- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Banned
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- Ambiguous
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
Ash Sharqiyah is missing public opinion data.
Help expand our understanding of the public's view on LGBTQ+ issues in Ash Sharqiyah by sharing a link to a survey from a reputable organization.
Suggest Public Opinion DataHave you lived in or visited Ash Sharqiyah?
Share your experience of being LGBTQ+ in Ash Sharqiyah.
Take SurveyHistory
Homosexual activity in Ash Sharqiyah is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Article 223, "Homosexual and Lesbian Intercourses" states: "Any one who commits erotic acts with a person of the same sex shall be sentenced to imprisonment from six months to three years. The suspects of homosexual or lesbian intercourse shall be prosecuted without a prior complaint, if the act results in a public scandal. The suspects of lesbian intercourse among ascendants, descendants or sisters shall only be prosecuted upon a complaint from a relative or a relative by marriage forth-degree removed."
Same-sex marriage in Ash Sharqiyah is banned.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Ash Sharqiyah is state-enforced.
Right to change legal gender in Ash Sharqiyah is illegal.
Gender-Affirming Care in Ash Sharqiyah is unknown.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Ash Sharqiyah is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Ash Sharqiyah is no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Ash Sharqiyah is no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Ash Sharqiyah is illegal.
Intersex infant surgery in Ash Sharqiyah is unknown.
Serving openly in military in Ash Sharqiyah is ambiguous.
Blood donations by MSMs in Ash Sharqiyah is banned (indefinite deferral).
Conversion therapy in Ash Sharqiyah is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Ash Sharqiyah is n/a.