- Homosexuality⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Marriage⚭✖ Not legal
- Changing Gender✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Adoption✖ Single only
- Discrimination✔ Illegal
- Housing Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Employment Discrimination✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Military✔ Legal
- Age of Consent✔ Equal
- Donating Blood✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy✖ Not banned
History
Male illegal, female legal
8-10 years in prison under unnatural acts. Not enforced. Decriminalization pending.
Current status
(since Oct 6, 1860)
(since Oct 6, 1860)
Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
Section 377 of the penal code states that "unnatural intersources" with any men women or animal is punishable for 10 years.
Current status
Legal, surgery not required
Also they have a third option for documents.
Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples. As well homosexuality is currently illegal.
Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
No
Current status
Legal
Because discrimination protections in place.
Current status
Not banned
Under a poll by ILGA a huge percentage of bangladeshians would try conversion therapy on someone who is lgbt. Homosexuality is still currently illegal.
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