LGBT Rights in Anseba Region

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    Homosexuality
    ✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✖ Banned
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Military
    ✖ Illegal
    Donating Blood
    ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    N/A
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History

Homosexual activity in Anseba

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Homosexual activity in Anseba is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Simple Imprisonment: 10 days to 3 years.

Same-sex marriage in Anseba

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Same-sex marriage in Anseba is banned.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Banned
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Censorship of LGBT issues in Anseba

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Censorship of LGBT issues in Anseba is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Eritrea, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Anseba

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Right to change legal gender in Anseba is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
No laws in place.
Sources:
No source as no law exists
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Gender-affirming care in Anseba

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Gender-affirming care in Anseba is banned.

Current status
Banned
Gender-Affirming Care in Eritrea is banned
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Anseba

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Anseba is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not legally recognized
Sources:
No source exists showing non-binary recognition
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LGBT discrimination in Anseba

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LGBT discrimination in Anseba is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
As homosexuality is illegal, no legal protection exists for either gender identity or sexual orientations

LGBT employment discrimination in Anseba

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LGBT employment discrimination in Anseba is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
Homosexuality is currently illegal.
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LGBT housing discrimination in Anseba

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LGBT housing discrimination in Anseba is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
No protections
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Same-sex adoption in Anseba

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Same-sex adoption in Anseba is single only.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2010
Single only
Only single people.
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Intersex infant surgery in Anseba

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Intersex infant surgery in Anseba is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Serving openly in military in Anseba

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Serving openly in military in Anseba is illegal.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Illegal
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Blood donations by MSMs in Anseba

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

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
Banned (indefinite deferral)
All Homosexual Activity is outlawed.
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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Conversion therapy in Anseba

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Conversion therapy in Anseba is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
Not criminalized in Eritrea or in Ethiopia.
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Equal age of consent in Anseba

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Equal age of consent in Anseba is n/a.

Current status
Since Jul 23, 1957
N/A
Homosexual activity is outlawed in Eritrea.
Sources:
old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?docid=49216a0a2
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