- Homosexuality
- ⚢✖ Illegal (imprisonment as punishment)
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Not legal
- Censorship
- ✖ State-enforced
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Illegal
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✖ Not legally recognized
- Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Employment Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Housing Discrimination
- ✖ No protections
- Adoption
- ✖ Single only
- Military
- ✖ Illegal
- Donating Blood
- ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral)
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- N/A
Public Opinion
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Homosexual activity in Eritrea is illegal (imprisonment as punishment).
Since Jul 23, 1957
Same-sex marriage in Eritrea is not legal.
Since Jul 23, 1957
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Eritrea is state-enforced.
Right to change legal gender in Eritrea is illegal.
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Eritrea is not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Eritrea is no protections.
Since Jul 23, 1957
LGBT employment discrimination in Eritrea is no protections.
Since Jul 23, 1957
LGBT housing discrimination in Eritrea is no protections.
Since Jul 23, 1957
Same-sex adoption in Eritrea is single only.
Since Jan 1, 2010
Serving openly in military in Eritrea is illegal.
Since Jul 23, 1957
Blood donations by MSMs in Eritrea is banned (indefinite deferral).
Since Jul 23, 1957
Conversion therapy in Eritrea is not banned.
Equal age of consent in Eritrea is n/a.
Since Jul 23, 1957
LGBT Rights by Region
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