- Homosexuality
- ⚢Unknown
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭Unknown
- Censorship
- Unknown
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- Unknown
- Non-Binary Gender Recognition
- Unknown
- Hate Crime Protections
- Ambiguous
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- Unknown
- Housing Discrimination
- Unknown
- Adoption
- Unknown
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- Unknown
- Military
- Unknown
- Donating Blood
- Unknown
- Conversion Therapy
- Unknown
- Age of Consent
- Unknown
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Homosexual activity in Erevan is unknown.
Male illegal, female legal under federal Armenia law
An article under which sodomy was punishable by imprisonment from 5 to 8 years appeared in the Soviet Criminal Code on March 7, 1934 - number 154-a: “Sexual intercourse between a man and a man (sodomy) - imprisonment for a term of three to five years. Sodomy committed with the use of violence or taking advantage of the dependent position of the victim - imprisonment for a term of five to eight years."
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Unknown
Censorship of LGBT issues in Erevan is unknown.
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Unknown
Right to change legal gender in Erevan is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Since May 23, 2006
Legal, but requires surgery under federal Armenia law
Armenia's Law on Civil Status took effect in 2006 and provides for legal gender change if a medical organisation issues a document on such. This is usually granted if the individual undergoes gender reassignment surgery.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Erevan is unknown.
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Unknown
Hate crime protections in Erevan is ambiguous.
Current status
Since Jul 1, 2022
Ambiguous under federal Armenia law
Article 71: Circumstances aggravating criminal liability or punishment
1. Circumstances aggravating criminal responsibility or punishment are:
(…)
6) crimes committed motivated by hatred, intolerance or hostility based on racial, national, ethnic or social origin, religion, political or other views or other personal or social circumstances
1. Circumstances aggravating criminal responsibility or punishment are:
(…)
6) crimes committed motivated by hatred, intolerance or hostility based on racial, national, ethnic or social origin, religion, political or other views or other personal or social circumstances
LGBT discrimination in Erevan is no protections.
Current status
No protections under federal Armenia law
The constitution does not prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
LGBT employment discrimination in Erevan is unknown.
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Unknown
LGBT housing discrimination in Erevan is unknown.
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Unknown
Intersex infant surgery in Erevan is unknown.
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Unknown
Serving openly in military in Erevan is unknown.
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Unknown
Blood donations by MSMs in Erevan is unknown.
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Unknown
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