The laws displayed for Yevlax City are the same as Azerbaijan.
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Illegal
- Military
- Ambiguous
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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History
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Yevlax City is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Azerbaijan, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Yevlax City is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
Transgender people can change their name but not their legal gender.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Yevlax City is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
A Third gender is not legally recognized in Azerbaijan.
LGBT discrimination in Yevlax City is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Only "protection" is the end of anti-sodomy laws (only in effort to join Council of Europe). Otherwise, LGBT people have no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Yevlax City is no protections.
Current status
No protections
Excerpt: "Gay and lesbians can be thus unfairly dismissed from their jobs, and homophobia is common."
LGBT housing discrimination in Yevlax City is no protections.
Current status
Since Dec 28, 1999
Since Dec 28, 1999
No protections
Same-sex adoption in Yevlax City is illegal.
Current status
Since Dec 28, 1999
Since Dec 28, 1999
Illegal
According to a study by the Council of Europe or the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, same-sex couples cannot adopt since Article 120 of the Family Code (1999) states that joint adoption is only allowed for married couples. The report suggests that in principle, there aren't any legal restrictions around adopting as an individual — gay or straight — however, all individuals are usually denied the right to adopt.
Serving openly in military in Yevlax City is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
Unknown laws.
Blood donations by MSMs in Yevlax City is legal.
Current status
Legal
Conversion therapy in Yevlax City is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
Nowhere in the country
Equal age of consent in Yevlax City is equal.
Current status
Equal
The age of consent in Azerbaijan is 16 for both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples.
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