The laws displayed for Dhaka are the same as Bangladesh.
- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- Ambiguous
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
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History
Homosexual activity in Dhaka is illegal (up to life in prison as punishment).
Current status
Since Oct 6, 1860
Since Oct 6, 1860
Illegal (up to life in prison as punishment)
Section 377 of the penal code states that "unnatural intersources" with any men women or animal is punishable for up to life in prison.
Same-sex marriage in Dhaka is not legal.
Current status
Since Oct 6, 1860
Since Oct 6, 1860
Not legal
Homosexuality is illegal in Bangladesh, so same-sex relationships are illegal as well.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Dhaka is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Bangladesh, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Dhaka is legal, surgery not required.
Current status
Since Nov 11, 2013
Since Nov 11, 2013
Legal, surgery not required
Bangladeshi transgender people are allowed to change their legal gender.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Dhaka is recognized.
Current status
Since Nov 11, 2013
Since Nov 11, 2013
Recognized
The Bangladeshi government has acknowledged a third gender (hijra), and is allowed to be legally registered as a gender.
LGBT discrimination in Dhaka is no protections.
Current status
No protections
LGBTQ+ personel in Bangladesh face extreme discrimination with no protections.
LGBT employment discrimination in Dhaka is no protections.
Current status
No protections
no protections.
LGBT housing discrimination in Dhaka is no protections.
Current status
No protections
no protections.
Same-sex adoption in Dhaka is single only.
Current status
Single only
No laws in place for same sex couples. As well homosexuality is currently illegal.
Serving openly in military in Dhaka is illegal.
Current status
Illegal
In Bangladesh, you can't openly serve in the military.
Blood donations by MSMs in Dhaka is ambiguous.
Current status
Ambiguous
no laws in place.
Conversion therapy in Dhaka is not banned.
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.
Equal age of consent in Dhaka is n/a.
Current status
N/A
Homosexuality is illegal for males and females.
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N/A
There is not enough information on Dhaka for an Equality Index to be assigned. Please contribute LGBTQ+ rights information or survey results that show the public opinion of LGBTQ+ issues in Dhaka to help improve its accuracy.
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