
LGBT discrimination in Abkhazia is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no protections from discrimination provided for LGBTIQ+ people in Abkhazia.
LGBT employment discrimination in Abkhazia is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no protections from discrimination in employment provided for LGBTIQ+ people in Abkhazia.
LGBT housing discrimination in Abkhazia is no protections.
Current status
No protections
There are no protections from discrimination in housing provided to LGBTIQ+ people in Abkhazia.
Same-sex adoption in Abkhazia is single only.
Current status
Single only
Abkhazia operates largely outside of international tracking and is recognized internationally as part of Georgia, though it functions with separate de facto authorities. Its internal family guidelines mirror standard regional civil structures where single adults are not outright banned from adopting.
Intersex infant surgery in Abkhazia is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal Georgia law
There is no official ban on unnecessary sex reassignment operations in infants in Georgia.
Serving openly in military in Abkhazia is don't ask, don't tell.
Current status
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Open service members are prone to encounter social stigma, prejudice, and institutional bias due to a lack of targeted protections. Considering even a pride flag is likely to cause public outrage in the region, openly serving in the military may result in punishments.
Blood donations by MSMs in Abkhazia is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Bathroom access in Abkhazia is no explicit protections.
Current status
No explicit protections under federal Georgia law
In Georgia, there is no restrictions nor protections for trans people having the right to go to the bathroom based on their gender identity rather than their assigned sex at birth.
Conversion therapy in Abkhazia is not banned.
Current status
Not banned under federal Georgia law
There is no ban on conversion therapy in the country of Georgia.
Equal age of consent in Abkhazia is equal.
Current status
Since Feb 15, 2000
Equal under federal Georgia law
According to article 140 and 141 of the Georgian Penal Code, the age of consent for both homosexual and heterosexual sex is 16.
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