- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (other penalty)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (1-year deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✖ Unequal
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Homosexual activity in Helmand is illegal (other penalty).
Current status
Illegal (other penalty)
Regionally.
Same-sex marriage in Helmand is unrecognized.
Current status
Unrecognized
Nationwide.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Helmand is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Helmand, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Helmand is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Nationwide.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Helmand is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Helmand is no protections.
Current status
No protections
None exist.
LGBT employment discrimination in Helmand is no protections.
Current status
No protections
None exist.
LGBT housing discrimination in Helmand is no protections.
Current status
No protections
None exist.
Same-sex adoption in Helmand is single only.
Current status
Single only
Nationwide.
Serving openly in military in Helmand is legal.
Current status
Legal
Nationwide.
Blood donations by MSMs in Helmand is banned (1-year deferral).
Current status
Banned (1-year deferral)
Nationwide.
Conversion therapy in Helmand is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
Equal age of consent in Helmand is unequal.
Current status
Unequal
from the tribal system.
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Alternative names: Helmand, Hilmend