LGBT Rights in Armavir Province

Armavir is governed by federal Armenia law. Learn more
    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Banned
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
    Gender-Affirming Care
    ✔ Legal
    Non-Binary Gender Recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Employment Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Housing Discrimination
    ✖ No protections
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    Intersex Infant Surgery
    Unknown
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal
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History

Homosexual activity in Armavir

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Homosexual activity in Armavir is legal.

Current status
Since Apr 18, 2003
Legal
Homosexual activity is not illegal in Armenia.
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Same-sex marriage in Armavir

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Same-sex marriage in Armavir is banned.

Current status
Since Nov 9, 2004
Banned
The Constitution of Armenia was amended in 2015 to define marriage in heterosexual terms only.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Armavir

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Armavir is no censorship.

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

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Right to change legal gender in Armavir is legal, but requires surgery.

Current status
Since Apr 5, 1972
Legal, but requires surgery
the Soviet 1972 law allowing legal sex change after undergoing sex reassignment surgery was never repealed
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Gender-Affirming Care in Armavir

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Gender-Affirming Care in Armavir is legal.

Current status
Since 2006
Legal
In 2006, Armenia adopted the ICD-10 classification, which contains codes for diagnosing transsexualism in adulthood and childhood, which authorize the initiation of medical transition.
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Restricted for minors
In 1983, transsexualism began to be professionally diagnosed in the Soviet Union, which allowed the prescription of hormone therapy.
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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Armavir

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

Current status
Not legally recognized
There are no laws to change one’s gender in place.
Sources:
(Legal gender change entry)
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LGBT discrimination in Armavir

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LGBT discrimination in Armavir is no protections.

Current status
Since Jul 5, 1995
No protections
The constitution does not prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
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LGBT employment discrimination in Armavir

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LGBT employment discrimination in Armavir is no protections.

Current status
No protections
There is no regulation that prohibits employment discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
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LGBT housing discrimination in Armavir

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LGBT housing discrimination in Armavir is no protections.

Current status
No protections
There is no regulation that prohibits housing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
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Same-sex adoption in Armavir

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Same-sex adoption in Armavir is single only.

Current status
Single only
Single person is allowed to adopt. There is nothing mentioned about LGBT individuals in the laws regulating adoption
Sources:
Civil Status Act Law on Family regulated adoption status parliament.am/legislation.p…
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Jan 1, 1995–Sep 9, 2018
Single only
Single people are allowed to adopt. No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Serving openly in military in Armavir

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Serving openly in military in Armavir is don't ask, don't tell.

Current status
Since 2004
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
According to the Helsinki Rights Committee in Armenia, in 2004, an internal defence ministry decree effectively bans gay men from serving in the armed forces. In practice, gays are marked as "mentally ill" and sent to a psychiatrist.
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Intersex infant surgery in Armavir

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Intersex infant surgery in Armavir is unknown.

Current status
Unknown

Blood donations by MSMs in Armavir

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Blood donations by MSMs in Armavir is legal.

Current status
Legal
Blood donations is legal.
Sources:
web.archive.org/web/2013071…//old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2013.pdf
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Conversion therapy in Armavir

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Conversion therapy in Armavir is not banned.

Current status
Not banned
There are no laws in place banning conversion therapy.
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Equal age of consent in Armavir

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Equal age of consent in Armavir is equal.

Current status
Equal
Equal at the age of 16.
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