- Homosexuality
- ⚢Unknown
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- Unknown
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Hate Crime Protections
- ✖ No protections
- Discrimination
- Unknown
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- Unknown
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Abyan is unknown.
Illegal (death penalty as punishment) under federal Yemen law
The Republican Decree for Law No 12 for the Year 1994 explicitly outlawed homosexual and lesbian intercourse under articles 264 and 268 respectively.
Under Article 264, punishments include 100 strokes if unmarried, or one year imprisonment or the death penalty if married.
Under Article 268, punishments can include up to three years imprisonment, or up to seven years if there was coercion involved.
Under Article 264, punishments include 100 strokes if unmarried, or one year imprisonment or the death penalty if married.
Under Article 268, punishments can include up to three years imprisonment, or up to seven years if there was coercion involved.
Current status
Unknown
Censorship of LGBT issues in Abyan is state-enforced.
Current status
Since Dec 22, 1990
State-enforced under federal Yemen law
In 1990, Yemen passed the Law on the Press and Publications which criminalised publishing of disseminating anything “against public morals”. In practice, this has been used to censor LGBTIQ+ topics in the media.
The government also blocks access to webpages that express support of LGBTIQ+ rights. This policy of censorship also extends to publications and magazines in Yemen.
The government also blocks access to webpages that express support of LGBTIQ+ rights. This policy of censorship also extends to publications and magazines in Yemen.
Right to change legal gender in Abyan is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Abyan is unknown.
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Unknown
Hate crime protections in Abyan is no protections.
Current status
No protections under federal Yemen law
Yemeni law does not include gender and sexual orientation of the victim as aggravating factors in hate-motivated crimes.
LGBT employment discrimination in Abyan is unknown.
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Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Abyan is unknown.
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Unknown
Serving openly in military in Abyan is unknown.
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Unknown
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