- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ Other punishment
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- Unknown
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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History
Homosexual activity in Kandahār is illegal (death penalty as punishment).
Current status
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Under the Taliban Rule.
Same-sex marriage in Kandahār is not legal.
Current status
Not legal
Under Shariah Laws of the Taliban.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Kandahār is other punishment.
Current status
Other punishment
Censorship is enforced under the Taliban.
Right to change legal gender in Kandahār is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
The Punishment for crossdressing is Death by shooting under the Taliban. Extrajudicial killings also occurs.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kandahār is unknown.
Current status
Unknown
LGBT discrimination in Kandahār is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Homosexuality is illegal in Kandahar, so no protections exist if you are an LGBT person.
LGBT employment discrimination in Kandahār is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Homosexuality is Punishable by Death.
LGBT housing discrimination in Kandahār is no protections.
Current status
No protections
None exist.
Same-sex adoption in Kandahār is single only.
Current status
Single only
no laws in place for same sex couples.
Blood donations by MSMs in Kandahār is banned (indefinite deferral).
Current status
Since Aug 15, 2021
Since Aug 15, 2021
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Homosexuality is Illegal.
Conversion therapy in Kandahār is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
Equal age of consent in Kandahār is n/a.
Current status
Since Sep 15, 2021
Since Sep 15, 2021
N/A
As homosexuality is punishable By death in Kandahar , So Kandahar doesn't have age of consent for LGBTQ+.
Legal Rights
3 / 100
This region's Equality Index is based on legal rights alone. Please submit survey results that show the public opinion of LGBTQ+ issues in Kandahār to help improve its accuracy.
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