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LGBT Rights in Kandahār Province

    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

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Homosexual activity in Kandahār is illegal (death penalty as punishment).

Current status
Illegal (death penalty as punishment)
Under the Taliban Rule.
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Same-sex marriage in Kandahār

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Same-sex marriage in Kandahār is not legal.

Current status
Not legal
Under Shariah Laws of the Taliban.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Kandahār

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Kandahār is other punishment.

Current status
Other punishment
Censorship is enforced under the Taliban.
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Right to change legal gender in Kandahār

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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.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kandahār

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Kandahār is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

LGBT discrimination in Kandahār

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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.
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LGBT employment discrimination in Kandahār

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LGBT employment discrimination in Kandahār is no protections.

Current status
No protections
Homosexuality is Punishable by Death.
Sources:
Taliban is Religious-Extremist group.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Kandahār

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LGBT housing discrimination in Kandahār is no protections.

Current status
No protections
None exist.
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Same-sex adoption in Kandahār

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Same-sex adoption in Kandahār is single only.

Current status
Single only
no laws in place for same sex couples.
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Serving openly in military in Kandahār

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Serving openly in military in Kandahār is illegal.

Current status
Since Aug 5, 2021
Illegal
Homosexuality is Illegal.
Sources:
Taliban is Religious-Extremist Group.
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Until Aug 15, 2021
Legal
Under international law.
Sources:
Illegal now.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Kandahār

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Blood donations by MSMs in Kandahār is banned (indefinite deferral).

Current status
Since Aug 15, 2021
Banned (indefinite deferral)
Homosexuality is Illegal.
Sources:
Taliban is Religious-Extremist group.
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Conversion therapy in Kandahār

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Conversion therapy in Kandahār is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized.
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Equal age of consent in Kandahār

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Equal age of consent in Kandahār is n/a.

Current status
Since Sep 15, 2021
N/A
As homosexuality is punishable By death in Kandahar , So Kandahar doesn't have age of consent for LGBTQ+.
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